the "zero time on the msg boards of letsrun" quote is so beta
like i get it, but to actually say it aloud w/o being prompted...smh
dude is just compounding L's here
I’d say he’s referring to people exactly like yourself. Using the term “beta” is kind of like wearing a Von Dutch hat: you’re trying to be cool, but the horse has long left the stable.
Is there a single professional sport where it's a good idea for players to go onto fan message boards?
In other sports, there are message boards, radio show hosts, tv talk shows (ex Steven A Smith), journalists, social media posts, in addition to fans booing/cursing/threatening them during games. If you are in the premier league, it’s infinitely worse.
For some reason our sport’s pro’s let a few obvious trolling posters get to them. It’s sucks to read about yourself but people are horrible outside the bubble of our sport too.
So he got a side cramp...why he gotta call it a diaphragm spasm
It's not exactly the same thing as a side-stitch, at all. Either way, neither is the sort of phenomenon one really should be expected to push through in an elite race (except maybe the Olympics?). As for the LetsRun trash talking... duh. But I agree with others that I haven't seen many negative comments about Woody specifically. BTC is another story for sure.
And he reminds himself to spend "literally zero time on the message boards of letsrun."
Hey about Friday night, this is awkward... During the US 10k trials last week I got a stitch under my right ribs, it was a diaphragm spasm I can safely assume. With about 10 laps to go I was fit, relaxed and ready to focus, looked up and glanced to my left to see the clock tick closer to 20 minutes, and with it I snapped out of my inner self talk and saw it time to engage with the race. It was then the stitch came on and took me out of it entirely. I was just as confused as the fans were as it felt surreal watching the runners from lane eight on the homestrech on the track. (See image)
Today, Tuesday, I feel better about my racing going forward, it feels like this bad thing happened and then that was it. The first night was utter devastation don't get me wrong, but I remember the dozens of people that asked how I was, my family took me out to brunch, and even a fan asked for my autograph because they like my vibe here on instagram. I strangly feel reset by the moment and am ready to go after the win in the 5k next month.
Meanwhile... I got to watch Sean and Grant go on to make the world team. It stung to not make the squad but I was proud to see their dreams come true. Bigger dream is to mob together for world champs in Eugene next month. Either way we are mobbin.
The whole experience was a reminder to spend time with people and fans in person and literally zero time on the message boards of letsrun. All love to the people that came up and spoke to me after the race it helped keep my head screwed on if just by one notch at that moment.
PS. In our talk about the race on the podcast today, I mentioned how if he hadn't got the cramp, he likely would have won the 10,000 as a slow race like that plays into his kick perfectly.
Also, Rojo, I love how shamelessly you plug how your predictions have played out. You are silly and there are countless idiots on here but there is no better site for keeping up with the sport - nothing even close. We should all keep that in mind
Well first of all, thanks to Woody for transparently explaining what happened. The BTC haters on the message board would be far less rampant if the athletes and coaches were more forthcoming.
Woody takes on Marc Scott in the Portland Track Festival 5,000. If he's competitive there or wins, you'd have to like his chances at USAs. One interesting wrinkle is that this figures to be a loaded 5,000 at USAs if Hocker and Teare opt to double back. In that case, I wonder how the race plays out. Fisher would be foolish to let it come down to the last 200 again vs. those two, Woody and Chelimo (and let's toss in Beadlescomb and Nur too). Fisher's best move would be to take it from 1,000 out, which might not be the most favorable to Woody.
So he got a side cramp...why he gotta call it a diaphragm spasm
As someone who has experienced both, they are very different things. Side stitch is a slightly painful annoyance that you can run through to a degree and usually stops occurring altogether in the moderately trained. A diaphragm spasm feels very specifically like you're being stabbed in the upper right abdomen and if you attempt to run through it without slowing down it gets progressively worse until it feels like an organ has ruptured.
So he got a side cramp...why he gotta call it a diaphragm spasm
As someone who has experienced both, they are very different things. Side stitch is a slightly painful annoyance that you can run through to a degree and usually stops occurring altogether in the moderately trained. A diaphragm spasm feels very specifically like you're being stabbed in the upper right abdomen and if you attempt to run through it without slowing down it gets progressively worse until it feels like an organ has ruptured.
Exactly. As an aside, can the mods see if you upvote your own comments? Just asking for a friend
B. I never got a side stitch in a race but did on a fair number of runs. It hurt like hell but never slowed me down. Obviously this might be different in a race but did he even try to tough it out for a lap or did he just walk off?
Races with significant downhills used to give me such a painful stitch that my body would shut down and I would be reduced to tempo pace at best. Alternate breathing with foot strike didn't help, neither did pushing out at site of stitch or any of the other runners world hacks.
Nothing Woody could have done here.
If you watched the race it was a legit problem. He was making faces for about a lap and accidentally bumping, cutting off runners trying to grimace his way to stay with the pack before he just stepped off with no limp.
What do you make of this? Does this make you reflect on the content in here?
Aren't you the guy who just today called another poster "idiot"? Hypocrite much?
Why is that hypocritical? I do not own this board, I am not responsible for it. If I call anyone idiot in here its not my problem, I'm just living up to the standard in here.
Interesting take on this by WK. A bit too detailed with the "Spasm" info with a lot of other info that no one really cares about (brunch, autograph, etc...). The most interesting comment is about the Let's Run board. It seems he is baiting people to comment, which is not always a wise thing to do. That being said, he goes on to predict that he's ready for the 5K and somewhat setting the stage for him to win. Why put undo pressure on yourself? The "Spasm" could come back, especially if he's thinking about it, and he will. His Instagram post should've just read "Bad stitch with 6 to go...Oh well, next up is the 5k and hoping for a better result". The fact he gives such a long drawn out explanation or excuse shows he's a bit wound up about it and concerned.
WK is an experienced and talented runner and will be fine, but no need to put more pressure on himself.
Well first of all, thanks to Woody for transparently explaining what happened. The BTC haters on the message board would be far less rampant if the athletes and coaches were more forthcoming.
Woody takes on Marc Scott in the Portland Track Festival 5,000. If he's competitive there or wins, you'd have to like his chances at USAs. One interesting wrinkle is that this figures to be a loaded 5,000 at USAs if Hocker and Teare opt to double back. In that case, I wonder how the race plays out. Fisher would be foolish to let it come down to the last 200 again vs. those two, Woody and Chelimo (and let's toss in Beadlescomb and Nur too). Fisher's best move would be to take it from 1,000 out, which might not be the most favorable to Woody.
Fisher should've moved with a 1000 to go last week. He'd be the 10k champ if he had.
If prominent runners truly didn't care about the notorious LetsRun message boards, they wouldn't feel the constant need to remind us just how little they care about them.
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