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Post by sean on Sept 2, 2008 22:05:45 GMT -6
how are the bears shaping up for the season? pandas rebuilding again? (sorry)
is that professional triathlete going to ruin the wednesday night series again?
is thunder getting vollmer as a ringer for club nationals again?
somebody fill me in.
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Post by harrington on Sept 2, 2008 22:26:48 GMT -6
The Bears are shaping up to kick some a.s.s.
We got The Beef back and hopefully Austin as well if he ever resurfaces.
Everyone returns from last year except Tyler but he doesn't even like Cross Country.
With another year of experience and training behind us this group is looking to make huge strides from past years.
Expect big things from us, cause we're expecting big things from ourselves.
Of course, if Macdonalditis sweeps its way through the squad all bets are off (sorry).
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Post by sean on Sept 3, 2008 0:00:53 GMT -6
good catch, art. cheap shot at the pandas by me. i have been recycling the same jokes for far too long now.
on a more serious note, what is the eligibility situation looking like for champ and torrance this year?
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Post by Manyfingers on Sept 6, 2008 13:15:11 GMT -6
good points art, I stop even going to the U of A Athletics website a long time ago, every news about the Bears is sometimes in the U of A newspaper "Gateway" or by going to the practices, or searching the results page.
The thunder board is probably the closest way a person can get without the above. Sean I know Torrance has one more kick at the can if he choses. Club sports are for me from now on. The university circuit is really busy. My sights are set on steeplechase and possibly the wed night series. I'll be cheering on the Bears from the sidelines this year.
Are their any results from the Bears tryouts can anyone fill us in?
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Post by harrington on Sept 6, 2008 19:52:46 GMT -6
Tryouts go September 15, later than in past years. It'll be 8km.
Without question there will be a report up upon their completion.
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Post by harrington on Sept 7, 2008 15:04:21 GMT -6
Ya the point of the tryouts is to divide the team into training groups (Green/Gold/White) based on their performance, it's just a little more formalized than using a weeks worth of workouts. No one gets cut, although most of the whites usually don't end up coming out through the whole season, like you said. And the 6k on the info page is a typo, it's an 8k.
No one's disputing your point, but I don't get why you're complaining to a bunch of athletes about how the program is run, last time I checked we didn't call the shots.
And why don't you come out on the 15th yourself? You can trash us and the program in person.
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Post by Manyfingers on Sept 7, 2008 16:19:24 GMT -6
The two schools I went to in the USA had tryouts.
I ran one tryout at the U of A, the U of C I dont remember any tryouts. All the schools I went to I ended up being an automatic on the team and some years I never went to tryouts.
That being said they may not be necessary for some athletes but for the new incoming and continuing athletes it is a good way to tell the current shape of an athlete. The Coach's use them to gauge performance and to see what shape current athletes are in. It's a very important element in making a training program for a specific athlete. Some other schools gauge performance by placing them in races (ie U of S) , which is pretty much the same as tryouts.
You can say the U of A is getting a jump ahead by first strategically planning its team and preparing them for a great performance before they place them on the battlefield.
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Post by harrington on Sept 7, 2008 16:34:53 GMT -6
I just want to give a shout out to team veteran/old man Hackenbrook for successfully defending his Harvest Run Title.
From the little I have heard from him it seemed to be an easy victory, well, easy for Hack.
Good to see he's rounding into form just in time for the Cougar Trot.
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Post by Rory on Sept 8, 2008 22:01:01 GMT -6
or better yet get a workout and walk-jog over. sorry but gmac is not flying distance.
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Post by Bro on Sept 9, 2008 17:22:00 GMT -6
Dude,
How does bashing the bears improve the U of A cross-country website?
Discussing cross and what the bears ARE doing, that should be the real target.
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Post by ropedawg on Sept 18, 2008 17:51:46 GMT -6
I've got to ask, if you're not Adam, why do you refuse to tell us who you are? This is a club message board, so it's not like a ton of random people will know/care like on big sites like letsrun. Why the mistery? You've been posting on here long enough, just come out and tell us who you are.
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