rollin

Has the Pcadette shown any interest in 2 wheels?

You could grow a beard and become a full on tandem fred.

patentcad

Not on my watch. Cycling is for idiots, and it's too friggin dangerous. Are you kidding? The only reason I took up this ******** sport is because a knee injury/surgery meant I coudn't run any longer. I didn't think I'd be riding my bike every day for 17 years. It's a miracle I'm not dead.

Let her keep running.

patentcad

We are buying racing flats with spikes this week. Rest assured that nothing my daughter needs for cross country is ever 'less than 40 bucks'.

kmkurdone

Pcad - Congrats to the little one! I ran XC in college (I graduated in May) and wanted to give you a little warning. I suggest not buying racing flats that have spikes in them that cannot be taken out. A lot of high school courses have a lot of concrete or asphalt that make spikes a bad choice. Talk to her coach (maybe you already did) and see what he/she says. I would guess that flats will be better than spikes at this point.

Hocam

I hope your daughter knows how you feel, a lot of parents just pressure their kids and don't communicate these kinds of feelings with them.

roadwarrior

If a pro cyclist picked up three minutes in three weeks (think Vinoesque improvement), this forum would go nuts.

(just kidding...)



I can see Dick Pound now...making a visit to HS cross country meets...

patentcad

I've been telling my daughter that how fast she runs is completely secondary to whether she enjoys it, and that the former is meaningless without the latter. From the beginning. The fact that she's getting faster is a total bonus, but that's fueling her enjoyment as you expect it to. I'd agree, a 25%+ drop in her 1.5 mile time in a few weeks would make you think EPO. That's just amazing to me. Just youth and training I'm happy to report. My little girl hates needles more than me. I don't think EPO is widespread in the HS XC peloton.

It's really inspiring me in cycling in every respect. Just today on the Nyack Ride I'm on the nasty little Scratchup climb, dying as usual to hang on to the last 20 survivors on the day 3-4 miles from the finish, thinking I just have to pick up 3-4 more places to assure I don't get dusted after the ride drops down onto 9W and makes the inevitable accelleration. As the gaskets start to blow, I swear I thought of my kid in that race yesterday, told myself to Harden the F up, if the kid can do it you can too, surged a few more bike lengths and managed to hang on. It's almost enough to make you forget about the Mets Collpase.

Almost.

CrimsonKarter21

Take it from a high schooler, you're correct. Beaver tranquilizers and meth are the 'it' substance for the XC'ers. You should see the **** the chess team is expirimenting!

patentcad

Beaver tranquilizers sound intriguing. Is that a sex-procurement aid for teenage boys? Should I warn my daughter about this as she begins the 9th grade?