The Official 2008 XC Thread

meet yesterday. ran 23:22, 20th place out of 68 varsity girls.

first meet i got 6th in 17:50

hoping for a top 3 finish this saturday and low 17s

I'm going to put this here too:

Question: Tomorrow we have a scrimmage. Last week we did a mile time trial and I came in 14th. 13th was 4:55, I was 5:05, 15th was 5:05, and 16th was 5:18. 15th won't be running because of an injury, so I'm in the middle of a fairly large gap. I was thinking I would just run with the 5:18 and out-kick him, but my friend said I should run my own race, even though I don't think it'd going to make a difference in where I place on the team. the course is 2.65 miles so I'm not even going to get a common time like I would if it was a 5k. What would you do? Go all out and run my own race or run easier with the next man down and out-kick him?

FinishingKick wrote:I'm going to put this here too:

Question: Tomorrow we have a scrimmage. Last week we did a mile time trial and I came in 14th. 13th was 4:55, I was 5:05, 15th was 5:05, and 16th was 5:18. 15th won't be running because of an injury, so I'm in the middle of a fairly large gap. I was thinking I would just run with the 5:18 and out-kick him, but my friend said I should run my own race, even though I don't think it'd going to make a difference in where I place on the team. the course is 2.65 miles so I'm not even going to get a common time like I would if it was a 5k. What would you do? Go all out and run my own race or run easier with the next man down and out-kick him?

i would run my own race, there's no point in running someone else's TT.

another time trial today.

and fk im with miler on running your own race.

ok, so this is super frustrating:
i might have to sit a year out of running because i moved schools, but did not actually move living locations, so the CSF prob. wont let me run....thats so stupid, and i dont even know what the real reason is!!! ahhhh!!!

Meet today but a very small race with 10 girls all together. I took first and just stayed behind 2 girls in front of me until the end. Bad time though.

Meet with almost all the teams in the county. Took it easy and got 17:15 and 3rd place. First was 17:02. Don't even tell me I didn't take it easy because I did.

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Doesn't matter if you like him or not, still always true.

Saturday 10 mile time trial then Sept 13th Ohio Green/White Invite.

my time trial failed. i cant run downhill fast or else i get a very upset stomach the downhill was like 3.5k into the race, and at that point i was third, and then by the end of the hill (its 600m) i was 6th and thats how i finished lol.
o well, i have another time trial monday, hopefully i'll do better...i dont know why they are making us do so many time trials, since they dont cut anyone.

My first meet isn't until the 12th.
I'm getting really impatient waiting for meets to start, but I know that I'm still not in racing mode yet so my times would suck. but I want to race!!!! ahhhh!!!

BagoXC25 wrote:"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Doesn't matter if you like him or not, still always true.

Yes but now I'm under the radar because I didn't come in first like I could have. I want to be the underdog that wins counties not the favorite that every one guns for. Both my dad and my coach told me to do this.

mine isn't until the 6?? I think.. at the ocean =]
its fuun. but we always get there late and have to rush everything.

I doubt I'll be making districts this year though, I might have to get surgery on my right ankle =/ .

So Right now I feel like there is really no point of even trying.

My first meet isn't until late Sept.

Running With Scissors wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote:"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Doesn't matter if you like him or not, still always true.

Yes but now I'm under the radar because I didn't come in first like I could have. I want to be the underdog that wins counties not the favorite that every one guns for. Both my dad and my coach told me to do this.

I'm the same way. I don't really enjoy the pressure and I don't try to peak early so I try to give a decent race, but I'll definitely give the all outs when it counts.

CT Track wrote:

Running With Scissors wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote:"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Doesn't matter if you like him or not, still always true.

Yes but now I'm under the radar because I didn't come in first like I could have. I want to be the underdog that wins counties not the favorite that every one guns for. Both my dad and my coach told me to do this.

I'm the same way. I don't really enjoy the pressure and I don't try to peak early so I try to give a decent race, but I'll definitely give the all outs when it counts.

Yep, I have a meet in 2 weeks that tell us right there who will win the division and thats the race I will give it all. Then I'll do the same with states a little over a month later. I'll go hard for counties and districts but not balls to the wall.

we should mix my xc meets beginning one with this. seeing as i didn't even see this thread when i posted. whoops.

First meet sept 13....

first 5k of xc season....it was just a road race though....17:12

ran decent today. got 4rth, 17:18. shoulda been 10 seconds faster but it's still decent for early season.

Bocho6 wrote:first 5k of xc season....it was just a road race though....17:12

if it's on the road than it isn't a xc race, is it? lol but good job.

i just found out the schedule for my season and its retarted. its like a month shorter than last year (we end on oct 29 this year) and we only have 10 meets over 4 different courses.

alex-likes-running wrote:i just found out the schedule for my season and its retarted. its like a month shorter than last year (we end on oct 29 this year) and we only have 10 meets over 4 different courses.

That sounds alright, except for the multiple course meets.