Colorado Track XC

Non-state thoughts during state week:

1.) I think the awesomeness of this site might be the reason the Denver Post Prep section seems to pay such little attention to high school track & field and XC (Yay Alan!). This position can best be summed up by going to the Prep Sports page and seeing no Track and Field stories yet this week and an article-less headline under Track and Field that reads "Regionals Completed by May 11."

2.) A smart freshman told me last Friday while I was getting them together for some form running that I did not have them in a line, I had them in a tangent.

3.) Regarding coaching, I have concluded that the eccentricity of a coaches head covering is often attributed to two variables: age and accomplishment. Coaches from 23-35 tend to go with the traditional baseball cap or visor. As we age and our accomplishments hopefully grow we begin to wear straw hats of varying shapes and sizes before finally settling on a hat with sequins or one of those sweet columbia hiking hats that resembles a baseball cap, only there is a large piece of fabric hanging off of the back to cover the neck or of course the classic, the sequined glitter hat. To date only one man has been awesome enough to pull that one off.

Levity, smevity. State track is this week and there's no place for such tomfoolery. I will be inspecting the entire site on Thursday afternoon for donuts as well.
Just Kidding...
Love the Coach/Hat Theory.
Thanks for the laugh.

@JAXC

JAXC

Non-state thoughts during state week:

2.) A smart freshman told me last Friday while I was getting them together for some form running that I did not have them in a line, I had them in a tangent.

3.) Regarding coaching, I have concluded that the eccentricity of a coaches head covering is often attributed to two variables: age and accomplishment. Coaches from 23-35 tend to go with the traditional baseball cap or visor. As we age and our accomplishments hopefully grow we begin to wear straw hats of varying shapes and sizes before finally settling on a hat with sequins or one of those sweet columbia hiking hats that resembles a baseball cap, only there is a large piece of fabric hanging off of the back to cover the neck or of course the classic, the sequined glitter hat. To date only one man has been awesome enough to pull that one off.

Ben,

Tell your smart freshman that a tangent is a line. Where do fishing hats fit into your scheme of the life cycle of coaching headgear? I've tried the baseball cap with large piece of fabric hanging down, but it's just too annoying. In fact, anything with a stiff bill in front is a colossal pain when you're taking pictures. Nobody but John M can wear a sequined hat .

@CoachVersaw-I'd like to see some pictures of coaches wearing the various hat styles mentioned above to go along with this discussion. I believe that Coach Martinez has not one, but 4 sequined hats (the piano being my favorite).

@JAXC-I tend to wear the visor or running hat, although my thinning hair may force me into something with more coverage in the not-so-distant future. According to your hypothesis, I should carefully consider my hat choice, as it may impact my team's success. What is the hat/success factor for: 1)an Indiana Jones fedora; 2) a Brian Johnson (lead singer of AC-DC)newsboy cap; or 3) a British colonial-style pith helmet?

Good luck to everyone at State!!

Oh wow. I had never considered wearing a fishing hat to a track meet. That is in-tents. As the official decider of such things I am going to set the minimum number of State Championships for that one at 5. Then you can attach one fly to the brim for each crown after that.

Side thought: Am I the only coach who is bored of the neon running clothes trend? Back in the day the only people that could wear neon were the kind of people that lapped other runners in the 400. Nowadays all the kids are doing it.
Downside: Painful to look at.
Upside: You can see most of your athletes from the space shuttle.

@JAXC

Not a fan of neon running gear. And I want my white trainers with basic color accents (blue or red, preferably) back, too. Something tells me, though, that Nike isn't too concerned about what 50-something men think of their production color schemes.