It sounds like you need therapy.
It sounds like you need therapy.
I was at Hayward and observed hate in Rupp's eyes the last 800 of his 26:44 AR. Without pure hate Rupp closes in 2:07 and not 1:57. Well done letsrun for teaching Rupp/Salazar how to close a 10k and set a new American record.
I'm a lover. Can I not run a 800 on love?
What is Hate Running wrote:
I'm a lover. Can I not run a 800 on love?
Yes, if you love to hurt.
Purifier wrote:
I am a junior in highschool. My previous pr in the 8 was 2:06, at the end of the season. Well it's been a year, and of course I'm planning on training hard as hell. Yet, during the race, my strategy is focusing on pure hatred for those around me. My question is, what is the best way to channel this hate effectively?
I don't think that's gonna work.
big time troll wrote:
Purifier wrote:I am a junior in highschool. My previous pr in the 8 was 2:06, at the end of the season. Well it's been a year, and of course I'm planning on training hard as hell. Yet, during the race, my strategy is focusing on pure hatred for those around me. My question is, what is the best way to channel this hate effectively?
I don't think that's gonna work.
Easy, just think of Mike Rossi. Instant PR
Bumping on pure hate.
As a relative newcomer to this site, I learned about this thread well after the fact. Absolutely phenomenal work by all parties involved.
FWIW, I actually thought about this thread during a set of 800s not too long ago. Granted, this was not an open 800, but the end of a set of 8 x 800. I focused on something that had ticked me off that week, and let'er rip.
I made it 200m. I either need to work on my endurance or my ability to loathe. Or both.
Upon reading this thread about a week ago, I decided to incorporate this method into my 800m racing. I spent the days before my meet thinking about everything I hated. This included:
-My Neighbors
-Donald Trump Enthusiasts
-Those jerks in my 2nd period
-Midgets (God I hate those things)
-Mexican food
-My ex girlfriend
-The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Jar Jar Binks)
-Math
-My third grade teacher who told me I wouldn't go anywhere in life (She's been right so far)
-Kanye West's Clothing Line (except for yeezy's, but their price could definitely be lower)
-And running
With these thoughts that induced my rage to its maximum capacity, I toed the line, gnawing on my forearm in the process. The gun went off and I was immersed in the rage. I was so immersed that my vision filled with a red tint (or that might have been the meth, who knows). Before I even hit the 50m mark, my body began to undergo a legendary transformation. My lip began to quiver as facial hair began to sprout at an abnormally rapid rate. Around 150m into the race, I saw someone taking a #RaceDaySelfie, to my dismay. Although, I saw something quite peculiar. I had transformed into the man, the myth, the legend, the one, the only, Steve Prefontaine. I was astounded, but this filled me with even more rage because I remembered how Steve rammed himself into another car. He didn't want it bad enough. But I did. I rounded onto the homestretch with the fans cheering for me. I give them a look of disgust and begin to hurl. It was comparable to a fountain of vomit showering the entire track. The surface of the track was so slippery, it made the entire field trip behind me. Going into the last lap I knew that the more I raged, the more I'd vomit. But that was a risk I was willing to take. The entire backstretch brought tears to my eyes. Vomit was effortlessly flowing out of my throat onto the crisp track. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed in my 18 years of life on this earth. Rounding the corner I put everything into that last straightaway. I knew that if I continued then I would run out of bodily fluids, but it was a risk I was willing to take. I cross the line. I look down to see blood and other fluids staining my uniform, but I didn't care. I knew what I had accomplished. I laid in the infield, only to have a meet official come to me and tell me that I broke the state record by 20 seconds. I was filled with joy... until he told me that I had been DQ'd due to having more then one logo under my waistband... and the fact that I turned into a dead man. Apparently those aren't eligible anymore.
Hate leads to the Dark Side.
boingo wrote:
I once ran the last 400m of a 1500m on pure rage.
I raged so hard through the finish line that my eyeballs burst out of my skull, followed by gushing streams of blood. Then I ripped off my nipples and threw them into the crowd.
The entire crowd synchronize-vomited in awe of the power of my rage. Alan Webb later gave me his last hair in recognition of the magnitude of my white-hot fury.
GOAT comment
Purifier wrote:
I am a junior in highschool. My previous pr in the 8 was 2:06, at the end of the season. Well it's been a year, and of course I'm planning on training hard as hell. Yet, during the race, my strategy is focusing on pure hatred for those around me. My question is, what is the best way to channel this hate effectively?
