Sprinters are NOT runners

Distance Runners are the people that aren't fast enoough to sprint so they run slow, longer...Face it who really wants to run for that long? Nobody thats who. It's just that Distance runners want to compete for first but they can't win a sprint, same goes for shot throwerers and some Jumpers (unless they sprint too)

Hell-f***in'-yeah. And I'm even one of those guys you described. Ha!

i agree...me being a long sprinter...you have no f***ing clue what you are talking about...no f***ing clue. shut up before i prove you wrong.

bump it up.

Sprinters are runners because the best sprinters are in just as good, if not better condition than a distance runner. If a sprinter is good at what they do then they run miles and miles in the offseason to get themselves in shape along with RUNNING long sprints to up they're speed endurance. Both ATHLETES, the distance runners and the sprinters work just as hard and should both be commended for the shape they are in. If you're trying to put down sprinters then I think you are absolutely ridiculous and frankly extremely jealous.

justajogger wrote:

So when a couple of runners in a distance race start sprinting for the finish line, what do they become?

Tired!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

Being a runner is a state of mind. Most sprinters certainly aren't runners, but it is possible for a sprinter to be a runner. It is possible even for a thrower to be a runner. It's all in the mindset.

believe me, sprinters are runners, you just don't know any good one's i guess....sure they don't go out for 10mile runs, but they train hard as hell, one week with them and they would have your lunch on the track every day

Sprinter are runners, just not distance runners.

I was a sprinter (and football and soccer player) in HS. Yeah, I probably pounded on you skinny distance types back in the day.

I never ran anything more than 400 until I got to my college, which didn't have a track team. Well I sucked at college football and ended up doing XC. It was hard to start running distance but not so hard that I quit.

The funny part is that I tried to run an open 400 when I was in peak distance shape a couple years ago and couldn't get anywhere close to my HS time. All my times from 100-400 suck now in comparison.

runn wrote:

Sprinter are runners, just not distance runners.

Dumbest post ever.

Please everyone this so childish in all respects. The whole distance runner sprinter bickering goes on everywhere. With all respect I know I could never run a faster quarter or 200 or 100 then sprinters. I do not have the athleticism and the raw speed to accomplish such tasks. Yet I do have a superior heart, lungs, and overall areobic system as well as efficient toned muscles. Sprinters with their power and speed were born to run. Me with my light weight strength and strong heart was born to run. A sprinter could not beat me over a 1500-10k. That is plain and simple. And the reason I dont say 800 is that extends into sprinting sometimes I feel atleast. The point is we are all runners. The world class distance runner can do sickening things like Geb finishing a 10k going 4:25 pace with a 49 last quarter amazing just simply amazing. But at the same token Jeremy wariner running a 44 quarter wow that is just freakin insane. So lets all be alittle humble and give eachother props for running period cause most people don't. Most people just sit around and get fat. Atleast we are doing something that is absolutely natural for our bodies. In all its simplicity and beauty we are all doing the thing our spirits do in our dreams RUN!

mr cal burner wrote:

Not Julius Sumner Miller wrote:

Some basic physics: Fast running uses more energy per unit of time or distance than slow running. Many distance runners would not be as worn out from a sprint workout as real sprinters for the simple reason that they can't run as fast.

May be true, BUT it takes the SAME amount of cals to move a given weight 100 meters whether you do it in 9 sec or 9 minutes.

in terms of work=force*distance, yes

but since our bodies are less efficent at faster speeds that's not actually true. when going faster you expend more work per distance, just a smaller percent trasnlates into motion.

my opinion on this whole matter is as follows:

If all Sports are done correctly they should all be equally hard and taxing on the mind and body. that is if they are done in a manner in which the body is pushed to its limit or pain and exhaustion. if football players gave it their all each game, and are ready to collapse at the end, i would give them as much credit as distance runners deserve in my book. same with sprinters, if they did workouts consistanly that pushed their body, and had them doing stuff they hate doing and don't feel comfortable doing, i would have respect for them too.

but not all athletes train and perform in that manner. from wat i've seen the majority of High School sprinters don't work their tails off, yet it seems distance runners have that crazy work ethic.

in conclusion, if all sports were done where you pushed your body to the limit, i'd call sprinters runners and all football players, and bowlers, and fishers athletes, but it is not true that they train in that manner.

On charliefrancis.com, there are roughly 70,000 posts. The term "runner" occurs 568 times in total. Yes, I did the search. The term "Jeremy Wariner" occurs on letsrun roughly twice as often as the term "runner" occurs on charliefrancis. Draw your own conclusions. Renato Canova--by himself--may have used the word "sprint" on letsrun more than "runner" has been used on charliefrancis by everybody.

Runners are people who (may) run marathons. We don't run marathons. We sprint.

I think a lot of this comes from people looking at sprinters workouts and thinking they are easy.

Take 4x300m

If I did that, myself, as a session, it probably would be quite easy.

However, if I did 4 300m races with 5 minutes between each of them, don't tell me I wouldn't be tired! It's all about the pace - and yes, 4x300m can be brutal.

don't forget that the stride of a distance runner is tailored for max efficency while a sprinter goes for max power. more energy is used per stride in sprinting. also, the strides are a little shorter, so the ratio of energy expended in sprinting v distance goes up a little more.

A bump for the longjumpers.

i have to agree with the OP(it went on a tangent from there and i didnt bother reading...) Jogging isnt running because its too slow (well...theres more to it than that but...). Racing is also significantly different than just running. So is sprinting. if they were all the same thing, we wouldnt have 3 different words (actually theres lots more but...)