t-and-f: Cross? Yes, please.
What do y'all think will be the effect of the women's race being bumped up to 6K? I don't think it will matter much at all. Little happens after about a mile in women's cross anyway. No reason to think an extra 1000 meters will change that. Also, has anyone noticed that the Pre-NCAA meet in Ames is going to be a 10K this year? Interesting. Will some that usually go avoid it this time around? Of course, if they heed Coach McDonnell's words from the T&FN article last year they'll want to run another 10K near the end of the season. That's when you want to concentrate on strength, not sharpening or tapering, as many believe. sideshow
RE: t-and-f: Cross? Yes, please.
The question should be, "Why only 6k?" malmo > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 5:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: t-and-f: Cross? Yes, please. > > > What do y'all think will be the effect of the women's race being > bumped up to 6K? I don't think it will matter much at all. Little > happens after about a mile in women's cross anyway. No reason to > think an extra 1000 meters will change that. > > Also, has anyone noticed that the Pre-NCAA meet in Ames is going > to be a 10K this year? Interesting. Will some that usually go > avoid it this time around? Of course, if they heed Coach > McDonnell's words from the T&FN article last year they'll want to > run another 10K near the end of the season. That's when you want > to concentrate on strength, not sharpening or tapering, as many believe. > sideshow >
Re: t-and-f: Cross? Yes, please.
>Also, has anyone noticed that the Pre-NCAA meet in Ames is going to be a >10K this year? Interesting. Will some that usually go avoid it this time >around? Of course, if they heed Coach McDonnell's words from the T&FN >article last year they'll want to run another 10K near the end of the >season. That's when you want to concentrate on strength, not sharpening or >tapering, as many believe. >I agree - the 10k distance might not be as desirable to some teams. But I remember that Paul Short used to be 10k and plenty of top teams still went. Isn't Chile Pepper in Arkansas 10k as well? The 8k distance is a bit more universal, it doesn't "mess" with training plans or tapers and it helps those teams with younger guys - don't know if they really need to run 3 10k's in one season. Joe Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