Practice focusing. Every day. Visualize.
big time troll wrote:
[quote]Purifier wrote:
I am a junior in highschool. My previous pr in the 8 was 2:06, at the end of the season. Well it's been a year, and of course I'm planning on training hard as hell. Yet, during the race, my strategy is focusing on pure hatred for those around me. My question is, what is the best way to channel this hate effectively?
this thread is 8+ years old, just think this guy has graduated high school AND college since he posted this. OP, if you see this, did it work?
Running on pure hate is and always has been BS. This meme needs to die out.
Biggie mac wrote:
Running on pure hate is and always has been BS. This meme needs to die out.
Shut up
Biggie mac wrote:
Running on pure hate is and always has been BS. This meme needs to die out.
^ slow
Yes, pure hatred helps. Let the hate flow.
plethora of fiery burnenage wrote:
The night before the race lying in bed visualize your race. Imagine the first 200m going out fast, but controlled. The next 200m is effortless, just flowing. The 3rd 200m is where it starts to hurt, but it is also where your larger cojones show through and you start to move through the pack. At 600m you should be in 2nd or 3rd. Going into the turn you explode onto your toes and pump your arms hard. While you are doing this you should focus all of your energy into HATING your opponents. You don't want to just ease past them and coast to the finish, you want to crush them on that turn and then give them absolutely no hope in the straightaway. Visualize a man raping your wife and then burning your house to the ground while forcing you to look on. Visualize every coworker who got that promotion when you didn't. Visualize you catching a competitor who spat in your face on the starting line. Imagine chasing after a guy who stole something from you and wanting to beat his face into a bloody, pulpy mess.
When you are on the starting lime tense the muscles in your neck and hold your breath till it hurts. Follow this by pounding you chest and slapping your thighs till your eyes water, or until the first sign of blood, whichever comes first. Remember, real men always bleed before they cry, so that's what we're going for here. Flex the muscles in your chest and back. Then start screaming. Not yelling, not shouting, screaming is what we're going for. Sort of like the Alan Webb scream after his Olympic Trials victory in '04, but much more. Clearly it worked for him. Maybe if he had done that before the race 4 years later he would have done better.
Some notes
-spikes. You have them for a reason, and it's not for extra traction! If you know someone is right behind you, try and get em by flicking your heels back more. You can get someone in front of you too. Even someone to the side of you is fair game.
-shoulders-bumping someone with your shoulder is a great tactic. You can either bump someone into the infield a la that Italian guy Longo in the 800m, or, more likely, you can keep them too the outside.
-fists. hard objects on the end of your arms-I think it's pretty obvious what you do with them-use them to strike your competitors, what else would you do with them?
-The 800m race is too long to rage for the entire time, so try and stick to just the last 150-200m.
-Contrary to popular believe, you dont need to train for the 800m. However, you do need to practice your raging.
There are 4 types of rage that are practiced-
Pure Rage Power
Pure Rage Capacity
Concealed Rage Power
Concealed Rage Capacity
Power is more important and is developed by specific instances in your life that have made you angry. Failing that test in 9th grade algebra probably qualified you for states, and your dad grounding you helped you win it. However, rage power will not be effective without rage capacity. This is influenced by continuous shit goin down around you. Try and live somewhere ghetto like Khadavis Robinson. That guy doesn't train, he just has nearly perfected his rage capacity.
Concealed rage is similar but more subtle then pure rage. Your girlfriend mentioning her previous boyfriend would help build this, as would your professor generally being a douchebag. There are instances where you would be pissed off but need to conceal it, similar to the first 600m of a race.
Also Sebastian Coe-he didn't run much distance, just rage sessions on the track with short recovery. He was also very good because his father peter always pissed him off, giving him a massive rage capacity.
Wilson Kipketer was probably the greatest rager of all. He perfected the concealed rage. This most potent rage of all is hidden from your competitors, and thus it impedes their raging ability. I think his concealed rage capacity was due to having three wives.
Peter Snell was a very good rageneer. Lydiard was a good coach not because of his 100 mile weeks (which were in fact false), but because he inspired such rage in his athletes. Such an inspiration. His sessions of 100power rage/100 concealed rage for 2 miles were highly effective. He also advocated hill rage bounding sessions, but thats another story.
Nick symmonds-the rage is there
Andrew Wheating-the rage power is there, but he needs more capacity. Moving to the hood could supply this
Christian Smith. out-raged KD in the last few meters at the OT. Very immpressive. He will rage to a 1:43 one of these days.
Can we all please appreciate this post for a moment...
Pureness of Hatred wrote:
Biggie mac wrote:Running on pure hate is and always has been BS. This meme needs to die out.
^ slow
Agreed
Yoda Lives wrote:
Hate leads to the Dark Side.
Master Yoda transcended the Dark Side by embracing it. He did not avoid it.