Will d3 ruin my running?

0/10 and i doubt you ran sub 24 - valid point about the gear though

What the hell do the out of 10 rating scales even mean? I'm asking a serious question, and these responses are annoying.

0/10 means absolutely not as in your training will not be going downhill. That is totally up to you. You dont need fancy sh** to train man, just need shoes and self motivation to get out the doors. look at the Kenyans or rural Japanese runners. they just do it

Herman Hesse wrote:

but highly considering transferring for the sake of my future career path.

Operative phrase right here. Unless you are going pro (doubt it), you probably want to make the decision for your career. If staying where you are will set you back in getting a career in your field, you are an idiot for making running (admittedly very important) of higher priority.

your running will suffer. the competition drops off, and you'll be less driven.

whats more important, running or your academics/career path?

It depends on what school you go to. There are a ton of Midwest schools with much depth. What school did you have in mind?

d3 is not ruining your running, you are. If you have to work harder in class at your new school, something has to give.

You have to ask yourself are you better at studying on your own or running on your own?

Most likely it won't matter either way. You are not so fast that anyone will care and you aren't so smart that the difference between classes at a mid level d1 state school and a mid level d3 private school will matter.

Unless you easily win every D3 race you run, the competition for you won't be softer. You are always competing with the guy ahead of you. This always seems to get lost on mid pack D1 guys.

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Unless you easily win every D3 race you run, the competition for you won't be softer. You are always competing with the guy ahead of you. This always seems to get lost on mid pack D1 guys.

I laugh at the D1 guys who think they are hot stuff cuz they are D1. At my D3 school we competed at meets at as many d1 as d3 schools (not too many d2 schools around the area). More often than not, we finished in the middle of the pack with our top guys beating most of the d1 runners. We didn't fly to stanford or washington to race but we did compete in some big meets against teams that made both d1 and d3 nationals.

If the D3 school is better for you financially as well as academically, then I'm guessing that you do not currently have a full athletic scholarship, which suggests that you are probably not currently on track for a career as an international-caliber athlete within a few years of graduating, which would be (in my view) just about the only reason to choose the D1 athletic program over the school with better educational opportunities.

"No more free gear" is not a serious issue worthy of discussion. And "no more indoor track" is probably better for your long-term development as an athlete. Having fewer "training partners in great shape . . . to run with daily" is not necessarily a disadvantage, especially if you have the discipline to train well on your own, or if training partners "in great shape" tend to turn training sessions into races.

To me, the balance tips strongly in favor of the D3 school, unless there are other considerations that you haven't mentioned.

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You arent that important dude. Ruin your running? lol. Get over yourself.

How is there any question here? Do what's best for your future. I coach D3 xc for a strong academic school. I'm also a good recruiter. I do that by making the mid-pack D1 capable kids realize that they will be better off for the rest of their lives by coming here, whereas generally, their only interest in a D1 school is to stroke their own ego.