What do you think of slow runners?

47 years ago I started off as the second-slowest kid on my HS XC team. Then the slowest kid quit... I kept running, and by my senior year made varsity on a pretty good team. You can do the same, and if not? WHO CARES???

I worked really hard to get half as good as the talented runners, and it was worth it. I still love running (mostly walking & hiking in my 60's), and I coach XC/Track and love it.

I'm nothing special, at all. You can do ANY of this, and far more. GO FOR IT!!

If you are the slowest kid on the team, I get how its annoying to others that you are taking the easy runs faster (their ego might get hurt :) ). Why is it that you go faster? Maybe you should learn to take the easy runs EASY and not try to be fastest on the easy run - that will win you nothing but fatigue. Even if you were the fastest kid, you need to go easy on the easy run.

I feel excactly the same way as your teammates, if people I run with parts from the group on easy runs, I don't say anything but just think "I will destroy them on race day".

Run slow on easy runs and fast on hard runs.

I have big respect for 6+ hour marathoners.

The key to enlightenment is the acceptance that no one cares about your running one way or the other.

Why should they? What’s your running doing for me? The same thing my running is doing for you, nothing.

Have a blessed day.

He's a dumb*ss. Graciously ignore him and do your thing.

Jogging is legit. Low risk of injury. Strengthens muscles and builds fitness over years. It makes no difference to my results if I jog at 8:30-9 minute miles or 6:30-8:00.

I think anybody should run who wants to. Idc how fast or slow they are. I do think easy days are for running easy. You felt good so you ran faster. I'm more/less fine with that but if you're not racing faster than the other guys your easy pace should be slower & you got in a relatively hard effort on a day that didn't call for it. Catch up to them in workouts. Use easy days to get the body right & form friendships with the other guys.

Thirty years from now they'll be fat, balding, miserable old men with a fat, nagging wife, and they'll spend their days paying vitriol on lrc. You'll probably still be running tho.

"posting"

Ok I’ll note this, thank you!

I’m actually a girl but our program is mixed but I’m one of the 6 girls on my team. Everyone is already friends with each other

I was the slowest on the team for Freshman XC then I was one of only 2 to break 5 that spring. It doesn’t matter right now, just keep the work up

Yeah, we make fun of the slowskies way worse behind their backs. Every season we pick the slowest runner in the pack and cautiously exclude them from a darts throwing party where the target is a poster of the slowsky and everyone throws darts with the slowsky’s nose as the bullseye; and all along we laugh at how slowsky on the poster can’t run away from the darts coz he’s so damn slow.

The guy may have been annoyed if he felt like you were pushing the pace on an easy run, but don't worry about it. You do you.

I ran 29:19 once my freshman year (admittedly on a tough course) and ran under 16 my senior year. Both 5k. Running more is probably the key to improvement

The slowest on the team should never lead an easy run. Your teammates know something you don’t. Save it for race day.

What do I think of slow runners?
They are really slow when they are slower than me. And they are really good runners when they are faster than me.

Slow is a relative term. Most runners are slow. There is always a faster runner somewhere to be found.

See it as a give back to the running community. Your slow running make other feel fast, even if they are not really that fast.

I hope they are having as much fun as I am!