Did you know North Central runs short repeats? You can see the loop in the Flotrack video. It's between .9 and .95 miles, but they mentally gymnastic themselves into thinking it's worth a mile because it has 3 180ish degree turns. Do any other colleges mentally trick themselves into shape or is was this unique to my experience?
Does it matter when you're repeating NCAA titles each year? Or are those short too?
How many NCAA championships have you won?
Film Rep wrote:
How many NCAA championships have you won?
NCAA championships are mostly recruiting.
.9 or exactly 1 mile, it really doesn't matter.
They win D3 championships. If you don't clarify, people will think they are winning real NCAA championships.
I've heard Al Carius speak and I've talked with him, and trust me, he knows more than any of us know now or will ever know. I think they're fine.
Have you measured the hill they run repeats on at the Blackwell Forest Preserve? When you get to the top insert your head into one of the landfill gas vent pipes.
ParityCuber wrote:
I've heard Al Carius speak and I've talked with him, and trust me, he knows more than any of us know now or will ever know. I think they're fine.
He mostly rambles and tricks dumb boys into waking up at 6:30 (ahem, 6:25) every day of college.
mental retardation wrote:
Film Rep wrote:
How many NCAA championships have you won?
NCAA championships are mostly recruiting.
I'm from Illinois and raced a lot of the NCC guys in high school. Most of them were not very good. Some of them were very not good. NCC is very average at recruiting. It doesn't help that literally every single person you recruit is from Illinois. If it was about recruiting, MIT would win every year.
mental retardation wrote:
ParityCuber wrote:
I've heard Al Carius speak and I've talked with him, and trust me, he knows more than any of us know now or will ever know. I think they're fine.
He mostly rambles and tricks dumb boys into waking up at 6:30 (ahem, 6:25) every day of college.
Hardly the only program that does that. Most of the competitive ones do.
How so? Nobody gets into MIT while everyone gets into North central.
MIT smarty wrote:
How so? Nobody gets into MIT while everyone gets into North central.
Yet somehow MIT managed to recruit six sub-9:20 guys this cycle. That's why 5 of their top 7 are freshmen. That's nothing new, though. They've routinely brought in fast kids. It has everything to do with the school's reputation. Plenty of guys would be willing to turn down book money or 20% at a D1 school to go to MIT, and a lot of smart kids can because Taylor has sway in admissions. The reverse is true for NCC. You're not going to see a lot of scholarship caliber runners turning down money to go to a D3 school no one has heard of. That's why NCC recruits almost entirely in Illinois (largely central, farmland Illinois) and rarely gets sub 4:20/9:20 talent. They rely on training up underdeveloped runners that were in high school graduating classes of 40.
mental retardation wrote:
Film Rep wrote:
How many NCAA championships have you won?
NCAA championships are mostly recruiting.
Yes that's the case for D1 but not D3. I find D3 way more interesting because it's of people of average talent putting in the work and being developed competing for championships out of the love of the sport as opposed to scholarship money. Don't get me wrong I never blame people for pursing scholarships especially those of lesser socioeconomic status but that's why I love that there are separate divisions. Many D1 athletes work their butts off but also have such ridiculously good genetics I don't find it interesting. I love when teams like North Central beat D1 teams that have several scholarship athletes, it proves that D3 hate is a bunch of bullshit malarkey. Students should choose schools based on the best fit for them, not merely the division.
I think they would be a good example for you on how important the mental aspect of running is.
Of course, based on your other posts, it doesn't seem like you're interested in running, but mostly interested in taking shots at them. So, if that's your goal, congrats!
pathfinder wrote:
I think they would be a good example for you on how important the mental aspect of running is.
Of course, based on your other posts, it doesn't seem like you're interested in running, but mostly interested in taking shots at them. So, if that's your goal, congrats!
I'm just pointing out that they aren't that great. They cheat as well. They've had that Hird kid on their team for like 9 years, no idea how he still has eligibility.
Check your facts bud...that Hird kid has been on the team for 16 years and counting
who hurt you? point out on the NCC roster who touched you and where
North Central is a clown college. They let 40 guys on the team and have them run doubles because academics are nonexistent. Of course some guys will be good. MIT recruits a few good guys who can't find time to train because they are studying. 75% of guys on D1 teams do not have scholarships either and less than 5% have significant ones. Nonscholarship guys still run faster than D3 guys.
Man it feels good to beat scholarship guys year after year after year just to graduate with a 2.1 GPA. Check your facts, the park is .69 miles, which is why we can consistently run 4:20s all day.
The Hird will be there still in 2027 - hell there may even be two of them.
Want to know their biggest secret? Those beads they’re always wearing? Yeah, you know EXACTLY where they put them.
Hint: it’s their bums.