Quest about Hansons

Did you read what Kilgore said? The rule most likely isn't to help their runners be more competitive, it's to ensure that there won't be division and stress within the team because of relationships, particularly failed relationships.

It's not just about immaturity. Have you ever had a close relationship that didn't work out? Even if you both handled it with dignity and maturity, I doubt you would have wanted to be in a tightknit group with that person every day, possibly for years. If the breakup occured with an argument, your friends, also in this group, would be inclined to take sides- yet another thing to cause division.

Kilgore wrote:

There is no maturity in issues of love. If you've ever seen a woman take an axe to a man's Harley-Davidson, you will know this.

People never grow up. "Adulthood" is a myth. The only difference between children and adults is that our toys cost more, but we still cry and pout and think the world should go our way.

I have seen a father give a lecture to his daughter about being responsible about her homework, to quit eating so much candy, and to go to bed early. Then, he went out, snorted a rail of cocaine, got drunk, and then got locked up for public disorderly conduct after telling a cop to suck his dick.

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Where the hell do you hang out, and who are your friends. In my world these things don't happen. I guess it really does matter who you choose to associate yourself with. In my family there is no divorce, no obesity, no drinking, no smoking, no cheating, no violence. We don't pout and think the world should go our way. We just work hard and try to do the best we can. Are you a democrat, because that is the way liberals tend to think.

What the... wrote:

In my family there is no divorce, no obesity, no drinking, no smoking, no cheating, no violence.

Congratulations people, we have found the Messiah.

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No divorce, no obesity, no drinking, no smoking, no cheating, no violence. [/quote]

No fun.

What the... wrote:

Are you a democrat, because that is the way liberals tend to think.

Kilgore doesn't sound much like a democrat to me. He sounds like a hard-core Republican and quite possibly a redneck too. However, even with his shortcomings, I belive he adds some valuable insight that some Republican slob like yourself can't offer. Join the real world. In it, there are people who lecture on moratlity, law, etc. and then go snort cocaine, drive drunk, and cheat on wives. This does happen in the real world and these acts are perpetrated by Dems, Repubs, and anyone else.

I didn’t say we don't have sex. Lots of it thank you, we just have it with people who aren’t going to freak out and break our motorcycles. Besides, I run too much to have to much fun. If you were a real runner you wouldn’t have much time for fun either.

1. Most long time Kilgore readers know that I'm a Democrat and that my politics are slanted towards the Left. Knowing this, you will find my shit to be way more funny.

2. I am surrounded by white trash in my personal life. I live in a small Southern town filled with racism, homophobia, drug abuse, violence, government corruption, fatty foods, social snobbery based on old money, and the usual redneck bullshit--getting drunk, getting arrested, getting the shit beat out of you, and skipping on child support. But the winters are mild.

3. Half of my extended family are either in jail, regularly use, or are involved in the illegal smuggling and distribution of cocaine.

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I only suggested that Kilgore sounds like a liberal not that he was. Why are you so sure that I am a republican, because I'm not. I'm just not a liberal.

I am not so out of it that I don't know this crap happens, by Dems, Repubs, ect. I am just suggesting that you can live your life without having to deal with it if you tried to. You don't have to associate yourself with people who lie, cheat and steel.

And about the incite, have fun learning from Kilgore I bet it will get you far.

By the way I am sure he is just trying to get a rise out of us. I'll play along for fun.

What the hell is the big deal. I wish we had that rule on my college team. Dating within the team has literally destroyed both teams. Grow up and find someone else to f---.

i wasn't pretty fast when i was young. had plenty of fun. drank like all college students at huge midwest state schools. went to concerts, blah, blah, blah.

i don't think mormons, baptists and monks are faster than people who balance their fun with serious training.

i can do a morning recovery run with a hangover quite well and be none the worse for it.

get over yourself and your monastic life. it's too sad.

Follow the f---ing rules wrote:

What the hell is the big deal. I wish we had that rule on my college team. Dating within the team has literally destroyed both teams. Grow up and find someone else to f---.

I'm sure it is a problem at some schools, but I can tell you that my track team was a big bunch of sluts and we still all got along. I am actualy surprised by this though. We all still get together for cook outs.

are we still talking about hanson's project?

According to my intro psych text book, the most important factor in starting a relationship (statistically) is proximity. Number two is sharing a common interest. Number three is physical attractiveness. Elite runners have all 3 bases covered, it's really not a mystery that this happens. Some people are grown up enough to handle it, some people are not. Either way, if you ban it, people are going to choose their relationship first the majority of the time.

I have seen it destroy businesses, teams and best friends. It may or may not workout for the Hansons to allow dating within the program, but why would the Brothers chance it? If it has the potential to be a problem then they shouldn't allow it. The few examples on here prove that it is a GREAT RULE. If I understand things correctly there are people in the program that date and others that are married and most that are in a serious relationship, so the Brothers are not asking for a vow of celibacy. Why would anyone compare that rule to being a monk. Half the corporate world has the same rule. It is a shame that a few of the athletes weren't smart enough to figure it out on their own.

800 dude wrote:

According to my intro psych text book, .....

And most psychologist lust for their mother.

I don't see having a "co-ed" team working. Those pheromones are just too much.

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the hansons did the right thing. in college, i banged my coaches fiancee and paid the price by getting elected to the 9th spot on the xc team, worth the price, but i just wish he had told me what he was planning to do before i put my spikes on to go for my warmup that morning...only 8 official runners were allowed to start for each school in the nationals that year....well, in retrospect, i guess i did'nt exactly plan to tell him anytime soon what his future wife was like in the sack either.

eddy,

REPEAT THIS TO YOURSELF OFTEN--Don't shit where you eat.

In all my life, I have never heard better advice.

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ilearnedthehardway