I think most women want to try to out-kick me, so I have no problems doing the same!
I think most women want to try to out-kick me, so I have no problems doing the same!
I'd liken it to this:
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donearun0 wrote:
So what I'm reading on some post's here,if you have some sort of kick at the end....you saved it....nonsense.
As the great Nate Jenkins once told me..."You don't save something for the finish. You FIND something for the finish."
Dick Doobey wrote:
donearun0 wrote:So what I'm reading on some post's here,if you have some sort of kick at the end....you saved it....nonsense.
As the great Nate Jenkins once told me..."You don't save something for the finish. You FIND something for the finish."
Great philosophy! I would absolutely out sprint somebody at the end if possible. It is just two competitors, regardless of their sex, duking it out till the end. You did nothing wrong. If your wife does not understand, point her to this thread.
I wouldn't call it cowardly as much as I'd call it pathetic. I've seen your type soooo many times at the local turkey trot (and I'm able to see you finish because I've usually been finished for 10-15 minutes by the time you "unleash fury" on the final stretch).
You come barrelling down the home stretch shaking the earth with your clydesdale sprint with little awareness for those around you. You jogged most of the race only to try and 'look good' with your 'devastating' kick. News flash, buddy. No one is fooled. Everyone watching thinks you're an a-hole. I bet you wear compression socks and do crossfit on the side too.
If you gained 4 seconds in the last 50-100m of a 5k road race to finish, you did not run an optimal race and definitely saved something extra for the end. Cowardly.
Dick Doobey wrote:
donearun0 wrote:So what I'm reading on some post's here,if you have some sort of kick at the end....you saved it....nonsense.
As the great Nate Jenkins once told me..."You don't save something for the finish. You FIND something for the finish."
You shouldn't be racing with people that aren't your gender.
RunningDad46 wrote:
Hello LR. Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of my participation in my town's Shamrock 5K. Since I'll be running again this year, discussion of the race with my wife last evening brought up something that happened last year.
To make a long story short, I out-kicked 5 women in the last 50-100m, and afterward my wife called me a coward for having done that. I think she was embarrassed because of it after having watched from the sidelines. It's not a huge race, and the 200 or so participants are all hanging around afterward before the awards ceremony. She looked uncomfortable the whole time.
I'll state the obvious. I'm not a young buck anymore, nor do I have the time to train like a young buck so I typically finish pretty far back in the pack where women and men are about evenly distributed. That said, one think I have preserved from my younger days is my devastating kick. I've always been able to draw from deep within and unleash fury in the final 100m.
Anyway, it's not a big deal. It only gained me 5 places and maybe -4 seconds off my time. If it bothers her so much (and if it is indeed cowardly), I can hold back this year. But I wanted to see what the wise minds (sarcasm) or LR and the larger running community thought about it.
You would be surprised how many high school kids would sprint harder than they ever have in their life so they didn't get beat by an old guy in a Winnie the Pooh costume. I had 5 go around me in the last .1!!
Sooooo.....if we close from behind you we all losers.
Sounds legit, you win
Dick Doobey wrote:
donearun0 wrote:So what I'm reading on some post's here,if you have some sort of kick at the end....you saved it....nonsense.
As the great Nate Jenkins once told me..."You don't save something for the finish. You FIND something for the finish."
I would interpret his comment as referring to generally finishing strong, not necessarily throwing down anything that could reasonably be called a kick. Sure, staying strong through the last lap has a mental component, but Centro isn't kicking in 52 flat off of PR pace.
If the last lap of your 5K is a second or two faster than average, that's just a matter of being tough and finishing strong. If you go from jogging at 20+ minute pace to running a 15 second last 100m, yes, you saved something.
sadfarts wrote:
I wouldn't call it cowardly as much as I'd call it pathetic. I've seen your type soooo many times at the local turkey trot (and I'm able to see you finish because I've usually been finished for 10-15 minutes by the time you "unleash fury" on the final stretch).
You come barrelling down the home stretch shaking the earth with your clydesdale sprint with little awareness for those around you. You jogged most of the race only to try and 'look good' with your 'devastating' kick. News flash, buddy. No one is fooled. Everyone watching thinks you're an a-hole. I bet you wear compression socks and do crossfit on the side too.
Not as bad as the dork that dashes out like a chicken with his head cut off when the starters gun sounds.
I raced a small-field marathon (circa 300 runners) and found myself in fifth for most of the race. With a mile to go I see fourth place up ahead. I do my best to reel this person in and as I get closer, realise that she is the first female. With about 200 to go I'm on her shoulder and I can see the finishing chute ahead. They are holding the finishing tape across the line for her, then they spot me and take it down. I know that I've not got enough of a kick left to get by and for them to get the tape back up for her. Plus the photographer is right there on the line. I decide not to be that guy and roll out of it and let her take the tape and get her shot.
My little gesture probably cost me 3 seconds. No big deal. I missed out on a three-digit Boston bib by two seconds.
Kick like a mule wrote:
I raced a small-field marathon (circa 300 runners) and found myself in fifth for most of the race. With a mile to go I see fourth place up ahead. I do my best to reel this person in and as I get closer, realise that she is the first female. With about 200 to go I'm on her shoulder and I can see the finishing chute ahead. They are holding the finishing tape across the line for her, then they spot me and take it down. I know that I've not got enough of a kick left to get by and for them to get the tape back up for her. Plus the photographer is right there on the line. I decide not to be that guy and roll out of it and let her take the tape and get her shot.
My little gesture probably cost me 3 seconds. No big deal. I missed out on a three-digit Boston bib by two seconds.
pu$$y.
Wear a wig and fake boobs and lip stick
OP, I haven't read the whole thread but just reading your post, if it were 5 men ahead of me towards the finish, I wouldn't hestitate to kick their azzes...;)
Jamin fanboi wrote:
Wear a wig and fake boobs and lip stick
He's trying to run a local race, not win an Olympic decathlon.
you're an whole arse wrote:
FWIW, I'd be ok with someone saying:
"my strength is finishing fast"
"I have a great kick"
OTOH
"Unleash Fury" and "devastating kick" sounds like the words of a 3:11:45 runner.
Is there some sorta inside joke behind the "3:11:45 runner"? I get that the time is fairly pedestrian, but is there something about that specific time?
Just wow... wrote:
you're an whole arse wrote:FWIW, I'd be ok with someone saying:
"my strength is finishing fast"
"I have a great kick"
OTOH
"Unleash Fury" and "devastating kick" sounds like the words of a 3:11:45 runner.
Is there some sorta inside joke behind the "3:11:45 runner"? I get that the time is fairly pedestrian, but is there something about that specific time?
How embarrassed I feel. I'm not even new around here!