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Skidmark said:
It was a solid life experience. Any Olympic aspirations came to a quick end. The CU-XC letter winners and scholarship recipients are state champions at the HS level. I was only an individual state qualifier at the 4A level. My HS PR in the 5K was 16:10. The guys CU want can consistently run sub 15:30s out of HS and get below 14 minutes in college..

When the varsity would travel to Mt Sac, the scrubs like me would drive to some place closer to home to race, like Ft Collins. It meant a lot to get to wear a CU singlet and run for the BnG.

During work outs we sometimes were joined by running royalty like Olympic medalists Frank Shorter, Rosa Mota, and Rob DiCastillo. It was a special experience to work out with celebrities and try your best to our kick them during an interval workout.

We went on one 10 mile run where the goal was to make the pace of each mile faster than the last. The cream of the crop were hitting 5 min miles at the end.

My proudest accomplishment was during a 5x1 mile interval, where your go full speed for one mile and then jog a quarter, then do another mile. I was able to get all 5 intervals under 5 minutes each. The tactics CU uses to improve you do work. At my best, I ran a 32:20 10K.

I don't remember much of my sophomore year because it's exhausting to train at that level and get school work done. There would be a 6AM distance run, followed by an 8AM Econ class. Then there'd be an afternoon practice that involved pain.

I was glad to use a junior year abroad as an excuse not to walk on for a second year.
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Thanks Skid,

Interesting reply.

When we had the postings from NXTGR8CUwalkon (or something similar, I'm not looking it up) it was intriguing. When you do something like this it may defy a certain kind of logic but you never have to go through life wondering "what if?"

Running is probably even more rewarding that walking on to the team sports because runners seem to put more emphasis on measuring against themselves. You may not have been as good as the top guys but you can be comfortable that you probably got close to as good as you were ever going to be under that training program.
 
Was a linebacker in hs.

A small forward in hs basketball.

I got kicked out of three football games as a junior for following coaching instruction to hit until the whistle blows. That blows.
 
Played year round lacrosse my freshman and sophomore years of high school. Loved playing attack but stopped because of injuries and concussions.


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Soccer, winger, played till Junior year, then quit due to how horrible the coach was/burnout. Really regretted it Senior year watching my buddies lose in the championship game with absolute crap play outside.

Also XC. State qualifier and placed in the state meet. We were absolute crap until my Junior year, and got good in my senior year. Team got second in state initially for the first time ever. Unfortunately, our fifth decided to outkick a guy by shoving him, so he got disqualified and we got fifth instead. Even worse, Skiddy's PR is slightly better than mine. That's annoying.
 
HS Soccer Striker, before i was fat haha I was alright, had decent speed and had a decent shot
 
MtnBuff said:
Thanks Skid,

Interesting reply.

When we had the postings from NXTGR8CUwalkon (or something similar, I'm not looking it up) it was intriguing. When you do something like this it may defy a certain kind of logic but you never have to go through life wondering "what if?"

Running is probably even more rewarding that walking on to the team sports because runners seem to put more emphasis on measuring against themselves. You may not have been as good as the top guys but you can be comfortable that you probably got close to as good as you were ever going to be under that training program.
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Thanks, mtn. I was in a leadership program at CU (PLC) that challenged everyone to do a walk-about of the student's choosing. Many would volunteer with a non-profit or arrange some kind of internship in their dream job. I decided to go all in and give CU XC a try. You are right about not having to ever ask what-if. I'm grateful CU provided that growth opportunity and that the PLC program inspired me to push boundaries.

PS: Suck it, Snow! ;)
 
Strong safety, tight end, D end, Forward in Bball, Knucklballer with a decent fastball, all came with a lot of good friends in high school. Academic scholarships in college with invites to walk on, but I was tired of injuries. Never was great, but I had a great time. However, I deeply regret never having learned how to juggle in the bull pen or spit sunflower seeds with accuracy, wasted my time there.
 
