Easy solution. Talk to them about it before hand and ask if they want to share the lead. Otherwise you are wrong, there is no reason they ought to help you lead if that's not in their plan.
Easy solution. Talk to them about it before hand and ask if they want to share the lead. Otherwise you are wrong, there is no reason they ought to help you lead if that's not in their plan.
kmaclam wrote:
Winning vs. losing like a whiner. Go time trial by yourself….
In case you have been asleep the last few years, the track 10k is on the way out. Why; sit and kick. The track 5k is next in line for disposal.
Rip Track 10k wrote:
the track 10k is on the way out. Why; sit and kick. The track 5k is next in line for disposal.
Every lap the 1-3 slowest runners should be taken off the track until there are 2 runners left.
Pulling out runners would make the 5k more interesting: like the shot clock in the NBA. People might start watching again. Pull out runners after the first few laps until only a few runners are left. Runners pulled from a race would get the place they were in when they were pulled.
Just run faster than those on your tail. Make a surge on each backstretch.
There's racing then there's time trialing. Figure out the difference.
I would always run on the outside of lane 1 down straights and inside on turns. I was also that jerk who started to pass around the turn on the outside then slingshot down the straights then cut over to the inside. If it was a race where I knew I was much faster (happened a lot in HS 3200 running against 10:00 guys) I would sit on you for a mile no matter how fast or slow you run. Then with a mile left I put in a 1 lap surge, coast 2 laps, then sprint last lap. Pissed off slower guys. They got wise and tried to surge before my surge, I would stay on their shoulder and surge after they started to slow.
It's called the fine art of tactics.
Alan
Alan
Alan
Most of the time these days, the 10k track runners you refer to as "sitting and kicking" are cranking out 65 second quarters before they kick, and finishing under 28 minutes. Do you know how difficult it is to do that? Part of appreciating longer distance races is understanding the supreme level of conditioning required to run at such paces. Those who most deeply understand and appreciate it are those who have tread that path. What events do you (or have you) run? What are your times? Sounds like you would enjoy watching a different sport, or maybe stick to viewing the sprint events.
People get jaded/spoiled by record progressions, expecting a sub 27 all the time. A sub 28 10k runner is still a great athlete.
I had a guy sit on me for 12 laps of a 5k. I tried to surge and break him but I couldn't get away. I threw down a 28 second last 200 and lost. I was pissed but that's racing.
Next time I saw him was in the conference 10k. I sat on him for 24 laps and blew him out of the water last 400.
Finish the damn race man.