Without trying to start an argument, the first thing Coach Watts would say is that runners should avoid message boards.
The typical routine of track season is to come back with moderate mileage underneath our belts to sustain mulitple intervals with a decent amount of rest on the basketball court.
The first meet you are allowed/expected to run bad, there is an expected improvement for the second meet, and be ready to race end of indoors at Kent State or you will not be going to Talahassee for the week.
Florida provides what is supposed to be the start of training that will allow for national qualifying times. This is dependent on actaully being able to use the outdoor track when we return. In the case of this past season there was one opportunity to be on the track between mid-March and the Bucknell meet. That left 3 weeks to prepare for the PSAC meet.
Obviously in past years plenty of Boro runners had turned out good times. Something else Watts would be quick to point out is that the talent level is nowhere near as good as the 70's & 80's. And since there was about 12 inches of snow at the end of 2006 we had about 13 feet in three months that included two weeks were the temp was not above 10 and Watts recomended only staying on tredmills. This opposed to snow usually starting around PSAC's and regionals and continiung til March.
Success in the Boro usually means being able to limit the miles you are used to doing and have the confidence to quickly pull things together which not everyone is capable of doing.