From a very high-strung freshman teammate: I don't know what happened. I mean, I just, I was in a hurry before the race...I put my thong on backwards under my buns, and the race was about to start, I couldn't switch them!
As a girl, I tend to agree that would cause some serious discomfort.
How many of you race in thongs? I'd think that would be uncomfortable even if you wear them correctly. Most of the women on my team wore the bun huggers without underwear because they had a lining of some sort, kinda like how the guys' shorts dont need briefs underneath because of the liner.
I heard a guy complain after his 5K that his quads were fried from speedwork and that he was fatigued from a 100-mile week. Sure, he ran bad (for him), but still beat everyone else, almost a minute ahead of second place.
Whiny bastard.
Mr. Porn-Stache,
When I was in college we had to turn in our uniforms at the end of the season. They were re-used for several years. I would rather race in a thong or undies under my bunhuggers than wear what is essentially some other girl's used panties.
AHHH! That makes good sense if you have to turn them back in. I had not considered that.
'Twas good to receive shorts still fresh with manufacturer's tags.
"It was too windy to run"
One of my friends said she ran a bad race because she saw her ex boyfriend as she was running past the mile mark and that threw off her concentration and she ran terrible.
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I would rather race in a thong or undies under my bunhuggers than wear what is essentially some other girl's used panties.
Speak for yourself...
"I stepped on a sprinkler and fell down"
-Joe Falcon
This is why... wrote:
Mr. Porn-Stache,
When I was in college we had to turn in our uniforms at the end of the season. They were re-used for several years. I would rather race in a thong or undies under my bunhuggers than wear what is essentially some other girl's used panties.
We had to turn in our uniforms as well, but the distance girls got to keep their bottoms because they admitted that they never wore underwear when they ran in their uniform. But the funny thing is, we got new uniform bottoms every year (with the manufacturer tags on them) so what was the point in turning them in?
At least we didn't have to turn in our sport bras.
When I was in high school, we had an awesome cross country course with creek crossings and the such...One guy who wasn't much of anything said he got a crawfish caught on his penis as he splashed through the water that wasn't even mid-shin depth
"I'm saving myself for Zurich." Suzy Favor Mamede
When asked by a reporter how he felt about only losing by 2 seconds to someone.
"He just beat me. That's it." - guy in my state
"my dog died".
Course wasn't Rupp-certified.
ibhdjdjdcnjq wrote:
When asked by a reporter how he felt about only losing by 2 seconds to someone.
"He just beat me. That's it." - guy in my state
Isn't that the exact opposite of an excuse?
Oh. Well that's the point.
"I ran 20 miles yesterday."
"Why would I kill myself today when I have region in a week?"
"I didn't have to run fast to win."
All of these are excuses I've used. Not really for bad races though. Just races where I didn't go all out.
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ibhdjdjdcnjq wrote:When asked by a reporter how he felt about only losing by 2 seconds to someone.
"He just beat me. That's it." - guy in my state
Isn't that the exact opposite of an excuse?
He just beat me. That's it. I love that simple yet brilliant response. And the "that's it" closes the discussion and communicates a readiness to move on and not wallow in the loss.
Hands down the worst thing I ever heard after a race. A teammate's brother said after a race "I could have won if I wanted to." This was out our conference cross meet. The kid had never been to nationals before and was usually 4th on his team. He straight up got dropped from 2k out by a multi-time all-american.