<p>What are the running teams at the university generally looking for in terms of possible new members? My body probably won’t come through for me, but I’m curious about tryouts.</p>
<p>Hi Islander, </p>
<p>Cornell traditionally has a pretty strong team within the Ivy’s. To see how you’re doing, you should check their athletic site and go to track or cross country - check their rosters and compare your times to the times of the freshmen there or to their high school times. You can get a pretty good idea for how you might stack up. </p>
<p>You might also want to take a look at the threads on the Athletic Recruit forum under College Admissions - lots of good information there. Good luck!</p>
<p>I just looked up the times and I’m sickened to say the least. I’m done with competitive track for good it seems.</p>
<p>same here. I’m thinking, maybe, club.</p>
<p>[Running</a> Club for Cornell Students](<a href=“http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/09-10/603]Running”>http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/09-10/603)</p>
<p>Keep those endorphins primed!</p>
<p>trouble is if you were involved with track but not running distances. I used to do sprinting events, I was good enough that people would ask if I was going to run somewhere in college, but I knew from the start I was giving that up coming to Cornell. (TOTALLY worth it, btw, but those are the facts…)</p>
<p>consider the club if you like running long distance. During the time I was in it, they accepted a wide range of speeds by dividing up into as much as 5 speed/distance groups. We have a very good running club and I would highly recommend it for those that are non-competitive and even competitive (they frequently go to races in other schools)</p>
<p>[Favorite</a> Local Runner’s Trails by Ithaca & Cornell](<a href=“http://www.fingerlakesrunners.org/info/routes.html]Favorite”>http://www.fingerlakesrunners.org/info/routes.html)</p>
<p>i considered joining during sophomore year. At that time i was in the low 5 minutes/mile range and could keep that pace for up to about 7 or 8 miles. but the running team often goes for 10, and some of the time the pace was faster than that. </p>
<p>i always considered myself as ‘fast’ and ‘in shape,’ but i never felt so slow and lacking endurance in my life! it’s a great team.</p>
<p>^ BlueDevilBBall, your 5K time must have been pretty fast</p>