saywhat?

well guys, I don't know if you've seen what I've seen, but the BHS band absolutely dominates; hands down they're the best in the state.

3200 just wasn't his day? Hmmm... that was an odd race... Pair passed out, Rodewald didn't quite know what was going on, and Jaynes and Clabo saw an opening in the last half a lap of the race and they seized the opportunity. This isn't about Clabo, yet all of your posts are about Clabo. When considering the results of a 3.1mi (5k) race, it isn't gonna necessarily be about who can crank out a last fast 400; The determining factors in the race are gonna be about what the dominant runner in the race decides they're gonna be about. And there are about half a dozen runners who could, if it fits into their plans, give Clabo a run for his money.

There is no doubt that Clabo is a good runner. Yet to assume that he would "rape the competition as the Elizabthton kid did last year" is to err. A 9:50 3200m is respectable, but to extrapolate that time to a cross-country race is silly; every race is its own creature, and you just have to figure out how to kill the beast. Perkins is a good runner, but I'll bet that Johnson has him beat on Saturday. Musick and Bell are pretty solid as well. But then again so are Patterson and Cowan. Coniglio seems like he should be able to put together a solid race. If you want to look purely at numbers and run some calculations to make your predictions, fine. But there are numerous lurking variables that must be taken into account; everything that these runners have done since the end of track to now has some effect, even if it is infinitesimally small. And of course there is the possibility that some overriding factor will present itself at some point during the race on Saturday. If Lipscomb is going to RTFOOI Saturday and not wonder WTFS their SFNG-pole, they have a decent shot at winning. That said, the fortitude displayed by a team or an individual is only impregnable to the extent that others have not yet managed to breach it. Fortitude is a defensive procedure, and a single lapse can spell disaster. No runner will run three miles without a single lapse, but some will obviously have more than others. I'll root to the end for the guys I know have maximized the ratio of mental to physical, the guys I know can come out of the woordwork to do something spectacular, the guys who know that Saturday is their day, the guys who know that it's going to take every Joule of energy they can muster, the guys who are willing to give that last Joule, the guys who have thrived in the face of Rebel Assault, the guys who run not just for themselves but for those who have come before and those who will come after.

It'll be interesting to see what she does with her next three XC seasons. I wish her the best.

Duce, I don't think you get it. Follow Seminoles1's lead. For Ohio State's Sake.

Coachh, is this sort of childish, argumentative antagonism going to get anyone anywhere? You are an adult and a role model

Dennis Rodman was pretty good at crashing the boards and ticking people off, but not too much aside from that. Don't be another Dennis Rodman: save the fight for actual races on the track.

There's really no subsitute for real turf that's in good condition.

Nine seniors lost? Ouch.

Why not just overbuild the turf part and then just mark the lines so that it meets specs?

blocked kicks?

You are if your coach knows how to coach size.

Harpeth Hills is by far the most difficult course. Not only are the sand traps nasty, but there are regular occurences of random individuals who think it is funny (in a sick sort of way) to yell at the golfers.

That's a real shame. She was looking really good this year, but overall the Collinwood powder puff team looks really strong.

No doubt both FRA and E-town have good programs. Let's see what the future has to hold.

Guys, come on. This is childish. Any old idiot can shoot around words that get censored out with the pound signs. It's a race. It just so happens that on this day, FRA beat E-town, even though Jaynes did win the race. It was a very good effort on his part. Just wait till track... I can guarantee you that there'll be fierce battling on the lanes.

Great first post there, EHSCrossCountry. Maybe you should read a little Thomas Paine: to say that other teams have peaked without knowing their training schedules, without training their runners is an extremely smart supposition.

I dont know that good quarterbacks could ever make any gains throwing down good times.

Yes, it's very easy to quantify course difficulty. [/sarcasm]

What about Thomas Schlitt?

Well, candy generally works for little kids, but music is the key. Usually some Usher works or somehting along the lines of that, but if things just get really bad, try going for some Rammstein of Stahlhammer.

In the words of a very wise woman named Barb: Sarcasm Kills

One resource that they know how to tap is the Pulaski crowd.

No wonder the refs there have been able to get away with fixing games -- nobody wants to mess with a gun-toting, black and white striped bandit

I'm thinking either Phil Mickelson or Tiger