World Cross - what an adorable, cute course.

OldManRant wrote:

As I sit here watching the preliminary races, I think back on Glasgow '78 and Limerick '79 and the mudbaths they were (John F'n Treacy). Bellahouston Park had a monster hill repeated 3 or 4 times often on hands and knees. Even think back to Houston USA cross nationals at Buffalo Bayou designed by a crazed Scotsman whose name escapes me now. REAL CROSS COUNTRY.

This course in Tallahassee might as well be in f'n Disneyland with its cure little astroturf "hill" and (oh be carefull!!) ALLIGATOR ALLY!!!!! Oh and that 50 meters of sand looks horrifying!!!

Should be renamed World XC Safe Space Championships

Ok I'm done

OldManRant wrote:

As I sit here watching the preliminary races, I think back on Glasgow '78 and Limerick '79 and the mudbaths they were (John F'n Treacy). Bellahouston Park had a monster hill repeated 3 or 4 times often on hands and knees. Even think back to Houston USA cross nationals at Buffalo Bayou designed by a crazed Scotsman whose name escapes me now. REAL CROSS COUNTRY.

This course in Tallahassee might as well be in f'n Disneyland with its cure little astroturf "hill" and (oh be carefull!!) ALLIGATOR ALLY!!!!! Oh and that 50 meters of sand looks horrifying!!!

Should be renamed World XC Safe Space Championships

Ok I'm done

GatorCountry wrote:

I would have supported the use of live gators given the lack of difficulty in the rest of the course.

OldManRant wrote:

As I sit here watching the preliminary races, I think back on Glasgow '78 and Limerick '79 and the mudbaths they were (John F'n Treacy). Bellahouston Park had a monster hill repeated 3 or 4 times often on hands and knees. Even think back to Houston USA cross nationals at Buffalo Bayou designed by a crazed Scotsman whose name escapes me now. REAL CROSS COUNTRY.

This course in Tallahassee might as well be in f'n Disneyland with its cure little astroturf "hill" and (oh be carefull!!) ALLIGATOR ALLY!!!!! Oh and that 50 meters of sand looks horrifying!!!

Should be renamed World XC Safe Space Championships

Ok I'm done

OldManRant wrote:

As I sit here watching the preliminary races, I think back on Glasgow '78 and Limerick '79 and the mudbaths they were (John F'n Treacy). Bellahouston Park had a monster hill repeated 3 or 4 times often on hands and knees. Even think back to Houston USA cross nationals at Buffalo Bayou designed by a crazed Scotsman whose name escapes me now. REAL CROSS COUNTRY.

This course in Tallahassee might as well be in f'n Disneyland with its cure little astroturf "hill" and (oh be carefull!!) ALLIGATOR ALLY!!!!! Oh and that 50 meters of sand looks horrifying!!!

Should be renamed World XC Safe Space Championships

Ok I'm done

Runnerrrrr wrote:

Per wikipedia, 52 countries were entered. But I think the month of January makes it tricky to schedule the event in places like Canada. I don't think the Africans would do well running in Ontario in January.

OldManRant wrote:

As I sit here watching the preliminary races, I think back on Glasgow '78 and Limerick '79 and the mudbaths they were (John F'n Treacy). Bellahouston Park had a monster hill repeated 3 or 4 times often on hands and knees. Even think back to Houston USA cross nationals at Buffalo Bayou designed by a crazed Scotsman whose name escapes me now. REAL CROSS COUNTRY.

This course in Tallahassee might as well be in f'n Disneyland with its cure little astroturf "hill" and (oh be carefull!!) ALLIGATOR ALLY!!!!! Oh and that 50 meters of sand looks horrifying!!!

Should be renamed World XC Safe Space Championships

Ok I'm done

MyGL wrote:

I agree such a f@cking stupid idea. WHO responsible for that sh!tshow

HRE wrote:

Runnerrrrr wrote:

Per wikipedia, 52 countries were entered. But I think the month of January makes it tricky to schedule the event in places like Canada. I don't think the Africans would do well running in Ontario in January.

That might be a good reason to have the race there. It would not be the worst thing for the event to have other countries in the medals mix and might nudge the Winter Olympics to think of cross country as sort of a winter sport.

not normally at this time wrote:

HRE wrote:

That might be a good reason to have the race there. It would not be the worst thing for the event to have other countries in the medals mix and might nudge the Winter Olympics to think of cross country as sort of a winter sport.

In Ontario it would be in March, just like Boston 1992 - there was snow on that course (ask Ngugi). Poland was a bit snowy a number of years ago (2013?). It adds to the difficulty, but does project the possibility of being a winter sport (sort of). Still not convinced that a winter OG XC will fly, as (like today or Bathurst)) it is equally done in warm weather which adds its own difficulty.

wow I'm shocked by all the hate wrote:

Also, I like the 2k lap distance from a spectator perspective. You can see all of the athletes multiple times and not have to run a couple of kilometers to catch the athletes on a different part of the course just so you can see them more than once.

Fbdhdh wrote:

MyGL wrote:

I agree such a f@cking stupid idea. WHO responsible for that sh!tshow

I think it was a woman.