Slow Runners And Respect For Their Effort

I do feel like slower runners are often made fun of here, despite the immense amount of work many put in.

However, 80mpw and you can't hit sub 20?

This clearly indicates a mixture of actually 0 talent, as well as bad training.

cool kid wrote:

I do feel like slower runners are often made fun of here, despite the immense amount of work many put in.

The slow runners are made fun of by slow runners who are too afraid to put in the work or have no talent. Very few fast runners will make fun of slow runners.

cool kid wrote:

However, 80mpw and you can't hit sub 20?

This clearly indicates a mixture of actually 0 talent, as well as bad training.

No, it indicates another dumb troll.

0/10

Last year's "Mike in San Diego" was kinda funny, not anymore.

U can't run a sub 20 5k on 80mpw?

I find that hard to believe but if it really is the case you really are quite untalented unfortunately. With that said you train more than me so you have my respect... especially cause you love running and arent particularly good at it. Well hopefully you love running, dont know why u would run 80mpw if u didnt.

Perhaps you should stop posting your times and mpw on this website. You will always be ridiculed by people faster than you who put in less effort.

How old are you?

Just because I have lots of fast-twitch and powerful frame that carries a lot of extra muscle doesn't mean that I should be ridiculed for my slow 5k. The only difference between you and me is my inferior genetics.

Are you for real? I've never actually heard of anyone running that much who couldn't break 20 minutes. I'm being serious.

Jenny H. wrote:

Are you for real? I've never actually heard of anyone running that much who couldn't break 20 minutes. I'm being serious.

No, Mike in San Diego is a well known troll. Please pay attention to the thread.

Mike In San Deigo wrote:

Just because I have lots of fast-twitch and powerful frame that carries a lot of extra muscle doesn't mean that I should be ridiculed for my slow 5k. The only difference between you and me is my inferior genetics.

I'm better looking too.

Jenny H. wrote:

Are you for real? I've never actually heard of anyone running that much who couldn't break 20 minutes. I'm being serious.

I suppose if he restricted himself to > 12 min/mile, it's possible.

Jenny H. wrote:

Are you for real? I've never actually heard of anyone running that much who couldn't break 20 minutes. I'm being serious.

Do you seriously think that Rossi dude can break 20 minutes if he just runs 80 miles per week? If so, it should be easy enough to collect the $10,000, right?

Why do you care what others think of you, especially people who you don't even know? Are you proud of your training and racing? It seems that you aren't and are looking for acclaim from others to compensate. As someone else said, really serious runners respect other serious runners but begging for a pat on the head sort of diminishes that respect.

About 20 years ago there was a national organization that was very much in line with your observation and ways to deal with it.

It was called GASP. The Gathering for the advancement of Slow people. I recall its platform was something about respecting mid and back of the packers.

I have not heard about it though in a number of years.

Hi Mike. Are you slow upstairs too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1lIhymngpI

You have to realize that most people on here are not fast. They are the typical running fan boys and girls that were on D3 teams in college and JV high school teams.

You can tell by how they talk, how most think they know everything about running, how everyone is obsessed with Salazar and NOP and can't stop kissing their asses about how everything they say is true and how they do not cheat....(But they do, they just refuse to believe it).

Not everyone is like this here, some are knowledgeable, but most idiots.

Sciatica Road wrote:

Jenny H. wrote:

Are you for real? I've never actually heard of anyone running that much who couldn't break 20 minutes. I'm being serious.

Do you seriously think that Rossi dude can break 20 minutes if he just runs 80 miles per week?

Yes.

Sciatica Road wrote:If so, it should be easy enough to collect the $10,000, right?

No. Even if he could do so injury free by the year's end, it's not worth the time investment. It would be working a second part time job he doesn't need.

A second job? Why would it be like a second job if he already (supposedly) ran the mileage to get well under a 3:20 marathon? Should be a piece of cake, unless he is a fraud.

Sciatica Road wrote:

A second job? Why would it be like a second job if he already (supposedly) ran the mileage to get well under a 3:20 marathon? Should be a piece of cake, unless he is a fraud.

Of course he's a fraud.

But he could easily go under 20 if he managed to get up to 80 miles per week by the end of the year and commit to the level of a second part-time job. Now do you get it?

Okay, forget the second job commitment. Regardless of the money, do you seriously think it would only take that guy, at his current age and weight, to go sub-20 by the end of the year, if he only just 'puts in the miles', without getting injured?

Eighty 13min miles (slow enough to stave off injury) is only 17.33 hrs of training,