Why does Galen Rupp sitdown on the track after a race?

There is a difference between running a foolish and meaningless indoor track race than running in the Olympic games!!!

By the way the word I think you are trying to use is spelled "moron," not moran!

I'm not sure if it's worth trying to educate you.

Do you not know that you can recover faster by doing a cool down than by doing nothing at all? Do you know why this is so?

Every coach in America knows the reason for this and that's why so many have their kids run a mile after a long distance race.

But I bet you will still be convinced with your own remarks. I did have a few kids who were like that. One guy said there was no connection between working on pace with 32 x 100 the day before a cross country race. He announced that before the entire team. No one else bothered to support his foolish statement.

You are not going to run 800s the day before a race to develop a sense of pace!

Your comment is about as wise as what that kid said.

I am not saying that you are stupid, that same kid went on to West Point. What I am saying is that you appear to have a stubbornness that is beyond all reason.

So if I do not respond to any of your future posts, you will know why!

Running is work for these guys. Some people like to give 100% at their work every day. Clearly you like to phone it in.

You, sir are a moran!

Your Welcome.

Jed Clampett wrote:

Do you not know that you can recover faster by doing a cool down than by doing nothing at all? Do you know why this is so?

Do you not know that Galen Rupp DOES run a cool down after his races?

Speaker of Hard Truths wrote:

Jed Clampett wrote:

Do you not know that you can recover faster by doing a cool down than by doing nothing at all? Do you know why this is so?

Do you not know that Galen Rupp DOES run a cool down after his races?

Cooldowns are foolish after a hard run or race and have little benefit. Your muscles are going to tighten up whether you do a cool down or not. A better approach is to wait a couple hours after the muscles have tightened up and then do an easy run. This will help them repair and heal faster and feel better the next day.

Do some homework and speaker of hard truths:

It is time do "do some homework," and learn "hard truths."

Sometimes the younger must teach the older. However most of the time the reverse is true. Someone had to invent the wheel before fuel injection could be put in cars. Now some are saying that we will soon have cars that drive themselves.

Do not forget that people actually had to SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES to get what we enjoy today. (I don't mean just the military, I mean people who built cars, roads, houses, buildings, and computers as well.)

Do not forget that you inherited the good things that we take for granted today. This includes the almighty smart phones and computers.

So you are in the group that believes that it's best to take a nap, shower, and no warm up before a race?

All I can say is good luck using that approach with a team.

Jed Clampett wrote:

Do some homework and speaker of hard truths:

It is time do "do some homework," and learn "hard truths."

Sometimes the younger must teach the older. However most of the time the reverse is true. Someone had to invent the wheel before fuel injection could be put in cars. Now some are saying that we will soon have cars that drive themselves.

Do not forget that people actually had to SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES to get what we enjoy today. (I don't mean just the military, I mean people who built cars, roads, houses, buildings, and computers as well.)

Do not forget that you inherited the good things that we take for granted today. This includes the almighty smart phones and computers.

But you know that Galen DOES run a cooldown after his races, right?

Jed Clampett wrote:

Sometimes the younger must teach the older. .

This is one of those times. Try to learn.

Speaker:

I admire Galen Rupp but I guess what I am concerned about is the example that he is setting for kids. I saw what he did for a cool down after a 3:50 indoor mile. I agree with what he did.

The sitting on the track after racing is not necessary and is most certainly counterproductive to anyone. Perhaps a talented athlete like Rupp can more easily get away with it. (Plus not many high school kids will do as complete a cool down as Rupp.)

If you have a whole team of kids this kind of thing can catch on like wild fire.

I could tell you some convincing stories and that is why it's such a hot button for me. Salazar tends to coach just a few people at a time, from what I have seen. That is different than coaching 30-40 kids at once.

I thank you for your comment. The reason why I ask such questions is so I can analyze my own thinking. It makes me remember what I did before and change or keep what I did. Currently I write about cross country and track & field for a website.

I do not know if I will return to coaching but I talk to coaches and athletes. It matters to me.

Thank you,

Jed Clampett

Do some homework:

Read the post I sent to speaker of truths. I reacted to what you said because it reminded me specifically of that kid, who came close at times, to making a championship season less than sweet.

Perhaps you did not mean it the way I read it!

Thank you,

Jed Clampett

Strangely enough, it seemed to be an Oregon unspoken "tradition," after intervals and interval sets to just start jogging as soon as you could. "Nano jogging might be a better description, lol. For me, that was even after races...I often got a headache after every race. Anyone else ever have that issue? I once even tried taking Tylenol before a race, to see if it would help, lol.

Looking at how things have changed over the years, with training methods being smarter and more scientific... Even with the loaded team of "studs," we had, few were regularly running Rupp like times back ten.

Usually it was hands on the knees for a bit...and then shake hands with competitors... But, we had the shredding auto tire inside the track jogging / warm up / warm down lane then... So, if memory serves we often migrated by habit to that lane to cool down.

This has actually been an interesting thread, aside from the usual bickering!

You're just paranoid about inconsequential. Sitting on the track for one minute will make no difference in the long run.

Jed, you love to focus on stuff that doesn't matter.

Try focusing on training.

Speaker and Do:

Have either of you coached at large public high schools?

Imitating a star like Rupp, could quickly become a 30 minute Gatorade party, which also adds weight in addition to lousy conditioning! In addition if they are doubling...

But it may be true that these things tend to work themselves out.

When I started at one school a previous star (before I arrived) had once taken a nap before a race. He happened to make it to state. So my entire team was camping out before races. I told them not to do it and my reasons why it was faulty and left it at that. By the end of the season no one was doing it any more.

However it took about 4 years to get all of the kids to warm up well before races. After that we had success as a team. So you see STAR behavior might have negative effects on your team.

But I'm glad for your remarks because it gives me some feedback as to how people think when they read my stuff!

aaaDuck:

Thank you for your post and I agree entirely.

I never ran in an indoor meet. However except on videos I never saw anyone deliberately take a flop after a race. My brother blacked out after a 400 once. But it was because he ran all-out!

Is this just part of the hot dogging we see in every sport these days?

Jed Clampett

Did you notice that this blog or series of posts or whatever it's called has been ranked as high as #5 on Let's Run for hottest topics going?

You say I love to focus on stuff that doesn't matter but that is only your opinion. The statistics say otherwise.

It is common sense to know that flopping or sitting as soon as a 2 mile race ends is foolish. As an old shop teacher said to me several times, "common sense ain't so common."

A lot of people including world class runners do not always have common sense!

Since it seems as if this thread is dying I will answer my own question.

The reason why Galen Rupp sits down after a race is because he wants attention. He could take a victory lap, but that would give other people what they want and it would be common. He chooses to be uncommon and do something unusual, and even dangerous.

Has anyone noticed the symbol Al Salazar and company uses for their "Oregon project?" It is a red and black skull. Hence sitting on the track after a 2 mile American record indicates to us that he ran so hard that he almost died.

It's the same as Cam Newton's dancing after touchdowns. It's all about the attention I can draw to myself.