Anybody doing this?
first meet last saturday 1/4 was pretty weak in turn out.
if there is anybody in the bay area wanting to run some track races come on out on saturdays from now 1/8, until the end of feburary.
http://www.losgatostrackclub.com/schedule--news.html
4x100
800
60/100 HH
100
400
1600
60
200
300H
2 Mile
4x400
I missed it but the turnout must have been horrendously low. I got there at 2:15 to run the 2mile and they were already tearing down the timing equipment. I would have run terrible anyway.
Just another sign of the death of the sport. There used to be legit races and some amazing times. Not any more.
The could / should reduce the number of meets.
The Animal Within wrote:
Just another sign of the death of the sport. There used to be legit races and some amazing times. Not any more.
The could / should reduce the number of meets.
What death of the sport? When has track been better than it is now? The US is better than ever.
I ran a few meets last winter. The first meet usually has a low turn out. It gets better later.
1600 but a full 2 mile? Explain the logic of that to me. Is the LG track still hard and fast, or have they resurfaced it?
My past experience has been that winter slowly increases in turnout over the course of the weeks.
I have also noticed that winter generally had less participation than the summer meets were.
I ran the last meet of the 2012 winter season and it was crazy packed! Originally they were only going to run the mile but there were 60+ people entered in the race. So they added a 1500m race as well. I ran the mile which still had over 30 people in the it.
i'd be interested in running the 800 if there'll be competition
deadgoose wrote:
i'd be interested in running the 800 if there'll be competition
I'd be interested if the times counted for indoor nationals qualifiers.
You must work for the USATF.
It has been better, checkout the top Americans in the early 80's at major marathons. Depth is just not what it used to be.
Next look at the decline of club cross country after the USATF split the club nats and world trials. Then look at the decline of xc on a national and world scale.
Next look at participation numbers and competitive depth in the junior college level. Then look at the reduction of track & field programs in the NCAA.
Yup. Never better! Maybe for mud runs but not the sport.
goricle wrote:
1600 but a full 2 mile? Explain the logic of that to me. Is the LG tray ck still hard and fast, or have they resurfaced it?
No, he just mis-typed that. They run the mile, not the 1600. They change from mile to 1500 and 2mile to 5,000 only for the last meet of the series. That's one of the reasons they get so many for the last meet.
The track has not been resurfaced.
Isn't Allison Stokke training in Los Gatos with Scotty's dad?
lets all show up and make the 2mile a good race!
K N G wrote:
Isn't Allison Stokke training in Los Gatos with Scotty's dad?
who is scotty? and who is his dad?
I haven't lived in the area since the '90s, but K N G probably means Leland/UCLA pole vaulter Scott Slover, who was coached by his dad.
The Animal Within wrote:
Just another sign of the death of the sport. There used to be legit races and some amazing times. Not any more.
The could / should reduce the number of meets.
True dat.
bump for tomorrow.
running events start at 1230 i think. the 2 mile is last. come on out!
The Animal Within wrote:
You must work for the USATF.
It has been better, checkout the top Americans in the early 80's at major marathons. Depth is just not what it used to be.
Next look at the decline of club cross country after the USATF split the club nats and world trials. Then look at the decline of xc on a national and world scale.
Next look at participation numbers and competitive depth in the junior college level. Then look at the reduction of track & field programs in the NCAA.
Yup. Never better! Maybe for mud runs but not the sport.
Don't say track if you mean distance running.
Last 2 international championships, mid-distance medals men/women combined:
USA 5
Kenya 4
USA London Olympic medal count second highest since 1956 in non-hosted games
98 medals in last 4 world championships--never happened before
London DL sells 80,000 seats in 4.5 hours after Bolt announces
Track and Field #2 most popular high school sport for boys and #1 most popular for girls
New Canadian National Track League (no long distance)
New American Track League (no long distance)
Wait to get Allyson Felix autograph at Arcadia Invitational: 2 hours
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Distance running fans have a problem: The athletes are slow compared to sprinters, hurdlers, and jumpers; Events are boring; DL 10000 meters canceled because sponsors didn't want to pay for it because nobody wanted to watch it.
France media feed for Paris DL cut away from 5000m event to show sprinters on the warmup track.
Unless long distance promoters can show the sport of distance running (not track and field) has a place in the era of team sports, it seems destined to hobby jogger territory, to compete with things like crossfit to get friends/neighbors attention. But that's not track and field
coach d wrote:
Wait to get Allyson Felix autograph at Arcadia Invitational: 2 hours
That's not a fair comparison since Southern California has 1/2 the TF/XC athletes in the United States. Even the Mt Sac Relays in April has become so popular it now encompasses four external TF venues spanning two weekends.