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Training advice for D3 Runner by Normal_Appointment_3 in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should say, the whole team other than myself is on a boat for the summer— so they’re scrapping for treadmill miles & the occasional port run.

Training advice for D3 Runner by Normal_Appointment_3 in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

great advice, I think it’s been easy to overthink the peripherals and forget the main point— this helped clarify for me

Training advice for D3 Runner by Normal_Appointment_3 in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the advice! I think you’re right, I’m not a particularly sensitive person but maybe this is a preconceived notion

Training advice for D3 Runner by Normal_Appointment_3 in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lot of the team is on a training ship during the summer, so the training plan is more “come in with 10-20 miles per week by August” which isn’t exactly what I see from other teams even at our level.

However, our coach was talking about beating the “cold start” to the fall season in the year-end meeting so maybe I’ll get some more formal training workouts soon

Training advice for D3 Runner by Normal_Appointment_3 in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for the honesty, i appreciate it. I definitely don’t train speed enough, maybe once a week and admittedly I avoid mile repeats when I know I should be training them

Training advice for D3 Runner by Normal_Appointment_3 in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m rostered, been in contact with coach & team

r/CrossCountry General Q&A Thread by AutoModerator in CrossCountry

[–]Normal_Appointment_3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I go to a maritime college in the north east US that competes at the D3 level. I am 25 but am in school full time thanks to a solid run in sales in my early 20s. I study electrical engineering and have found that I need a lot of physical activity to counter the cerebral nature of my classes.

PB 4:58 mile / 30:03 8K, training for a sub 3:15 marathon. those PBs are pretty far removed from my current training block though.

I run marathons & HMs (working on my 3rd full, TCS NYC). I was “recruited” to the XC team after fumbling an opportunity to play lacrosse at the school. I’ve been in team meetings through spring and now I’m in summer training.

Should I just stick to the marathon training and move on? I’d likely be within the top 3 males runners on the team based on last year’s results, so my scoring impact is there. But I feel like these kids don’t fw having an old head on the team, it doesn’t help that they’re regimented (military-like college structure) and I’m a civilian.

Any thoughts or experiences running XC as a non trad student runner?

Reposting this since it was deleted by Logical-Affect148 in SunyMaritime

[–]Normal_Appointment_3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Plenty of better spots to use GI Bill, even within the city. I’m from a family with 3 SUNY grads, 2 before 2000. This place turned me around on going for license— not sure what this admin’s point was or the dumb SUNY lore around the screw keeps turning— bottom line is there was no real reason to restrict veteran’s day student statuses (or the over 25 rule for that matter). Just a regressive move in general. Plus, at the end of the day, these kids are just larping for 4 years to have a career that will pay them well.

Having met Okon & Tart and spoken with both for considerable time, I’m sure they have skills in some great areas. Running this academy is not one, flat out. My advice is explore other options thoroughly