Post by alumnicerier on Oct 1, 2006 12:45:08 GMT -5
Running in college has been a great idea so far. I run mainly to keep my weight down, because the cafeteria here serves junk (one scoop of meat sauce for pasta is 1500 calories). It is a good distraction from hard schoolwork as well.
MY SCHOOL: For engineering and math majors- division III-
thirty two runners (coed- 10 girls included). Our school placed second out of thirteen in the last race.
- training camp started five days before school, so I got to set up my room before my roommate arrived. I lost ten pounds due to liquid lost and gained most of it back in two weeks.
- instead of repeat 400's we do repeat 1600's.
- we get two easy days a week, including Sunday, which we are required to run.
- I have been in pain for 28 days.
- The common male race is 9k, and the common female race is 5k. During track season, the longest event is the 5k instead of the 2-mile. There are no coed races.
- In the last race I did horrible due to illness and still got a time of 31'30''. My place was 91 out of 130. All grades run races together.
- Engineering is hard. If you never took calculus and physics X in high school, forget it. Some freshmen on my floor already have drinking problems.
MY SCHOOL: For engineering and math majors- division III-
thirty two runners (coed- 10 girls included). Our school placed second out of thirteen in the last race.
- training camp started five days before school, so I got to set up my room before my roommate arrived. I lost ten pounds due to liquid lost and gained most of it back in two weeks.
- instead of repeat 400's we do repeat 1600's.
- we get two easy days a week, including Sunday, which we are required to run.
- I have been in pain for 28 days.
- The common male race is 9k, and the common female race is 5k. During track season, the longest event is the 5k instead of the 2-mile. There are no coed races.
- In the last race I did horrible due to illness and still got a time of 31'30''. My place was 91 out of 130. All grades run races together.
- Engineering is hard. If you never took calculus and physics X in high school, forget it. Some freshmen on my floor already have drinking problems.