i have two meets next week, thursday and saturday. is it bad form if I run very slowly on Thursday (say 10:40 for me, a 9:20 runner), while still running to win, in a dual meet so i can save energy for the real meet on saturday?
i have two meets next week, thursday and saturday. is it bad form if I run very slowly on Thursday (say 10:40 for me, a 9:20 runner), while still running to win, in a dual meet so i can save energy for the real meet on saturday?
Nope. F the dual meet and F your coach for making you run a meaningless dual meet.
I only think it’s rude if you literally sit on a slow kids shoulder for 7.5 laps and then destroy him. At least have some respect and gap them slowly over the second mile.
I only think it’s rude if you literally sit on a slow kids shoulder for 7.5 laps and then destroy him. At least have some respect and gap them slowly over the second mile.
This is the worst I’ve ever seen and Sage must have hated the other guy. He had such an edge in ability that day it would have shown some class for him to set the pace:
Doanld sage of York Community High School ran a 8:42:89 in the 3200m event in the ihsa state meet. His split for the last lap was 58 seconds! He also runs in...
I only think it’s rude if you literally sit on a slow kids shoulder for 7.5 laps and then destroy him. At least have some respect and gap them slowly over the second mile.
This is the worst I’ve ever seen and Sage must have hated the other guy. He had such an edge in ability that day it would have shown some class for him to set the pace:
The kids discussing the race that weren’t good enough to be in it, are pretty obnoxious.
What? It was the State Meet. And the other guy still ran 8:56 essentially jogging the last lap in 74. I think you’re allowed to race a 8:50 guy straight up for the State Title. If he sat on a 10:20 kid in a dual meet for 3k and ran 25 seconds for the last 200, then I guess I could see what you’re saying.
i have two meets next week, thursday and saturday. is it bad form if I run very slowly on Thursday (say 10:40 for me, a 9:20 runner), while still running to win, in a dual meet so i can save energy for the real meet on saturday?
Bad form is thinking that a teenager running a solid race on Thursday tanks you for a Saturday race.
Unless you want to run the Thursday race over a minute slower than your best to accommodate additional or stressful training, run a good solid but not backbreaking race. A 9:20 guy will more than recover from a 10:00 effort a few days prior.
i have two meets next week, thursday and saturday. is it bad form if I run very slowly on Thursday (say 10:40 for me, a 9:20 runner), while still running to win, in a dual meet so i can save energy for the real meet on saturday?
That's what I did in high school. I was a 4:09 and 9:07 runner. I'd quadruple (800, 1600, 3200, and 4x400 leg) in the dual meets but run them like workouts because missing a day of training wasn't great for the long-term. For instance, one 1600 we came through 1200 in 4:00 and then had a final lap bash. I finished in 4:56 in training shoes on a dirt track. I'd say make the 3200 as slow is takes to win. Just jog with the next best guy and win it on the final lap.
I only think it’s rude if you literally sit on a slow kids shoulder for 7.5 laps and then destroy him. At least have some respect and gap them slowly over the second mile.
This is the worst I’ve ever seen and Sage must have hated the other guy. He had such an edge in ability that day it would have shown some class for him to set the pace: