Which one is better
Which one is better
ohsiq wrote:
Which one is better
Well the D3 champion is a better runner. No doubt.
Allow me to rephrase...
“Is it better to run a 1:49 800m in D3, or a 1:54 in D1?”
Do you know what the word better means? If I run 14 minutes and finish 3rd in a high level 5k or I run 20 minutes and win my local 5k, which is a better 5k?
Being around serious elite competition makes a difference.
I would argue champion D3 at a top-10 school is better than average D1 at an average school
Ummmm.... ever hear of Nick Symmomds and Will Leer?
ohsiq wrote:
Which one is better
If your long-term plan is to quit running and post shiz on LR, then average D1 guy. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. You ran what you ran.
OP, that's some D3 sh*t!
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8027305
Better to be a 29 minute 8k D1 runner and be able to say you ran D1 than have success in D3.
29 minutes in D1 or 35 minutes in D3. That was the question.
What do you mean by better?
I’ll take whichever has the fastest times.
40 years from now if you tell people you were a D1 athlete, they will be extremely impressed. If you tell them you were a D3 athlete, they will find an excuse to end the conversation abruptly.
tin can man wrote:
40 years from now if you tell people you were a D1 athlete, they will be extremely impressed. If you tell them you were a D3 athlete, they will find an excuse to end the conversation abruptly.
Champion > athlete.
D3 champs are definitely better than the majority of D1 athletes. That’s easy to prove.
D3 champions usually run low-14 for 5k, most D1 runners never break 15 (probably 15:30). Tough call.
Is it better to be an champion ultra runner or a pretty good marathoner?
Talent beats training wrote:
29 minutes in D1 or 35 minutes in D3. That was the question.
That most certainly is not the question. OP didn't ask for times and like others said most D3 champs are faster than the average D1 athlete even if they aren't a great talent the way Nick Symmonds was. If you ran fast times in D3 you would simply state your prs if someone wanted to know how good you were. Just for a recent example in the 2018 D3 5K champion has a pr of 14:09. That's easily more impressive than simply being an average D1 athlete.
Whichever school offers the superior degree and job prospects when you graduate is better. It doesn't matter if you were a D3 champion or D1 also-ran once you are in the work force.
Education wrote:
Whichever school offers the superior degree and job prospects when you graduate is better. It doesn't matter if you were a D3 champion or D1 also-ran once you are in the work force.
You focus too much on work. You sound like one of those dudes who is insecure about his lack of success in life when he was younger so now his only focus is on propping himself up by focusing solely on money. Still does not change the fact that deep down you are insecure if you do not address those issues, which you clearly have with a post like that. Sure you should have a balance of running and school, whatever. But please do not discredit others because you are insecure. You know the good athletes in college good more poon and notoriety than you, deal with it.
A champion runner at any level will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills that can prove valuable in the 'real world'. So, D3 champ > D1 average.
The best D3 guy in the 5k ran 14:22 this year. He would have only been 159th in D1. The best in the mile was 4:08 while that was only 230th in D1. So let's round the 2 to about 200th. I believe that there are 16 individual events. So if a D3 guy is as good as the 200th person in one event, they are behind about 3200 total D1 athletes from all events. That sounds pretty average. I don't think most D3 athletes have any idea that they would be about 200th and be a nobody in D1. So I guess being a national champ is better because the D3 champ b would disappear in D1.