ORIGINAL: mossbergman11
1) We always run in spikes. Always. We adjust length for different terrain and weather. I exaggerated about 2 inch spike thing. They are usually 1 inch in rain.
2) In Ohio XC is huge and we do run through creeks all the time.
3) When running an XC race the only part there are people at are the start 1 mile 2 mile 3 mile and finish. Other than those times you can pretty much do what you want.
4) In XC you have to accelerate and decelerate a ton.
5) 16:20 is not a D1 college time. Two seniors this year both got 15:45. They are going to D1 schools. IUPUI to be exact. 16:20 in high school is pretty good. But in college 16:20 wont cut it.
6) My PR as a freshman was a 17:09 on varsity
1) I just can't see the usefulness of having spikes while running unless you are running on a track the entire time. It's not like you have to make sharp cuts or anything?
2) We ran through a few wood courses that had creeks in them, but we never ran
through any creeks.
3) Yes, I know where people are located during the race. I know you can do what you want, but I never seen anybody pushing another runner down or anything like that.
4) Accelerate and declerate a ton? When? You find your pace and stay at it. If you are constantly slowing down, then accelerating again, you will never improve your time.
5) Running 16:20 consistly in HS will probably earn you a scholarship at the college level. I promise you that.
5) My personal best back in HS was in the low 17s also. Now, my 5k time as of last weekend was 20:13.