9 Conference Predictions and Previews

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  • TheRealTrain
    3 years ago 10/26/2016 9:13pm CDT
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    Hello all!

    Shameless plug, but I write for a blog called Etrain11 which centers around male distance running. I mainly cover the NCAA. We've had interviews with guys like Clayton Murphy, Craig Lutz, Daniel Winn, and Chad Noelle. Our NCAA readership has been growing and we're always trying to provide new material to our readers out there!

    We just released predictions/previews for 9 different NCAA D1 conferences! Feel free to check them out and tell us what you think!

    http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2016/10/prediction-hub-conference-week.html

    -The Etrain Crew
  • YourMomsFavoriteRunner
    3 years ago 10/26/2016 9:41pm CDT
    re: TheRealTrain
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    This is dope
  • Pretentious D1 Coach
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    3 years ago 10/27/2016 12:38am CDT
    re: TheRealTrain
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    Women's predictions?
  • TheRealTrain
    3 years ago 10/27/2016 10:44am CDT
    re: Pretentious D1 Coach
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    Unfortunately, we don't have any. We made an effort to get women's coverage going when we first started, but we couldn't find a knowledgable writer consistently providing information on the women's side. A lot of our readership is heavily male as well so the target audience is a bit difficult to pick up.
  • JoJoCo
    3 years ago 10/27/2016 3:24pm CDT
    re: TheRealTrain
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    I am fascinated that you have Alex Ostberg ranked and he has yet not ran this year so there is no way to guesstimate his level of fitness. Were you going off of reputation or just hope or what?
  • JoJoCo
    3 years ago 10/27/2016 3:24pm CDT
    re: TheRealTrain
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    I am fascinated that you have Alex Ostberg ranked and he has yet not ran this year so there is no way to guesstimate his level of fitness. Were you going off of reputation or just hope or what?
  • TheRealTrain
    3 years ago 10/27/2016 4:32pm CDT
    re: JoJoCo
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    JoJoCo wrote:

    I am fascinated that you have Alex Ostberg ranked and he has yet not ran this year so there is no way to guesstimate his level of fitness. Were you going off of reputation or just hope or what?

    My thought process is that Stanford wouldn't have held him back for this long if he wasn't a game changer and if he wasn't prepared. Ostberg may have been the top long-distance recruit of his class had Grant Fisher (and arguably Maton) not been around. Give him 2 years of straight training and I think that's good enough for top 20.