Comments | csssa: Leaving campus on weekday nights

blahshsh in csssa

Leaving campus on weekday nights

Jun 17, 2009 01:22

Hi Im going to csssa for the first time this summer. I had a question regarding leaving campus on weekdays. I live in the local area of calarts and my parents and coaches want me to practice track during csssa. This would mean leaving campus every night around 6-7 and going to a local high school to run for an hour or two. I hate the idea of this ( Read more... )

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siouxsienova June 17 2009, 08:49:01 UTC

I left campus a few times for outside obligations and I regretted it. Track will still be there when CSSSA is over. It's only one month. Live it up while you can.

notawaffle June 17 2009, 11:01:17 UTC

I had to leave campus for one night for outside obligations, and my heart broke every second I was away. If it's possible for you to stay on campus, stay on campus.

That said, I went running every morning. A lot of students do. I went in a group of four or five every morning -- we all went to breakfast together afterward and it was really cute. :) Aw. I'm all nostalgic now. But in the mornings, you can totally still train. That's all I'm saying. But the nights at CSSSA are magical. I can't imagine not having every night after class to bond with all of the amazing kids you'll be surrounded by with.

Good luck with your decision!

blahshsh June 17 2009, 15:08:58 UTC

I really don't want to leave . Maybe ill try talking to my parents...
Ugh you know, getting away from track and my parents is kinda one of the main reasons I'm excited for these 4 weeks at calarts. I need a damn break from training and listening to my parents. Track would totally ruin it

Thanks for reading my sad story and thanks for the help so far lol

trinsf June 17 2009, 18:53:35 UTC

So, as a parent, I feel awful that your parents are trying to press you about this. I would suggest that you approach it as, "That's not something I can do in this program," and *then*, offer a plan that would work. For example, that you can run in the mornings with other CSSSA folks on campus.

Yay blahshsh June 23 2009, 22:13:20 UTC

Hey I asked my parents, and they said I could run on the Calarts campus on my own, instead of leaving campus! Yipeeeee

So people that have done csssa and jogged every morning, how did you do it? Was it in a group? Are there any stairs that I could run up and down? Any tips help, thanks

Re: Yay notawaffle June 25 2009, 19:54:31 UTC

I ran with some of my friends in a group -- just ask the night before! You'll probably wind up running with members of the opposite sex, and you definitely won't be allowed to go pounding on their doors in the morning; make sure you set up a time and exchange cell phone numbers. You can run off-campus, and there's a really great hill over towards the back of the campus (ie, Vons is on the opposite side of campus). And yeah, there are stairs. You'll be fine.