I hate my cross country team

Never quit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ4GjqNT-l4

Dropping out isn't that. It's a stupid think people cling to.

Someone needs to be an adult wrote:

No “I” in team wrote:

There’s a place for quitters and it’s not on a team. You need to apologize and accept that you deserve the ridicule and more. You are weak and selfish. Justifying quitting the way you have done, pathetic.

grow up. If OP was concerned than the coach should understand and be mature enough to talk to him privately if he disagrees with it.

Sounds like you need to grow up. There is nothing about being selfish that is grown up. It also seems clear you have never been on a team, and especially not a running team. Being spiked in a race is very common. To quite a race for being spiked is just lame. And you think each athlete can individually decide what races are important enough to finish? And if a coach has a problem with an athlete deciding to just drop out then the onus is on the coach to have a private discussion? What team could work that way? Oh wait, a losing team filled with losers can work that way.

You could have been a legend by running the race with blood all over. Instead, you chose the responsible, mature thing to do, and you wonder why your teammates and coaches are questioning your toughness.

I hate them (and you) too

Who cares about toughness these days?

It's all about being attractive, hot and sexy. Especially with Tinder and online dating these days, Cheese Louise!

I was one of the toughest athletes on my campus because even though I wasn't on the D1 team, (we were mid-conference rankings anyway), I still got called smack by underclassmen because I didn't have bulky arm muscles.

I loved running, getting faster, and I loved shaving my legs and showing it off. It was an obsession to have smooth, lean, and bulked thighs. And I was obsessed with wearing split shorts and short shorts. However that dedication to running didn't do anything for me since I wasn't running D1, and I didn't run with the NIRCA club.

Think of it this way: You run so much and dedicate yourself to long-distance, you end up as a 115 pound freak. Your BMI is in the 18-19 range. Who are you going to impress on Tinder? Are you even going to go out on any dates?

Before I took up running, I was 165 pounds and I used to go out on dates almost twice a month. Then I took up running and reached about 110 pounds. I was anemically healthy.

Only in the running world should you care about getting spiked and letting your team down. To other people, who gives a shiet! No one cares about running once you get into the real world.

However, if you're trying to go D1, you need to build your base and have memories to make you stronger as a runner.

No matter what though, girls will go for the guys who look like HOES. You'll see these athlete guy hoes when you're in college. They mostly care about weight lifting and not about endurance training or training of their mind. You want to enjoy college life too.

Let me put it this way: You train so much that you become called a legend. I was infamous throughout my college campus. One time, someone called the campus police on me because I was causing a public disturbance. But they let me go since they knew who I was - they saw me running on the local highway and knew I was training for a marathon. Who cares.

Work on making yourself look strong and go to the gym. At the same time, make your mentality strong too. Also, don't become a slacker when it comes to endurance training. You must not be lazy if you want to become an excellent athlete.

You should not care what guys think. You should care what girls think because that's who you want to impress. It's a cutthroat world for dating when you get what I mean.

FML

Just forget it there is always another race. Life is not always fair especially in the way people view you.

You had your reasons to drop out let them think what they want it'll soon be forgotten.

Harambe wrote:

Dropping out isn't that. It's a stupid think people cling to.

Dropping out is ok if it's justified. It wasn't in the OP's case.

He (or she) decided the race was not important, and took the first opportunity to drop. Everyone get's spiked. Unless it's in the face or you have a gusher, there's not reason to drop out. Falling happens. We've all done it. It's not a reason to drop out unless it affects your ability to run - you injured yourself.

Two races in one week? Everyone has this. It's not up to you to decide which you can "show up" for. If the coach wan't you running, then he (or she) wants you running. It's up to the coach to set expectations. Should you run a controlled effort. Should you go all out. On a team, you should follow the coaches instructions - as best you can.

If you are running on your own. Drop out whenever you want. If you are on a team, only drop out when justified, or suffer the consequences - teammates making fun of you.

It's time for the OP to grow up. Running XC can teach you a lot about life. It can teach you a lot about yourself. I think the OP learned a few things. It's up to him/her to recognize it. So for he/she is not. At least given the original message and replies. And you, you seemed to have learned all the wrong lessons.

