How do you deal with getting boxed in?

One suggestion would be that you slow down enough to get out of the boxed in situation. Then swing wide and start passing people. It is tougher to do on an indoor track since you'll end up passing on a turn.

With experience you will eventually be able to avoid getting boxed. Experience is a great education, but you have to pay the tuition.

I try to stay on the outside of lane 1 so that people won't box you in as much since they don't want to be running in lane 2. If you are on the inside of lane 1 there is enough room to have someone on the line next to you and will most likely happen. Also, as soon as you see that someone is coming up beside you sort of move over and not exactly cut them off but keep them from getting next to you.

A good way off the track is to watch the best tacticians (not necessarily the runners who win gold all the time) and see how they get out of it. Start with Lagat, Centro, Simpson, Farah, etc. See how they compete at domestic meets vs. international meets. If you get a discerning eye for how people choose to key off different moves based on pace and competition, you'll learn how to apply those tools in your own mental preparation for races.

Oh, yeah. You have to race more too. It comes with experience.

Have you seen kicking and screaming? If so, remember the scene where he is telling his players to throw elbows? Do that, your welcome.

Some good tips here, especially the defecating. Thanks. I'm looking forward to gaining more experience on the track.

Here's the video of the race.

https://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45586&do=videos&video_id=261614

when you are on the inside of the track and a guy is to your right, then on the next curve, don't follow the curve. keep running straight for a few steps and that'll take you out to lane 2. if the guy on your right attempts to cut you off to follow the curve, use your hands to defend yourself. this contact isnt your fault

it is trickier when he is a half step in front of you. if you just run straight at the start of the curve, he probably wont even know it. your feet will tangle up before you can use your hands to defend yourself and now you're both in trouble. you can wait a few curves to see if you get a cleaner chance. if not then that's all you can do is slow down and work your way to the outside to cleanly go around all of them.

No matter what you do sometimes it just happens. You'll get better with time. Congrats on the race!

Go to youtube and look for Marty Liquori indoor races to see how it is done.

In your case you should have led the whole way. Don't run like a b*tch.

This will not be an issue as you run in faster races. You won't feel boxed in even if you are.

I actually love the box! Treat it as an opportunity to relax and draft until an opening arises. These guys may have created your blistering kick. There's a reason they pay good money for rabbits to box in a world record attempt.

It's rare for 3 competitors to stay in the exact same position around you for more than half the race, so the breather is usually brief and little time is lost (even as runners panic imagining the race getting away from them), but I suppose there's always the risk that they remain in lockstep to the end, so I might switch to the lane 1.5 strategy for a big goal race. But it never happened to me and I always benefited from the box.

Q: How do you deal with getting boxed in?

A: I just declare a national emergency—it’s my right! It’s an INVASION!!! A BIGLY INVASION!!!

BTW, OP, this is a RUNNING site so please keep your threads/posts ON TOPIC—you know, like Trump, incels, divorces, etc.

Your welcome! Moran!