With seasons cancelled, there's no track to train for. Any coach worth their salt is encouraging their athletes to start a huge base-building phase for XC. We will see a lot of early-season burnouts this fall, but we are also going to see people in the best XC fitness of their life because of all the mileage they can put in. For people who can get in good training right now, it's almost like a free redshirt now that they'll get this season back.
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People who respond well to base training could run faster than otherwise. Most won't. The same reason why people who skip track to base train for xc are slower than the guys who ran track.
Here's an even bigger hot take.
Since all of the seniors now get an extra year to compete, and all of the younger people will still be there, this next outdoor season will be the deepest year yet. Region qualifying times will be faster than ever before.
Some good hot takes but here’s the SIZZLER!
DEEPEST AND FASTEST HOT XC SEASON. HIGHEST MILEAGE RECORDED ACROSS ALL LEVELS AND DIVISIONS.
Hot Takes wrote:
Here's an even bigger hot take.
Since all of the seniors now get an extra year to compete, and all of the younger people will still be there, this next outdoor season will be the deepest year yet. Region qualifying times will be faster than ever before.
Meanwhile BYU adds more grey hair
Not a hot take.
PeanutButterJelly wrote:
With seasons cancelled, there's no track to train for. Any coach worth their salt is encouraging their athletes to start a huge base-building phase for XC. We will see a lot of early-season burnouts this fall, but we are also going to see people in the best XC fitness of their life because of all the mileage they can put in. For people who can get in good training right now, it's almost like a free redshirt now that they'll get this season back.
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That's neither a hot take nor does anyone care.
yawntown wrote:
Not a hot take.
This
Im personally ecstatic! I'm walking on this season and my track times are a lot faster than XC and it was looking like I wasn't gonna be able to be on the travelling team for XC as I have more than a minute to take off of my 5k time but now I have a chance! Sub 15 FTW baby!
Lukewarm take: lots of runners will start drinking instead and become washed up has-beens.
Juice Springsteen wrote:
Lukewarm take: lots of runners will start drinking instead and become washed up has-beens.
That never happens.
PeanutButterJelly wrote:
With seasons cancelled, there's no track to train for. Any coach worth their salt is encouraging their athletes to start a huge base-building phase for XC. We will see a lot of early-season burnouts this fall, but we are also going to see people in the best XC fitness of their life because of all the mileage they can put in. For people who can get in good training right now, it's almost like a free redshirt now that they'll get this season back.
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That's a superficial understanding of "base". The fact of the matter is, you are always building base, and the most important step in base for xc is what you would have accomplished this spring in track. Base is a continuous project.
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