You're a kid, you reacted to a fall and the sight of blood, you went on instinct while discombobulated.

You did the right thing.

Your coaches and teammates using toxic immaturity to mock, guild and shame you, are all in the wrong, and well, lame. The principal of your school should be alerted. This is crappy leadership.

Good luck, and believe in yourself and hopefully you can use this to your advantage in some way.

Not that anything like this ever happened to me, whatever went on I just tried to use it as motivation to beat the person in front of me. And then the next one, and the next one, etc. Until I was the best on the team. Then, I just kept working harder and running faster, and any nitwit talking by anyone faded away, and it became praise, and "why can't you run as hard as X, workout like X, get after it like X." I didn't really care about that stuff, I was focused on getting better for college. Ran D1., no great shakes, but hey, I made it, had some good races, great times, great friends. High school becomes a distant memory FAST.

Hang in there.

zxcvzxcv wrote:

You could have been a legend by running the race with blood all over. Instead, you chose the responsible, mature thing to do, and you wonder why your teammates and coaches are questioning your toughness.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not

You could have been a legend to your teammates. But it ain't on Youtube no more.

You did the right thing. Preserve yourself to get stronger later. Let people scoff at you.

Coming from someone who has actually been called a legend and made it on the campus snapchat at my times during college, you must not worry about what they think.

You ever watch anime like Bleach or Naruto? The people who go all out in the first few minutes of fighting are usually the insecure ones because they know they are weak and can't compete when they face people of equal skill.

The mentality of a runner is more important than they're physicality. You might not have demonstrated your mental strengths to your teammates, but you are wise enough to understand where your limits are.

Just keep running, baby!

My first cross country and track coach was Berny Wagner [San Mateo High, College of San Mateo and Oregon State]....now in the Hall of Fame. His word on 'finishing a race you start' was as follows.

"Always finish a race you start. If you quit it becomes easier to quit the next time . The only exception to this rule is if you are injured. You would be a fool to not quit."

Well sorry, I don’t care about some random tri-meet plays out[/quote]

And this comment is why they hate you.... I'm glad I don't coach anyone like you. You are selfish, you take no responsibility for your actions and when you could have sold out and run for your team and been the "hero" the kid who battled and bled for your teammates instead you quit and walked off the course for yourself.

mussibini wrote:

Well sorry, I don’t care about some random tri-meet plays out

And this comment is why they hate you.... I'm glad I don't coach anyone like you. You are selfish, you take no responsibility for your actions and when you could have sold out and run for your team and been the "hero" the kid who battled and bled for your teammates instead you quit and walked off the course for yourself.[/quote]

Yeah, let me exert myself as hard as I can for this tri-meet so I could potentially get more injured and not be able to run the invite on Saturday. Whether or not I finished would have affected literally nothing for my team, since they didn’t even keep score.

Hey “sheebau” this is your cross country coach, you know the one in Rutherford county who you claimed was making fun of you? You deserved it, in no way was this post neccessary, if you really had an issue with the way I coach then quit or come talk to me like a real man, but bitching about it online won’t solve it. You know that “invite” you were supposed to run Saturday, yeah you’re not running anymore, we don’t need crying babies on our team even if you are the fastest. Find another sport, I’m sick of coaching kids like you. Come to room 110 tomorrow and we will talk further about you running cross country for me.

You’re a tool, no wonder why you have quitters on your team. You should dnf as a coach.

Who are you to tell me how to coach? I’ll have you know I’ve been running a successful cross country program for over 15 years. I’ve never seen such a pathetic runner stop after being spiked and tripped. Absolutely atrocious scene.

Have fun winning without your top runner and having our second runner make up that 50 second gap ??

Qwerto wrote:

Pure Hate Pupil - The Real One wrote:

Looks like someone on your team hates you.

https://media.giphy.com/media/84CRvhy2DJlwA/giphy.gif

I have never seen a single person react, in any way, to one of your countless postings of this. Since you don’t seem to have figured it out yet, let me be the one to tell you that this is a dismal failure of a troll/meme/whatever attempt. Consider calling it quits.

I suspect that Pure Hate has that very look when he is pegged nightly.