Activity Board - Coverage Comments

2009 CIAC State Open Cross Country Championship

Thank you for going to the meets and getting a video of them. I and many others like watching them. So we thanks you!

November 7 at 11:49am by Thanks

Stashies at Nashies

ok confess. who came up with the idea first, joe over at flowrestling or the fellas at flotrack?

November 6 at 10:04pm by stp

The Pushup Challenge

David Holt 1.41!!

November 6 at 9:04am by Georgia

2009 ING New York City Marathon

Just want to say thanks to Dave Monti and the whole NYRR crew they worked amazingly hard and there efforts created the best run race I have ever been apart of. Many blessings to all of the running nation out there!

November 5 at 5:27pm by Allen Wagner

Workout Wednesday, Season 4

no WOW this week?

November 4 at 3:29pm by WOW

Workout Wednesday, Season 4

No workout again?

November 4 at 10:27am by Freddy Garcia

2009 ING New York City Marathon

You guys needed more post race interviews and not so much of the press conference stuff.

Otherwise, congrats Meb!!

November 1 at 10:59pm by Post Race

The Summit League XC Championships

Something happened to all the interviews, course preview and race videos. Still working on it but they will, at best, be delayed.

November 1 at 9:16pm by Nate Houle

Connecticut State Indoor Champs

Do you know if the video of heat three of the men's 4x200 meter race is anywhere on the internet?

November 1 at 10:32am by Andrew

Flotrack 2009 XC Season

Anyone know where we can get info on the Big Ten XC championships today? Big Ten Network has nothing... video scheduled for 2 weeks after the event.

November 1 at 10:13am by Eman

The Summit League XC Championships

Lets go Jacks!

November 1 at 1:35am by Anonymous Coward

Workout Wednesday, Season 4

If you would have stayed on in Indiana following Pre-Nationals you could have filmed either the Dawgs of Butler or the Hoosiers of Indiana. I for one would have loved to have seen both!

October 29 at 3:20pm by Midwest

Workout Wednesday, Season 4

no workout this week guys, we'll get it going again soon

October 29 at 11:43am by Ryan From Flotrack

Workout Wednesday, Season 4

Where is the workout???????

October 29 at 11:38am by NOLE Runner

Workout Wednesday, Season 4

WHERE IS THIS WEEKS WORKOUT WEDNESDAY?

i'm anxious.

October 29 at 11:24am by R?UBBISH

Track Shacks on Flotrack

UW madison has a pretty sweet track house, some legends have lived in that place

October 28 at 10:09am by anonymous

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

Pasadena Star-News Online
College: Mt. SAC thrown a curve
Course improvements call into question the validity of new marks
October 18, 2001
By Richard Gonzalez
Staff Writer
October, 2000: Glendale Hoover High's Anita Siraki stuns the national prep
cross country community when she breaks the Mt. San Antonio College course
record by a stunning 17 seconds.
November, 2000: Big Bear High's Ryan Hall runs the Mt. SAC course in
14:28, slicing four seconds off Jeff Nelson's 22-year-old boys course
record.
November, 2000: Don Lugo High's Erick Maldonado smashes the sopre boys
course record as five of the six fastest 10th-grade course times in
history are achieved. All told, a whopping 39 revisions are made to the
all-time grade lists.
Oddly enough, these standout runners have enjoyed ample success before and
since, but not quite to the degree achieved recently along the revered
2.95-mile Mt. SAC course.
Well, maybe it's because the course had been shortened to 2.91 miles.
Mt. SAC cross country women's coach Doug Todd has confirmed in three
separate interviews since last November that the course has indeed been
shortened, an end result of safety concerns, course upgrades and
environmental effects.
"We struggled not to make the changes, because the Mt. SAC course and the
meet are so steeped in history," said Todd, who oversees this weekend's
conclusion of the 54th annual Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational, the
nation's largest.
"Some changes were unavoidable, but it doesn't make accepting the changes
any easier."
The most notable change was reconfiguring a portion of the "Valley Loop"
as a safety matter. With the number of entrants swelling to match the
meet's growth in popularity, maneuvering along the original course's
sharp, jutting turn less than a minute into the race created logistical
problems.
Mt. SAC staff changed it to a sweeping and easier to navigate path, which
Todd estimates cut about five seconds off each loop or 10 seconds per
runner off the double loop. If his estimate is accurate, that translates
to roughly a 50-second team-time (five runners) improvement over
"pre-renovation" years.
Additionally, heavy rains a few years ago caused erosion along some
patches of the course. Throw in the beautification steps imposed in recent
years a wider running path, planting of shade-producing trees along the
route, and considerable landscaping to improve footing and the
once-imposing course becomes a more inviting one.
"We try to respect history and tradition, yet safety becomes a factor too
... a much more important factor," said Mt. SAC men's coach Mike Goff, who
is the one entrusted with the upkeep of the course.
"If course historians have a problem with it, I understand," Goff added.
"At the same time, if we can improve the course to maximum conditions for
runners, that's great, too. Bottom line, the best teams and runners will
still win."
The only drawback now is that the ever-popular time comparisons by
generations of runners might lack integrity, since the course has changed.

