Seems a lot of people in the past have agreed that 3 racing seasons is too much and that it ruins collegiate runners and runners in general. I can't see it as being a money-maker, more of extra hassle for coordinators. It certainly gets in the way of training for sprinters as well as distance. Why not just ditch it and put more focus on outdoor running?
I think the other track and field events like to use the indoor season as practice, but it sucks for distance runners.
Then don't do it. Simple.
Eamonn Coghlan is gonna kick your ass.
Actually we should just get rid of XC. I mean it doen't benefit anyone except distance kids and as we all know they rule the world!
How else do you justify an indoor training facility?
wait 50 years and the whole planet will be suitable for year round outdoor athletics. nice and warm.
i will. watch out.
Why does outdoor track exist?
If a lot of people agree that 3 seasons is too much, let's jettison outdoor track.
Just make indoor tracks the size of outdoor tracks and the races will never be affected by the weather.
Because racing is fun! You just don't do a super hard 5k every week and you don't make the season the end all to be all.
To get you injured?
we use indoor as a training season. when there is too much snow and ice outside to get in quality work, sometimes racing on the weekends is the best way to get in some speed work in a nice indoor facility. In places where its cold, you can't really have a productive outdoor season without being able to train indoors occasionally. The season is just too short. You need to be race sharp by the second or third week of the outdoor season.
i'm still in high school but i love the indoor season. we only do a few meets, but you get to know your competitors a lot better and it's quite a bit more fun than outdoor but our indoor season pretty much blends into outdoor so it's not a completely different season like in college
to add to coach g here in the northeast(NYC for example) indoor track is in many ways bigger than outdoor track. If you're not serious about XC then you train through XC for indoor track and hopefully do well at Penn. And as mnay athletes race in the summer they just train through the outdoor season.