How do NCAA Division I runners do it?

Is it that different from d2 or d3?

You run some miles then go to the training room then go on about your day. Sometimes repeat. Takes 2-3 hours per day.

Some people I know only took 12-16 credits so that helped reduce the course load. Also, if your classes are that hard that you are slaving away to keep up then you are doing something wrong. You probably need to spend a weekend or a break relearning the fundamentals of your major. School should be that hard that you have no free time.

Depends what kind of school you're going to. Every kid I know going to a big D1 state school is either on a 5 year plan or will be doing 2+ summer quarters. They take the minimal class load.

At my school, there's no 5th year :(

Some people do a summer semester or two, but most people just learn to manage their time well. You get a lot of work done on the weekends, it's easy to do when you aren't losing time and sleep to partying. Then a lot of people aim for easier classes/professors and try to slide by.

Check me out I'm a book wrote:

I realize that some runners major in underwater basket-weaving,

why do people say "underwater basket weaving" like that could possibly be a major offered at a D1 school and for some crazy-ass reason if it was a major I bet it wouldn't be any easier than some random business major.

why do people say "underwater basket weaving" like that could possibly be a major offered at a D1 school and for some crazy-ass reason if it was a major I bet it wouldn't be any easier than some random business major.[/quote]

No, you're wrong. I took a community college class on underwater knitting last summer, and it was EXTREMELY easy.

Hill Top Stallion wrote:

why do people say "underwater basket weaving" like that could possibly be a major offered at a D1 school and for some crazy-ass reason if it was a major I bet it wouldn't be any easier than some random business major.

No, you're wrong. I took a community college class on underwater knitting last summer, and it was EXTREMELY easy.

woah wait a minute i did too! which community college? LSU or arizona state?

Because D1 guys are the only ones who do 110+ mile weeks...

It's not very hard. You run, eat, go to class, eat, go to class, run, eat, study, sleep, repeat.

Then you discover girls and it all goes down the shitta.

Big Momma's House 4.0 wrote:

Because D1 guys are the only ones who do 110+ mile weeks...

It's not very hard. You run, eat, go to class, eat, go to class, run, eat, study, sleep, repeat.

Business is a joke of a degree. EOR

To be fair, DI runners tend to have more athletic obligations--traveling, weight room sessions, mandatory two-a-days, etc. I was a DIII athlete and we really only had practice 5 days a week (+meets), no assigned weight program, and went to races which were virtually always within a 2hr drive. I have friends on DI teams that are flying across the country every other weekend to race. That's gotta chomp up a lot more time.

Uh huh huh wrote:

You run some miles then go to the training room then go on about your day. Sometimes repeat. Takes 2-3 hours per day.

Wow, I should have been a runner. I was putting in 25 hours a week on a bike as a Cat 1 cyclist in college. On top of working in a shop for 25-30 hours a week.

Running sounds like a cake walk.

To be fair, business school is no joke. There are significant math, economics, science, and rigid requirments rivalying any substantial degree that one could abstain from a university of any notice. Get a grip, its not easy, its actually benefical to become a business major, and better yet, a business degree.

Oh lighten up. What, do you have to pass calculus to be a business major at your school? Whoop-de-doo. I'm sure the physicists and chemists are shaking in their lab coats. How hard you must work! What sacrifice! I bet you even go to most of your classes these days!

I firmly believe D3 runners have it the hardest. I ran D1 for 4 years and i cant imagine how D3 runners do it because most of the ones i know also have part time jobs and clearly get no athletic scholarships. They also dont get all the perks that we do. Pretty much they get free kicks once or twice a year. D3 runners really love the sport to to do it for no $ and dedicate themselves. also, the ones i know also have sanctioned lifting and training room times. so, doing doubles and getting work done and having a job thats not work study is impressive.

daesdxsf wrote:

To be fair, DI runners tend to have more athletic obligations--traveling, weight room sessions, mandatory two-a-days, etc. I was a DIII athlete and we really only had practice 5 days a week (+meets), no assigned weight program, and went to races which were virtually always within a 2hr drive. I have friends on DI teams that are flying across the country every other weekend to race. That's gotta chomp up a lot more time.

Are you the minority or majority? because I ran d2 and we did all of those things that you assume only d1 guys do.

Big state schools usually have more resources available to help athletes. From what I saw there are tutors that will help you with your homework - or "help", as in do it for you - and mandatory study halls.

You get into a routine. I ran D1 and graduated in 4 years then went to law school and continued to run in law school. You just need to break out your day and make a point that 8-10 each night will be at the library.

I run at a large, competitive, DI research university. I am majoring in chemical engineering. I hold down a research position, at which I am authoring my first paper. I am by no means the worst runner, either. Some of us are just smarter, and harder working than your average runner.

Uh huh huh wrote:

Is it that different from d2 or d3?

You run some miles then go to the training room then go on about your day. Sometimes repeat. Takes 2-3 hours per day.

Some people I know only took 12-16 credits so that helped reduce the course load. Also, if your classes are that hard that you are slaving away to keep up then you are doing something wrong. You probably need to spend a weekend or a break relearning the fundamentals of your major. School should be that hard that you have no free time.

There is so much wrong with the above post:

I went to a small liberal arts school for undergrad, and there were essentially no walk-on standards, with the exception of the coaches' mandate that everyone work hard. We had some guys that had run 15 flat for three miles in highschool, and other guys who never broke 22 for 5K. We took the program seriously, but obviously not as much as a DI school would. And even we put in more than 2-3 hours of work per day. So the distinction between DI and DIII is relevant here.

minnesnowta wrote:

I run at a large, competitive, DI research university. I am majoring in chemical engineering. I hold down a research position, at which I am authoring my first paper. I am by no means the worst runner, either. Some of us are just smarter, and harder working than your average runner.

Seconded.