Oatlands Invitational XC

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Anonymous wrote:Langley freshman coming in with a dominant time in the Varsity girls race.

Unfortunately for Langley, there were already four Robinson runners in the team tent drinking Gatorade when Langley's “dominant” freshman crossed the finish line.

Come for the parking advice, stay for the XC trash talk.

Right? I thought XC parents were supposed to nice.

Agree. On the prior XC thread I requested that specific coaches and athletes be left out of it but was told that was policing speech.

You were policing speech, it was annoying. However, I will agree with you that children should be left out and the previous thread was strictly talking about bad coaches in the area. That is a fair topic since no names were mentioned.

People called out a specific coach in a general thread. Start your own if you insist on discussing it.

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Anonymous wrote:There are two kinds of XC kids and parents- the serious runners vs the kids who just want to be on a team and put it on their college application. The first group is very competitive.

Indeed. And thankfully the team scoring aspect gives at least some of the non-serious runners an opportunity to make an impact.

Hardly. the non-serious runners barely make it to a meet and are definitely not ever at an invitational

At Oatlands, which was an invitational event, approximately 500 girls participated in the Varsity A race. Of these, maybe around 10% have the talent and aspiration to compete at the collegiate level, with the remaining less serious participants running for other reasons. Blacksburg finished second in the Varsity A race and was able to do that without a full team of elite-level runners. Yes, the sport is dominated by some very serious athletes, but there absolutely are opportunities for less serios runners to compete and even make an impact.

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Girls running 6-7 minute mile for a 5k on that hilly course are athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:Girls running 6-7 minute mile for a 5k on that hilly course are athletes.

Lol -- 6-7

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Langley freshman coming in with a dominant time in the Varsity girls race.

Unfortunately for Langley, there were already four Robinson runners in the team tent drinking Gatorade when Langley's “dominant” freshman crossed the finish line.

Come for the parking advice, stay for the XC trash talk.

Right? I thought XC parents were supposed to nice.

Agree. On the prior XC thread I requested that specific coaches and athletes be left out of it but was told that was policing speech.

You were policing speech, it was annoying. However, I will agree with you that children should be left out and the previous thread was strictly talking about bad coaches in the area. That is a fair topic since no names were mentioned.

People called out a specific coach in a general thread. Start your own if you insist on discussing it.

Okay officer.

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the two girls from Blacksburg who finished in the 60s both ran miles under 6 minutes. I don't think they are non-athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the two girls from Blacksburg who finished in the 60s both ran miles under 6 minutes. I don't think they are non-athletes.

The 60th place finisher ran a 6:28 per mile pace.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:the two girls from Blacksburg who finished in the 60s both ran miles under 6 minutes. I don't think they are non-athletes.

The 60th place finisher ran a 6:28 per mile pace.

If you look at the splits the first mile was under 6

The overall pace is definitely athletic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the two girls from Blacksburg who finished in the 60s both ran miles under 6 minutes. I don't think they are non-athletes.

In my experience a downhill mile is not necessarily a good gauge of athleticism.