Ginger running making fun of cross country

I'm not sure how you can compare XC to ultra running in the first place.

It's a lot easier to see hazards when there are a handful of people in the race running twice as slow.

I am in China. Please explain ginger man runner in great detail.

I'm in my 50s and laugh every time I see roots and (hazards) covered with white or red paint. That's certainly no way to toughen up runners preparing them for trail races.

Who listens to red heads?

Who is the ginger runner?

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Who listens to red heads?

High school XC races can be large numbers of kids running in tight packs. The fastest kids are running pretty quick. Tough footing can result in kids going down and breaking an arm, breaking an ankle, etc.

Nothing wrong with a hard cross country course. But it needs to be difficult from "safe" obstacles like difficult hills, mud, etc. Or if you lack those things, throw in things "safe" obstacles like hay bales, tight turns, etc.

I have no idea who he is, but this ginger runner guy obviously has ever been involved in cross country. He seems to think injured kids is something we should mock.

Im all for tough kids. But tough kids are the result of hard workouts, minor scrapes and bruises, not broken limbs.

We chop the roots out when building new trail wrote:

I'm in my 50s and laugh every time I see roots and (hazards) covered with white or red paint. That's certainly no way to toughen up runners preparing them for trail races.

I don't think cross country is supposed to prepare runners for trail races. I think it's just supposed to be cross country.

We chop the roots out when building new trail wrote:

I'm in my 50s and laugh every time I see roots and (hazards) covered with white or red paint. That's certainly no way to toughen up runners preparing them for trail races.

The only time my team is on tight single track trails with roots is in September during our dual meet season which is not that important to us. The rougher the course, the more athletes I lose to twisted ankles.

I don't understand how injuring our athletes in the early season toughens them up for competition during our championship portion of the season.

Please help me to learn more since you obviously know so much about what we do?

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People are watching this?

Really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAMSYqN-p7s

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I am in China. Please explain ginger man runner in great detail.

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Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

High school XC races can be large numbers of kids running in tight packs. The fastest kids are running pretty quick. Tough footing can result in kids going down and breaking an arm, breaking an ankle, etc.

Nothing wrong with a hard cross country course. But it needs to be difficult from "safe" obstacles like difficult hills, mud, etc. Or if you lack those things, throw in things "safe" obstacles like hay bales, tight turns, etc.

I have no idea who he is, but this ginger runner guy obviously has ever been involved in cross country. He seems to think injured kids is something we should mock.

Im all for tough kids. But tough kids are the result of hard workouts, minor scrapes and bruises, not broken limbs.

Tough kids and cross country is an oxymoron

They try to spray hazards where I live, but in some courses in New England it's a lost cause. Leaves cover everything, rocks and roots are all over the place. I think it's good they try though. XC running is impossibly fast, I'm not even sure sometimes how they can possibly run that fast on such difficult terrain. So it's easy to think about footing when you're running 10 minute miles, and quite another when you're running twice as fast. Personally I'd much rather they try to make tricky courses a little safer than put all the XC races on flat grass.

I actually like Ginger Runner b/c I think his videos are interesting and well done, but nothing good comes out of making fun of another type of running. I'm surprised he's looking down his nose at anyone, it doesn't seem "on brand" or like he's the type to think he's superior, but here we are.

True, here we are. A very ignorant post on his part that he owns.

Facts:

- There are a lot of overprotective parents.

- There are some courses (particularly in rural mountainous places) with truly awful footing that's liable to injure several of your runners.

I hear ya -- but I'd take a look at the course first before passing judgement. (Either way, weird that the parents are doing this. Should be the kids' and coaches' responsibility.)

For a bit more context...

https://twitter.com/TheGingerRunner/status/1182178208591970304?s=20