Cool answers, never know who people are or what they've done and don't ask why I'm awake right now, I'm worried and can't sleep. I left something out, college I was a slot receiver, I played but not much. My knee was shot and I knew it was time to give it up, that sucked and was a one year thing. I got hurt the year before. Sucks to know everything you wanted to be is over but I decided it was time. I couldn't do it physically anymore and that's not easy to take, I worked my ass off to get there. I like this thread though, nice to get some insight on you guys. Really cool.
 
BuffLuKe said:
Cool answers, never know who people are or what they've done and don't ask why I'm awake right now, I'm worried and can't sleep. I left something out, college I was a slot receiver, I played but not much. My knee was shot and I knew it was time to give it up, that sucked and was a one year thing. I got hurt the year before. Sucks to know everything you wanted to be is over but I decided it was time. I couldn't do it physically anymore and that's not easy to take, I worked my ass off to get there. I like this thread though, nice to get some insight on you guys. Really cool.
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Allsomeness - we are all experts in something
 
Skidmark said:
Thanks, mtn. I was in a leadership program at CU (PLC) that challenged everyone to do a walk-about of the student's choosing. Many would volunteer with a non-profit or arrange some kind of internship in their dream job. I decided to go all in and give CU XC a try. You are right about not having to ever ask what-if. I'm grateful CU provided that growth opportunity and that the PLC program inspired me to push boundaries.
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Platoon Leaders Class? Navy (Marines)? [MENTION=807]Skidmark[/MENTION]
 
BuffUp said:
I just thought it would be kinda funny and break the boredom. Nothing to hide from on what we were back in the day. Also, if a recruit or parent sees it? Once again, kinda funny for them to see who all these armchair Qb's are. Wait till we do the "first place you lost virginity" thread. Now that will be freak'n ridiculous funny!
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Not nearly as funny as the "second place you lost your virginity" thread.
 
Track in HS, Shotput, discus, 440 and 880 relay, 220 and 440 hurdles. But mainly chased girls.

Football, nose tackle, and OG. Tiny school, I was second biggest guy on the team at 6'1", and 185 lbs. Also the second fastest.

Tried out for basketball, coach said I was needed 'right through those doors right there'... that led to the wrestling room.

All of this was only junior and senior year. My Dad had a bad truck accident when I was a freshman, so I spent freshman and sophomore year doing 3 hours of milking cows, feeding them and cleaning the barn before school, then 3 hours after school, homework after that, and whatever else needed done on weekends. I still milked for/with him before school until the day I left for college, but was able to do sports from junior year on as he was well enough to handle the afternoon milking on his own by then. I made huge progress from junior year to senior year in football. I think that I could have played for UNC at least if I had had another year or two of practice and playing time (at LB).

Funny thing is, my grades were crap because I felt I was going to take over the dairy and who cares about grades? But after Dad was hurt and I actually had to do the work....I decided that there was no way I was going to do that for a living and was Dean's List the rest of the way. lol
 
HS: Two years starting second baseman, told there was a spot for me on the varsity team as a junior, but thought the core players on the team were a bunch of douchebags, couldn't hit a curveball to save my life, and figured I would save everyone the trouble and just give it up.
HS: Lost 50 pounds between my Junior and Senior years of HS.
HS: Ran CC and Track as a Senior. I don't have a fast twitch muscle fiber in my body, but gave my best. Was honored by being named co-captain of the track team and a varsity letter without achieving the stats - very humbling at the time.

This may be the more interesting part: I very much wanted to play football. When we got back from summer vacation at the end of junior high, I called the high school to find out when tryouts were. I was told tryouts had ended and regular practice had started - too bad for you. Given I was 5'10" and 180 pounds at 13 years old with zero burst , it may be a good thing. If I had made the team back then, I would have been an O-Tackle and ended up looking like, looking like... well.... looking like I look like now.
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HS Baseball: 1B, RF, LF, P

HS Football: OLB, TE

HS Rugby: Flyhalf, Fullback

College Rugby: Flyhalf for 2 years before severely tearing my hamstring


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