What do you think of slow runners?

What do you I think of slower runners?

I don't think of them.

“Slowkies” you must be old.

As long as they are making an effort, I support and encourage. If whiney and walking, I do not support.

Nothing brings more joy to my heart than lapping a slow runner. The thrill as I approach relentlessly, ceaselessly, the fear, the panic as they realise they are about to suffer the ultimate humiliation - beinf lapped. Sometimes they try to match my godly pace - always its futile, losing it within 15 meters exactly. Slow runners are a blessing for me

ignore them

I don't think any more or less of them.

do you. who cares what everyone else thinks. your plans and motivations and effort shouldn't be changing based on other people running their mouth.

I was quite a slow runner when 1st started in XCountry in early elementry school, then matured into being faster then my peers late elementry and throughout highschool. IMO let the fact you're slower Motivate you to put in the extra work & try and eventually pick off guys you're trailing. That outlook really helped me, and you might really surprise yourself!!

You mean what do we think of ourselves? Read enough on these boards and you will learn: not much.

A lot depends on who you are and how well they know you besides being slow. Based on your post, the comments say more about him than you. If you’re an affable, good teammate, most experienced runners should know that maybe you’re feeling good on the easy day, maybe you’re trying to push yourself to improve, that everybody should go at their own pace on those days, regardless of who’s faster, perhaps be encouraging. Ultimately, teams do have self centered, not supportive members, though it’s sad when it’s the faster ones.

I've been running since 1980, mostly at a competitive level, and have been coaching high school since 1987. Most of our new runners take at least a month or two to understand "pace" for themselves. They can be too slow on easy days, too fast on easy days, not fast enough on faster days, and all over the board on race days. Once they figure it out, and get some running fitness base, suddenly things make sense, and they can "fall-in" with the pace appropriate to the designated practice for the group. Consider asking a teammate, a captain perhaps, what you can do to improve. They will probably appreciate that you are trying!

You will figure it out soon! Keep running. THAT is the main thing!

i think they are worthless humans

Running is a community and I've always supported runners of all abilities.

That's not true everything someone else does effects everyone else.

I started running late, when I was 17. Back then I knew much less about training than now (im 27). I used to train in a group with pretty good runners, and sometimes we all ran together their easy runs. I used to get overexcited and run at the front even though I was the slowest of them by a mile. That annoyed them a lote but I was clueless. One day they started accelerating with no reason. I tried to keep up with them till I got dropped 10k into the 18k run, last 8k were miserable. It was all on purpose, these guys could destroy me if they wanted to, and so they did. I never took the lead again on an easy run for as long I trained with them.

Slow down, take easy runs easy and you will improve.

I dont.

I rarely knew the names of the guys in the back of the pack. The B team guys were always funny, but I never took them seriously because they didnt take the sport seriously.

Fun to have around, great on the bus traveling, but I was really only friends with the guys I trained with, and trained hard.

F em. Reminds me of a lesson taught to me in 10th grade by a wise coach who I still keep in touch w/30+ years later.

I was a hot-shot 4:22 1600 runner and thought I was the next coming of Steve Scott. I was complaining to my coach about my sister being on the team. Of all the sports for her to pick, she chose track and was cramping my style. She was slow and had no business being on the team I said. Yes - I was a jacka$$.

He let me have it - paraphrasing "Understand this you ungrateful little snob, you will get more out of this sport than you can even repay. Most don't and there is plenty of room for everyone here. People like your sister have to pay every day, every minute, every damn second they run. They don't have your talent, but you can see the pain and effort on their faces every time they race. You can see it in practice. No glory, no medals, just pain. People like you make me look good as a coach; people like her is why I coach."

Lesson taught and remembered.