Gary Jewell USATF Level II

Ex-engineer, former Boilermaker runner, USATF Level 2, RPR Level 1, HS XC & track coach, Hooterville Rd.

#WesternXC @WesternTrackXC

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@cutiieepie6 I think a contest would be in order.
To be eligible, you have to describe what each element of the multi-tool is and then demonstrate it.

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@DavidDack Even when I was at my best (sub-16 minute 5K), my runs were punctuated by brief walks, especially long runs. While it's common to see guys jogging in place at stoplights, I'd calmly wait until the light changed.

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Intersection of Southway Blvd and Lafountain. I thought they just fixed this.

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@taggartvanetten My training partners and I held a "Ball & Chain 5 Mile Run" the morning of our wedding. It ended up being a 10K.

33 years later my team calls her "Mrs. Coach."

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@Avabelly__ It's very "old school".

Don't know about the price tag though.

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@yepronsaidit @nettermike Most people back then couldn't pick Ford out of a line up of business types. But everyone knew who Iacocca was.

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@Siemers_XC_TF Sounds familiar.

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@HFJumps The State meet standard is the average of the 9th place finish from the previous 3 years.

It's also known as the "3 participant standard". If you have 3 guys that eclipse the standard during the regular season, you can enter all 3 in the state tournament. Normally it's only 2.

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@HFJumps We're seeing that here in single-class Indiana, as well, where 38 guys hit the auto qualifying standard in the 100m (10.97). Normally there are 24 auto- qualifiers plus 3 at-large. This year they expanded the field with 3 add'l at-large spots. State finals track has 10-lanes.

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@Fight_Ghost Run cross country.

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@Siemers_XC_TF You never know what those freshmen will turn into. You can only provide the direction.

The 18:30 freshman I had 3 years ago turned into a 15:13 monster. We added one of his classmates the next year. He went 15:24. The next year we added a freshman who ran 16:01 last fall.

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@TrustTrost @Nick_Johnston27 So why play HS soccer at all?

Most of these kids will never play at the next level any way.

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@uhstrack @stevemagness Daniels said Ryan's coach also coached swimming and the workouts resembled swimming workouts - repeats in 3 minute waves. The faster you were the more recovery you got which sucked if you were slow.

Ryan's 400's were roughly at threshold pace.

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@rbright @teachthemx3 I'm 64 and haven't had that one in a long while but one of my old nightmares was forgetting the combination to my dormitory post office box. Another was showing up for a final while wearing only a too small bath robe.

My wife's nightmare was going to the wrong room for finals.

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@pntrack Team warmup, indeed. That's a throwback to when I was in HS a long time ago. It was entertaining to see the throwers run a lap - or two!

Some of the worst "best practices" I've seen come from 2 places - middle school and guys unconsciously repeating what they did in HS.

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@pntrack We did something like that back in the day except it was down and back four times in 40 seconds. The all-time record was 32 seconds by my older brother. I did it in 33 - but I was a "distance" guy.

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@CoachMarcusHill Attendance on prom day isn't the hill I choose to die on. As a track coach, I try not to schedule meets that day. I recognize it's an all-day event for the girls, Starting at 7, :30 a.m. They check out a couple days earlier.

OTOH, the boys usually attend and perform well.

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@BRamseyKSR @KyleNeddenriep If the IHSAA figures out how to make money from implementing the shot clock, it'll happen.

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@dandakich @CoachLLRD Met @bobkevoian & Tom shortly after they arrived back in '83. They were the featured guests at an Indy 5K/ 10K road race. I was a college student/athlete and didn't know who they were. Figured that out later.

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@Simon_Ingari Similar experience w/ a company-supplied pager. Left my cell in my car overnight while attending a huge out-of-town 5K.

7 missed calls & VM from my boss wanting to know why I didn't answer.

Called him back ➡️"had the pager turned on & with me entire time no one paged me."