They already run 10k in track. What is 6k? What a nonsense distance. In xc, put them at 8k during the season and 10k for the championships, just like the men.
They already run 10k in track. What is 6k? What a nonsense distance. In xc, put them at 8k during the season and 10k for the championships, just like the men.
A few thoughts:
1. Does anyone personally know a female collegiate runner who has expressed a desire to race longer because they feel that the different distances is sexist?
2. The same distances for track is not a valid argument. Each team doesn't have to field 7 10k runners in track. The just have a few, or none at all.
3. Have you noticed what happens in HS races where boys and girls run the same distance. The boys race is tightly packed, whereas the girls are spread thin. Racing a shorter distance helps keep the race together.
4. The difference between the #1 and #500 10k runners this track season:
Men 4:50
Women 8:00
5. Many teams would struggle to field a quality team. With title ix, the talent level at the back of the women's field is already quite inferior to the men's; this would just make it worse.
i chose D2 wrote:
Have you noticed what happens in HS races where boys and girls run the same distance. The boys race is tightly packed, whereas the girls are spread thin. Racing a shorter distance helps keep the race together.
The boys could run a marathon and they'd still be bunched together, all waiting for "the kick."
It's boring enough watching them run for 19-30 minutes. Nobody wants to hang out for a 45-1:20 race.
Where??? wrote:
6uh wrote:Why do the girls often run 1500/3000 at meets while boys run 1600/3200?
Where does that happen? I always saw that some states have 1500/3000 for both while others have 1600/3200 for both. Never seen one distance for guys and another for girls at high school track but since you have seen it before I was wondering where this is true?
only happens in three states: New York, Vermont and Iowa. The rest of the 47 states + DC came to grips with gender equality in track a while ago. Why NY hasn't is beyond me (I thought NY was supposed to be pretty liberal!)
i chose D2 wrote:
Have you noticed what happens in HS races where boys and girls run the same distance. The boys race is tightly packed, whereas the girls are spread thin. Racing a shorter distance helps keep the race together.
Girls run harder wrote:
The boys could run a marathon and they'd still be bunched together, all waiting for "the kick."
honestly...' wrote:
It's boring enough watching them run for 19-30 minutes. Nobody wants to hang out for a 45-1:20 race.
Exactly. It doesn't matter what distance the boys run. They'd still be all bunched together.
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