There are so many bad D1 teams and runners that the term is meaningless. It does not give you some kind of life-long serious runner status. You're a hobby jogger, and "former d1" does not save you from hobby joggerville.
There are so many bad D1 teams and runners that the term is meaningless. It does not give you some kind of life-long serious runner status. You're a hobby jogger, and "former d1" does not save you from hobby joggerville.
Looks like someone is still salty about having to settle for Baby Nationals
The worst college team I ever saw in my life was from a division 1 school. It looked like they pulled 5 random guys from campus and gave them uniforms. Seriously, all 5 of them ran 35+ minutes for 8k. But hey, for the rest of their lives, they can tell everyone they're former d1.
Former D1 wrote:
Looks like someone is still salty about having to settle for Baby Nationals
Incorrect. I am not someone who tries to claim status based on an arbitrary label from 20 years ago.
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
Former D1 wrote:
Looks like someone is still salty about having to settle for Baby Nationals
Incorrect. I am not someone who tries to claim status based on an arbitrary label from 20 years ago.
Yet you still make whiny posts on letrsun and take the bait from trolls. Grow up
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
There are so many bad D1 teams and runners that the term is meaningless. It does not give you some kind of life-long serious runner status. You're a hobby jogger, and "former d1" does not save you from hobby joggerville.
^this, and if i might add the other super annoying thing people post on here
-"i was at a mid major PAC 12"
really? why not just say what f*cking school and stop acting vague about it you douche
-"i did my undergrad at one of the mid level ivy leagues"
like you post under a worthless handle so no one knows who the f*ck you are...so why not just say what pretentious college you went to
like what the f*ck is a "mid level" ivy league? columbia? so why not just say
"i did my undergrad at columbia....."
dont be a douche
"i was a former D1 at a midlevel PAC 12 school" no thats douche
just say the truth
"i was a former D1 runner at ASU"
enough with the vague cowardice to try and make yourself sound more impressive, its douche
This is why letsrun needs registered users. To sign up, you need your full name, which men's D1 program you ran at (no females here please, they get by on talent and not hard work) your PRs, your degree and major, your social security number, a signed copy of your transcript, the results of a recent VO2 max test, and the home phone number of your former D1 coach to verify your D1-ness. Everyone else can go to Runners World forums or Reddit.
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
There are so many bad D1 teams and runners that the term is meaningless. It does not give you some kind of life-long serious runner status. You're a hobby jogger, and "former d1" does not save you from hobby joggerville.
I totally agree. It's like a guy claiming to be "a vet" right before he starts whining about NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem. (And then he undermines his credibility even further by identifying as a Trump supporter.) Right away, you know "the vet" never engaged in combat as he was "defending his country" and probably spent three years working as an army cook before being dishonorably discharged for rubbing one out in the sausage gravy.
So, yeah, I get your point. Why would I put my "former D1 status" on display when I never even broke 26:00 for an 8K cross country race.
Former D1 here at a lower mid ACC school. I completely agree with the OP. Anyways, are Baby Nationals still the weekend before the Big Dance?
Jefe in the CO wrote:
Former D1 here at a lower mid ACC school. I completely agree with the OP. Anyways, are Baby Nationals still the weekend before the Big Dance?
Yea where's the top d2 schools going this year? Should be fun to watch them smack around D1s again like adams did at Paul short last year
What times should one have to have run to legitimately claim the D1 label?
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
What times should one have to have run to legitimately claim the D1 label?
Oh no, I forgot to change my user name while replying to myself. Oh, well, no soup for me!
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
Former D1 wrote:
Looks like someone is still salty about having to settle for Baby Nationals
Incorrect. I am not someone who tries to claim status based on an arbitrary label from 20 years ago.
What's arbitrary about it?
coopersville wrote:
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
Incorrect. I am not someone who tries to claim status based on an arbitrary label from 20 years ago.
What's arbitrary about it?
D2 teams beat D1 teams all the freakin' time.
well now wrote:
D2 teams beat D1 teams all the freakin' time.
Still doesn't make you former D1. Enjoy your finishers medal from Baby Nationals. About as impressive as your diploma from Chico State.
Former D1 wrote:
well now wrote:
D2 teams beat D1 teams all the freakin' time.
Still doesn't make you former D1. Enjoy your finishers medal from Baby Nationals. About as impressive as your diploma from Chico State.
*participation award. You don't even have to finish to get one. But of course if you'd ever made it to nationals you would know that. ?
Former D1 wrote:
well now wrote:
D2 teams beat D1 teams all the freakin' time.
Still doesn't make you former D1. Enjoy your finishers medal from Baby Nationals. About as impressive as your diploma from Chico State.
I'm not the one trying to earn cool points from something I did in school.
H.E. Pennypacker wrote:
There are so many bad D1 teams and runners that the term is meaningless. It does not give you some kind of life-long serious runner status. You're a hobby jogger, and "former d1" does not save you from hobby joggerville.
How else are you supposed to refer to competing in college? There's high school, then D1.
Do you know that over 85% of military vets never see combat?
Apparently not.
Still living in the past you are. Nobody cares that you never made it big.
You are an idiot wrote:
Do you know that over 85% of military vets never see combat?
Apparently not.
Still living in the past you are. Nobody cares that you never made it big.
And 100% if former D2 guys never see real Nationals.