It used to be when one California runner would meet another, the first
question was: "What's your best time at Mt. SAC?"
Regardless, the course still offers a tough test to challengers.
"Well, Mt. SAC's been too hot, too dusty, too slow, too crowded, too
hard," said Goff, echoing some critics over the years. "And now... they
say it's too fast. That's a new one."

October 27 at 5:55pm by J.Haze

Sports Basement Elite Mile

Not an easy course, but a fun race. Here are the results:

http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?orgID=218713&rsID=86533

October 26 at 9:20pm by Priscilla Moreno

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

For anyone who has not been to Mt. Sac for this race, all I can say is you have to go. Amazing.....just amazing,,, 20,000 runners over a 2 day period, races every 7 minutes, everyone we met was very nice. My daughter and I flew down thursday night, we did not know really anyone at the race. We have plenty of water, some good chairs, good sandwiches, an excellent D 50 cannon camera, seiko stop watch, she had her new Nike racing flats, and new uniform for the big invites, but we had a problem. what do we do with our stuff when we walk the course? Finally we taked to the nice ladies at the stage area if we could leave our stuff with them, and they agreeded. We walked the course and my daughter got down her stragety for the race, she was in the lead for nearly the first half and ended up 5th a nice race for her first time, we are already looking forward to next year. The team sweeps were awesome and individual sweeps were worth the trip all by themself.

October 26 at 9:08pm by Dave Schell

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

You have done a great job on the videos, but you have not posted the D4/5 girls races from friday....I was there and I know you have the footage. My daughter was in race #30 and It would be nice to see the video of that race, being a dad and there by ourself, It is very hard to be in many places on that course, I have got some great still photos from valley loops, switchbacks, and poop out, but nothing else. Please post this video

October 26 at 8:56pm by dave schell

Sports Basement Elite Mile

October 26 at 8:49pm by Gerald Edwards

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

October 26 at 8:21pm by UR MOM

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

yo im from dallas texas

and nick woolf sucks

October 26 at 6:30pm by Anonymous Coward

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

nick is a beast!!!>:P

October 26 at 3:39pm by ur mom

Sports Basement Elite Mile

Results?

October 26 at 12:31am by Wanna Kno

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

yeah some D2 videos would be nice..... if someone could upload them that would be awesome

October 25 at 11:59pm by abc

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

do you happen to be a big 8 league athlete?
a corona athelete?

October 25 at 9:35pm by Anonymous Coward

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

well nick woolf sucks

October 25 at 9:29pm by Anonymous Coward

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

from what i have heard the do but i also heard their number 1 sophmore took 3 in his heat, 2nd at woddbridge in hs heat, and 1st at fastback shootout in his heat

October 25 at 9:19pm by ananymous

2009 Reebok Mt. SAC XC Invitational

I actually saw that d1 boys race roosevelt boys suck

October 25 at 9:10pm by Anonymous Coward