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16 years ago 11/18/2007 4:37pm EST

re: miles of trials

miles of trials wrote:
TJM wrote:
I don't see the advantage of this type of pack finish. Especially if they didn't run near each other during the race. Wouldn't the advantage of pack running be that this group runs together through 4 miles, pulling each other along, and then it's every man for himself to finish as high as possible? To have everyone meet at the finish seems coincidental at best. I'm not criticizing how they ran the race. I just don't see the advantage of the blanket finish.
did it ever occur to you that they didnt paln on doing this?

They are from LaCrosse, so it is possible their coach had them bungeed together like a group of pre-schoolers on a field trip, worried they'd get lost out there.

16 years ago 11/18/2007 4:58pm EST

re: doubtful

The NCAA guidelines for holding a National meet state that the starting line should have a 600m straightaway before the first turn. Our team was on the inside somewhat, and they thought they went out pretty easy, turned the corner, and had five in the top twenty, shocking them. So from our standpoint, it just seemed that maybe the other teams that told us they thought the line was not curved enough had a point.

There is a reason why college athletes go out slower relatively than high schoolers. They know that going out too fast will kill you at the end of the race.

16 years ago 11/18/2007 7:45pm EST

re: once in a lifetime

once in a lifetime wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had the starting box assignments, or knew of a link to them? I heard some small talk by several coaches that something may not have been cool with how the starting line was calculated.

I'm not certain how the starting line was calculated, but I saw some girls go down early in the race at that first hard turn. And, there were many girls bracing themselves on the back of other runners so that they too didn't fall. Maybe that's what they're talking about. Seems like the teams on the right side of the starting line facing the course may have been pinched in that first turn.

Personally, I didn't think the first 400 meters or so was the best designed start for a race so large and so talented.

16 years ago 11/18/2007 8:53pm EST

re: nats starting line

Thank you. I would have won if it wasn't for that crappy start.

16 years ago 11/18/2007 10:03pm EST

re: Abdallah

no matter how terrible the south region did, or how much abdallah talked, or how vreat uw's pack was, NYU made it rain

16 years ago 11/19/2007 8:03pm EST

re: Mr. Awesome

[quote

Kartelite you also responded to me by saying that you won't be breaking 15:50 this year and your PR doesn't start with a 15, 16 or 17. So by your own proclamations you outed yourself as someone who runs around an 18 minute 5k or slower. And if your PR starts with a 14 or 13 then you would be breaking 15:50. Moron. I can run fast too pal whether I am faster than you remains to be seen but you appear to be a member of D3 running so I don't think you are a world beater yet pal.[/quote]

Mr. Awesome, you really have no clue how wrong you are!

As for sportsmanship, I stand by what I said. You resorted to foul language and name-calling in what was previously a more or less civil (although heated at times) discussion. Like in your last post where you called Kartelite a moron.

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