I am very under trained but with the state of the sport I'm choosing adult life over pursuing a professional contract.
I am very under trained but with the state of the sport I'm choosing adult life over pursuing a professional contract.
LRC Sleuths - let's find out who this guy is!
Why?
Loser
Works Hard wrote:
I am very under trained but with the state of the sport I'm choosing adult life over pursuing a professional contract.
Sounds like an informed sensible decision.
Of course there are a lot of benefits to going pro and staying natty.
Health, enjoyment, social circle.
If you've weighed all these up then I'd say you're making a good decision
So we can find out if it's worth it to convince him otherwise.
What are your alternatives? Good prospect for jobs after college or are you one of those kids just coasting by and having fun?
Take a look at the Hoka team. What is the purpose of evening turning pro to win some little pocket change? They're all fast runners but just not fast enough even to clear the non-cheaters in US let alone the African cheaters.
I'll provide you my training and such after work when u can type more
You're not going pro because 14:06 is nothing special.
Most people would rather watch dopers run 12:50 than a bunch of clean "pros" running women's times.
Going Pro is a euphemism as a 14.06. You aren't making some great sacrifice.
You have better options.
Haven't read the book wrote:
You're not going pro because 14:06 is nothing special.
Most people would rather watch dopers run 12:50 than a bunch of clean "pros" running women's times.
You do realize that the "women's times" you mention would be slower too, right?
Kinda like instead of watching McGuire & Sosa & Bonds hit 60+ homers we watch everyone aspire for 50. It's still a great game. Better even.
in fact, dopers would have zero effect on you except in road races where they are likely rife in this country and almost unpoliced (I am thinking of Ethiopian and Kenyan road runners in this country). On the American level, if you are undertrained, you could advance quickly and would not be losing because of dopers until you got to the sub 13:20 level and were racing on the intnt'l level--even there your pay would be based on American ranking. In other words, go for it in your 20s while you have the chance to break 14 and who knows what else. jobs can wait and you'll just be bitter when you age with this excuse and no fulfillment of your potential.
14:06 runners from this year:
Bryce McAndrew, North Texas
Caleb Rhynard, Michigan State
Tate Schienbein, Purdue
Anthony Ortolan, UC Santa Barbara
Stephen Schroder, Navy
Alex Dillard, Portland
Scott Carpenter, Georgetown
Philo Germano, Syracuse
Ben Flanagan, Michigan
Csaba Matko, Eastern Michigan
Garrett Sweat, Stanford
Of those guys the following are seniors, and therefore entering the real world next year:
Bryce McAndrew, North Texas
Caleb Rhynard, Michigan State
Tate Schienbein, Purdue
Anthony Ortolan, UC Santa Barbara
Stephen Schroder, Navy
Now its an elimination game. Which of these programs are notoriously weak (he is undertrained).
Bryce McAndrew was the team leader in the 1500 and the 5k and additionally no one broke 30 in the 10k this year, so a decent candidate.
Caleb Rhynard has a teammate who ran 29:20, and I know at least the girls program is good, so its probably not him.
Tate Schienbein is not the team leader in the 5k, and therefore means that he probably had reached his potential. Wouldn't complain about dopers when someone on his own team is better than him.
Anthony Ortolan is also from a pretty weak team. Don't know much about UCSB. Another potential candidate.
Finally, Stephen Schroder seems to have a weak team, but does have a teammate just under 30 for the 10k. I'd say potential candidate but less likely than the other 2.
Narrowed down to:
Bryce McAndrew
Anthony Ortolan
(maybe) Stephen Schroder
You must work for the FBI or something. That is unreal how you did that!
Probably not Schroder though since he went to Navy and now has to serve, and I don't think 14:06 is good enough to get it deferred.
I commend your work here, but in summation: These guys are a bunch of nobodies.
Good work except you are assuming that the OP is truthful.
I'm pretty sure that he is lying.
Are you forgetting Division 2 Runner's ??? probably more likely to be under trained
Martykiewicz, Elliot SR-4 Edinboro 14:06.12
Knack, David SR-4 Ashland 14:06.56
I'm scared of this guy.
No longer commenting on this thread.
Maybe d3, naia, juco??? Did you check indoor lists??? Maybe ran 14:06 last year?