I, along with every other HS senior GO HOME DEVASTATED cause of a stupid virus

My season got postponed but I don't give sh!t

Having your senior season taken away sucks. But just go do it anyway.

iknowitsucks wrote:

Having your senior season taken away sucks. But just go do it anyway.

How do you propose this? A time trial time probably doesn't count in college's eyes. Where is he going to find an open 800...

Now is the time to change and challenge the status quo. Stop asking for a platter with your hand out. Roll up the sleeves and let that determination succeed. Train and setup a video of you breaking two. Post it here with your story. You might get some trolls but the grand majority of us will respond and help bring attention to it.

The point is you and your friends/peers can still run fast but it will take creativity and experimentation. You have to take matters into your own hands. Great lesson of life and will make a great news story some day. If you cant use an institution's track build your own on grass. There are IAAF pdfs on how to do so.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download%3Ffilename%3D5a5b59ac-eb58-45e4-a9a3-003c1e61d619.pdf%26urlslug%3Diaaf%2520track%2520and%2520field%2520facilities%2520manual%25202008%2520edition%2520-%2520chapters%25201-3&ved=2ahUKEwiG6qqzxZfoAhVQOKwKHafDCNcQFjALegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1zG8itUCWILdwgDxXANndk

People are dying out there and you’re whining about your HS times.

You sound like a brat.

Lego Man wrote:

Me: I want to show everyone that you can go from a 2:14 to sub 2:00 over the span of a year and inspire my teammates and prove to myself that I'm worth something!

Me: runs 2:02 during indoor along with a 53.5

Me: Holy crap I might actually do it!!!

Corona Virus: Screw you and all your stupid friends school is cancelled along with track and senior prom boohoo are you gonna cry?

Lets band together and be there for eachother boys... (and girls) feel free to vent and conversate down here guys. :(

It's a bummer, but have some perspective. This is one of the worst public health crises in the US' history and if action isn't taken now the economy could slip into deep depression--or collapse-- and then there won't be much of anything for a loooonnng time. Don't lots of universities offer walk-on try outs? Just keep doing what you're doing and give it a go then. It's not the end of the world (that is, if Coronavirus isn't the end of the world).

Same man my season got cancelled and now I feel like crap I was just starting to improve to. This is all China's fault. I will never buy another product made by them. They are an evil country.

similar situation.... season isn't officially canceled yet, but just opened the season with 2:03 PR. Hopefully I only have the next 3 weeks out instead of the rest of the season.

you really do need to get a grip and some perspective on things

Kvothe wrote:

iknowitsucks wrote:

Having your senior season taken away sucks. But just go do it anyway.

How do you propose this? A time trial time probably doesn't count in college's eyes. Where is he going to find an open 800...

Any college that cares if a senior runs 1:59 (DIII anyone?) would be fine with a senior who ran 2:02 indoor and got the outdoor season cancelled.

I am sorry to hear this for all of you. Keep your head up. Keep training. I agree with the above about filming yourself breaking 2. I would love to see you go for it. I like to watch all sports and especially t&f, and since NO sports are going to be televised for a while, for it. And post it. Maybe even start a separate thread where others will video and post their own attempts. I bet it will get a ton of attention.

This sucks my season season was stolen from me due to my school and state athletic association mistakenly ruling me ineligible. My school athletic director finally admitted to the mistake after I gradated. I am still pissed till this day .

I was depressed for 1 and a half years after, and now I was just starting to train again and know every meet, local 5k, and our parkrun is all canceled. Reading about all the senior who are affected breaks my heart. The pain felt when I found out every thing was canceled was about the same when my high coach came to me to tell me I was ineligible.

I know this sucks and its going to get better, you just have to keep running

the corona virus isnt as bad as the media makes it out to be you need to look at the facts first

Keep training. Go walk on at a lower level college and keep it going for 4 more years.

college sophomore wrote:

This sucks my senior season

This is a good idea and I think Nick should help him. In fact why do all kinds of runners step up and help these kids out, but especially youtubers and bloggers like LR.

toomuchmileage wrote:

you really do need to get a grip and some perspective on things

Nothing matters more than unmarketable HS sports.

This whole corona thing has been mind-blowing. Something like this just completely random out of left field type thing has thrown any certainty about the rest of our short high school careers. I've worked so hard this summer and spring and I'm in the best shape of my life and now I can't do anything with it. I qualified for our home state meet of champions and the FSU relays something that I've been looking forward to for a while. It hurts me also to see all the other seniors I've battled against in Alabama that have had their opportunity at the national stage stripped away. It is so insane to think that my senior year would anything like this.