Results and Resources

Okay, a little bit of house keeping information:

Meet results are usually posted on the internet within 24 hours depending on how organized the meet directors are. Finding the results however can be a challenge. Some times they are on the host schools' web site, sometimes they are on a conference site, but most often they are on the WCCCA site. I have posted them as a permanent link on the right side of this Blog as "Wisconsin Runner". Simply click the link and then click Results. Unfortunately the West Bend numbers are not up yet.

The other links are:

'Dyestat' this is a national site that collects information from all over the country. The relevant part here is the 'Wisconsin' chat room where there are usually a couple dozen local runners discussing current events. Dom has banned the team from participating on this site but parents might find some of it amusing.

Wisconsin Track and Field --- this site compiles an honor roll and best of list as well as some results. They don't have any cross country info up yet but last year they kept track of who had the best times in the state by class.

WIAA --- this is the official state governing body and has a list of rules and regs as well as info on the sectional and state meet.

Day by Day --- this is a cartoon that I like, and I was using it to experiment with different formats for the site. It has nothing to do with running but it is too much of a hassle to go back into the template and delete it, so it stays.


The Amazon links are to books that I have read and that I highly recommend. In particular the first book, "God on the starting line" is not a religious book at all despite the title, it is however an honest look at exactly what a typical high school cross country season entails. This is an essential book for parents who know nothing about cross country but would like an insiders view. The other book worth mentioning is the Daniels training guide, I know that Dom uses this as a reference and it provides the science and theory behind a lot of the workouts that the guys do.

The comments are turned on. If you want to comment on a post simply click on the word comment, choose 'other' give yourself a name and write away. I will of course delete anything profane or inappropriate.

Finally, a number of people have asked about a 'chat' board... Here's the deal, every couple of days I will post a picture with the title "Open Thread" this means that the topic for the comments can be whatever. This will be the de facto chat area. It's the best I can do with this site.