interesting question and i can definitely see it's getting a bit personal, esp. for an adolescent.
On a related note, our running club shares info on Garmin site about their runs and we can view each others downloaded stats. I always feel a bit odd looking at the heart rate data of the women, being a guy, like it's getting a bit personal on the physicality side. LOL. I know it's ridiculous but it's there just the same.
Your runners probably weren't good enough. I did probably half a dozen post-race interviews in high school, and I wasn't even that good. You're correct about that being a bad question though - the focus should be on the race, not on stupid things like height and weight.[/quote]
I have to agree with you. One year I had a girl state champ in Cross. A reporter from our newspaper told me that in the year from her state championship (11th grade) to her senior year she and I were in the local paper more than any other local athlete/coach.
We were both quoted many times.
She "developed" our team "tradition" of the top runners giving credit to their teammates for helping them win.
No, it's never appropriate to ask a female about her weight and eating habits.
My kids have been interviewed dozens of times by local TV and newspapers after winning condference, sectional, and state meets. I was not involved ever. This is a common practice for high school runners.
His questions were a bit odd but not over the line.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
free_the_thigh wrote:
In Running there are no bonus points for height/weight, but your height/ weight will influence what times you can run.
So if I give you height/weight stats, you could project current PRs or ultimate potential?
Moran.
Did I say I can project current PRs or ultimate potential just from height/weight stats? No.
I said height and weight will influence what times you can run, which is a fact.
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