Is there a reason that women run a 6k and not something comperable to the 10k the men run? If women are the same shouldn't they move up to the 10k for cross?
How would that change affect cross country? Wouldn't it weed out the middle distance ladies a bit?
Really? Bump......
If women are the same as men, how come the compete in separate races?
Moving them up to the 8K for the championships would be interesting and add some variety into the mix. I'm not sure why they don't already.
Yeah. I don't get it either. I mean, they run all the same distances in track.
Sheer numbers. There are more men competing in college XC than women. Therefore, it's easier for men to find guys to run the 8k/10k distance as they tend to have more distance guys on the team. The XC women tend to specialize in shorter events in track and it's harder for a 8/15 girl in track to excel at an 8k/10k event in XC
Also has to do with mileage. Except at your top schools, most girls teams aren't going to be willing to put in 70-80 miles/week +++ or if they did, they would lose even more athletes.
Mr. V wrote:
Is there a reason that women run a 6k and not something comperable to the 10k the men run? If women are the same shouldn't they move up to the 10k for cross?
I've been wondering the same thing.
I wondered why the women didn't run the 5k and 10k in the Olympic Games. Thank goodness for the movement that got them included.
Unfortunately there are still a lot of prejudiced people around but the situation definitely needs to be changed.
A step in the right direction would be a move to the 8k immediately, beginning with the 2013 cross country season.
I wish the men would move to a shorter distance. What makes the women's race interesting is that mid-distance and distance runners can all compete somewhat equally. For the men's race it's just the distance specialists.
The Oregon men ran Mac Fleet, for example. If the race was 8k those miler types would factor in to the race. With 12.6 scholarships a shorter distance would allow schools to get more mileage out of the mid-D guys.
EightKayyyyyy wrote:
I wish the men would move to a shorter distance. What makes the women's race interesting is that mid-distance and distance runners can all compete somewhat equally. For the men's race it's just the distance specialists.
The Oregon men ran Mac Fleet, for example. If the race was 8k those miler types would factor in to the race. With 12.6 scholarships a shorter distance would allow schools to get more mileage out of the mid-D guys.
I disagree. Lawi Lalang is as much a miler as anyone in the field. Andy Bayer is a top 15 10k guy. Fernandez was outdoor NCAA champ for goodness sake. The 10k is not keeping the milers out of the race.
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