Summer Base/Racing ? for JK/wejo/rojo

So, which of the following is true...

A.) You have the ability to get fit VERY quickly.

B.) Your coach (and maybe you as well) is(are) smokin' some good stuff.

C.) Your conference totally sucks.

Almost impossible to say without seeing first hand, but it would seem that the red-shirt option was almost made for cases like yours. Maybe you can get a buddy to do it with you.

Redshirt the season. You're only up to 35 miles a week. That's not going to get you anywhere. You running less than your best is not going to help you win the conference. What Conference is this anyway where 1 guy is the difference between 1st and 4th?

I would either vote for the red-shirt...unless you can talk the coach into letting you run only three races and if your fitness level indicates you could place in the top five of your team and all indications are that your team will win your conference then I would be tempted to go for it...you don't know what next year will hold fora you or your team...

The answer is A. THere is no doubt I will be the top guy on my team by this time next month, but I will not be running as well as I know I can if I have another year with a solid base to do so. Right now I'm sitting in 2-3 spot. I only averaged 42 miles per week healthy last XC season. But it looks like I'll be waiting it out to see how the team looks compared to the rest of the conference. If it looks like I can make us win (which may or may not be likely, idk what recruits the other schools have) I'll run, if not, I'll red shirt. Thanx so much for the replies. Now I just have to explain to coach that his #1 man will be healthy this season but not running in a year that would otherwise prove to be possibly the best xc team in school history. If anyone has ideas on how I can do that, let me know!!!

I don't mean for this to sound rude but that is really low mileage especially for a guys team are you still in HS or is this a college question?

Anna,

Why are you so harsh?

Goodbye

I reread what I posted earlier, and I thought maybe I was a little abrupt in my B and C options. I should not have had such a critical bent, but you can see where I am coming from.

As far as telling your coach, just be very straight forward. Also, make sure he knows of your intentions to help build up the subsequent years' teams in any and every way you can to make them the best in "school history" and better than what this year's could be. (I understand that some of the better guys may be leaving, but I think they could be replaced quickly).

Anna, on the surface, your question may seem legit, but how many HSs have a redshirt option? These HSs must be rediculously stupid to have so many people taking 5/6 years to graduate, or they must have the most outrageously serious distance program ever (delaying college to win at the HS level). So, no offense, but your question makes you look sort of.. or actually, really dense.