college running

friends and a great time

"psyched", not "siked".

Consider taking remedial spelling classes at the college you will be attending.

lol

I am about to graduate. Went to a D1 school and got every honor except All-American. Starting my freshman year ran 100+ mpw.

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No one cares except you, your teammates and your coach.

If you thought you were good in high school, you will be humbled once you get into a major race.

It becomes very, very obvious who has talent and who has to work for their 'talent'.

Participating is one of the best experiences you can have. You will be tougher than the person you sit next to in Comm 101 or whatever class.

I traveled the country and went to school for free. I experienced a lot of things that lots of college students did not. I missed out on a lot of things the 'normal' student experiences.

Enjoy it because it will fly by.

I'm pretty new to these boards. Is correcting someone's spelling of a slang term considered cool?

Cause if so, "pretty siked" just got powned.

There are people on this bored that only correct spelling, it's funny at times, but most of the time it's stupid. I am in the same boat as "pretty siked" I'm pumped up for it too. What division are you heading into?

Wait a minute wrote:

I'm pretty new to these boards. Is correcting someone's spelling of a slang term considered cool?

Cause if so, "pretty siked" just got powned.

"pwned"

For me, I was GREATLY humbled my first year in college. Being highly recruited I thought that meant I was so great, blah blah blah. I was quickly put in my place.

My first 2 years of college were terrible. I didn't adjust well at all. I ran over 40 seconds slower in the 5k than my high school PR's. All of the sudden this year things changed and I'm WAY faster than I thought I'd ever be, and only improving.

Differences from HS.....

No one cares except you and your coach (as someone stated)

Even if you are on a super close team you won't have the same connection as you had with the guys in high school

EVERYONE (for the most part) is good

The training is more intense and more mileage

My tips

No matter what times you run, give it at least 2 years. I'm not the first person I've heard of who ran terrible times (but stayed consistent with training) and then all of the sudden had a HUGE break through!

BALANCE- make sure there are times that you aren't just thinking about running....get a gf, have a beer, whatever works for you. Do you job on the track/course, but outside of that HAVE FUN, RELAX, and in a way, have time which I call "not a runner time" when you act normal, b/c we most def aren't normal!

For me, I was GREATLY humbled my first year in college. Being highly recruited I thought that meant I was so great, blah blah blah. I was quickly put in my place.

My first 2 years of college were terrible. I didn't adjust well at all. I ran over 40 seconds slower in the 5k than my high school PR's. All of the sudden this year things changed and I'm WAY faster than I thought I'd ever be, and only improving.

Differences from HS.....

No one cares except you and your coach (as someone stated)

Even if you are on a super close team you won't have the same connection as you had with the guys in high school

EVERYONE (for the most part) is good

The training is more intense and more mileage

My tips

No matter what times you run, give it at least 2 years. I'm not the first person I've heard of who ran terrible times (but stayed consistent with training) and then all of the sudden had a HUGE break through!

BALANCE- make sure there are times that you aren't just thinking about running....get a gf, have a beer, whatever works for you. Do you job on the track/course, but outside of that HAVE FUN, RELAX, and in a way, have time which I call "not a runner time" when you act normal, b/c we most def aren't normal!

No.

In reality, the grammar posters are universally reviled.

This instance is even worse, as the douche in question felt it necessary to point out what was probably the intentional misspelling of a slang term.

On the totem pole of internet-douches, I put the grammar posters somewhere between the homophobic, racist YouTube commenters and Facebook wall spammers.

Be prepared for sore legs.

Work hard, just talent isn't going to work anymore.

Always back up your XC buddies before anyone else.

99% of your school doesn't care about and won't support track or XC.

Be ready for douche teachers who won't work with an athlete because they were cut from their pee-wee football team.

Keep some healthy food and drink in your dorm room; that cafeteria food isn't the best for an athlete running a shit ton of miles.

Ibuprofen.

Love the trainers. Don't offend them. Ever.

Go to class. Unless you had morning practice and the teacher puts the notes online anyway.

And lastly, if you've never drank before, don't start out by going 5 days in a row. Bad news!

My advice, freshman year enjoy it. Live it up and make as many non-running friends as you can. Party on Wed. nights and eat pizza at 2am. After that, you start getting sucked in. Not that its a bad thing, but now I cant imagine going out on a wed. night or doing anything i did freshman year. I am a different person now (much faster) but also much more boring. You grow out of it quickly but you wont run well your freshman year anyway. Party a lot, run a lot, then spend the next three years getting after it.

Just my advice

Distance wrote:

I am about to graduate. Went to a D1 school and got every honor except All-American. Starting my freshman year ran 100+ mpw.

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No one cares except you, your teammates and your coach.

If you thought you were good in high school, you will be humbled once you get into a major race.

It becomes very, very obvious who has talent and who has to work for their 'talent'.

Participating is one of the best experiences you can have. You will be tougher than the person you sit next to in Comm 101 or whatever class.

I traveled the country and went to school for free. I experienced a lot of things that lots of college students did not. I missed out on a lot of things the 'normal' student experiences.

Enjoy it because it will fly by.

Every point made above is right on.

Learn To Spell wrote:

"psyched", not "siked".

Consider taking remedial spelling classes at the college you will be attending.

He must be going to Wake Forest.

Distance wrote:

I am about to graduate. Went to a D1 school and got every honor except All-American. Starting my freshman year ran 100+ mpw.

------

No one cares except you, your teammates and your coach.

If you thought you were good in high school, you will be humbled once you get into a major race.

It becomes very, very obvious who has talent and who has to work for their 'talent'.

Participating is one of the best experiences you can have. You will be tougher than the person you sit next to in Comm 101 or whatever class.

I traveled the country and went to school for free. I experienced a lot of things that lots of college students did not. I missed out on a lot of things the 'normal' student experiences.

Enjoy it because it will fly by.

I have to second everything said above, especially about how it flying by. One day you're an 18 year old freshman, and then you wake up the next to find yourself a senior. Then you wake up again and you're talking about how fast you used to be back in collge.

A random, unnamed poster wrote:

I have to second everything said above, especially about how it flying by.

Not only that, you sit and wonder what happened to your ability to type!

pretty siked wrote:

im about to embark on my college running career and I just want to know what you guys got from your college running experiences

A few bits of advice from someone MANY years removed from my college running days.

Obey your coach. I know you think you're smarter than him. You're not.

Yes, the football team gets more attention, respect, and money than the track team. No, it's never going to change. Learn to live with it.

As was earlier stated, no one outside your team will care. NO ONE.

If you think you're a stud because you won lots of races in high school, you'll very quickly learn otherwise.

Treat your teammates well. Some (hopefully many) will still be friends years later.

Go to class. Take care of your grades. Earn a degree. 20 years from now, no one will care that you ran in college. Lots of people will care if you have a degree.

Enjoy it. Even the bad parts. These are the good old days you'll miss 10 years from now.

Man, I sound old.

Getting enough sleep was my biggest challenge as a college runner. I needed lots of sleep and rarely got it. Now that I'm out of college, I'm improving a lot and I think sleep is the main factor.

[quote]longroadtoruin wrote:

Even if you are on a super close team you won't have the same connection as you had with the guys in high school

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My teammates in college were way closer than my high school teammates. Everyone on your college team is putting a lot more into the sport than you average HS team. You compete and practice 3 seasons together, travel a lot more together and in many cases, end up living together. Living in a track house is sweet by the way.