I see this a lot in interviews, strava posts, race recaps... when someone "sends it," that just means they're running much faster than their fitness would indicate? Everytime I see this phrase, it is attached to someone running a lot faster than they should and inevitably melting down.
In running parlance, does "full send" or "sending it" simply mean running beyond your fitness?
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Pretty sure it means to run balls-to-the-wall from that point to the finish, or to “drop the hammer,” or at least make a decisive move. Nothing about running beyond one’s ability.
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It means you're doing for Dale Earnhardt, baby. Full send baby!
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I don't know if Hobbs Kessler started it or what but this phase is 100% taken from the rock climbing community.
They use it to mean "successfully complete a route" and I hear it like 50 times a day when I am at climbing comps.
The next one we should take from climbing is "burn." It means a super strong (but not successful) effort. "Nice burn! You'll send it next time!" = Really strong effort! You'll get it next time.
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Why do people confidently post incorrect information when you have google? I see this so much, it is so annoying. Just google it.
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It’s just to go for the edge. Likely stupid, but maybe you’ll find something.. which can happen on a full taper after a perfect cycle
not advisable for many. More of an “art of racing” thing
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deezenemious wrote:
It’s just to go for the edge. Likely stupid, but maybe you’ll find something.. which can happen on a full taper after a perfect cycle
not advisable for many. More of an “art of racing” thing
It just means all out. In auto racing it just means full throttle, a term more often used where one might not naturally go full throttle due to a turn.
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why why why wrote:
Why do people confidently post incorrect information when you have google? I see this so much, it is so annoying. Just google it.
Sheesh. Well the word might have multiple uses in various sports. That doesn't mean I am hallucinating when I hear climber after climber say that. It is something they say when they finish a route/pitch.
The fact that auto-racing people use this term as well doesn't stop climbers from using it. As for Hobbs Kessler, that was just speculation on my part.
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why why why wrote:
Why do people confidently post incorrect information when you have google? I see this so much, it is so annoying. Just google it.
Dude, I just "googled it" since I might have been wrong... Nope. I was right:
send it comes from the rock-climbing slang, send, a run in which a climber completes a route without falling or resting. The term—said to originate in climbing slang in the 1990s and possibly inspired by the notion of sending as “delivering” on a promise—spread to snowboarding, skiing, mountain-biking, and skateboarding. In these extreme sports, to send is to perform a run cleanly and flawlessly.p.s. Don't be such a jerk to other posters.
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I have heard it in relation to blowing some gas at the end of a rep when everyone is gathered. That earns a two step penalty on the following rep.
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I hadn't heard it used in running until the past few years, personally hearing it used in conversations with various Canadians in the early aughts.
Now, I see it almost exclusively used to describe people going out way faster than advisable in a marathon and melting down.
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The origin in climbing seems certain, although I never heard it when I was climbing in the 90s. My guess is that it's folk etymology invented by European climbers based on ascend/ascent and assuming some connection to send/sent.
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Expressions I'm confused by/refuse to use:
Full send or sending it
No cap
Rizz
Body count
There are probably others, but those come to mind.
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I\'m 34 wrote:
Expressions I'm confused by/refuse to use:
Full send or sending it
No cap
Rizz
Body count
There are probably others, but those come to mind.
One more:
G.O.A.T (greatest of all time)
Goat in a sports context is short for 'scapegoat'. It's the person we lay blame on for a loss or setback. Just because Gen Zers and millennials don't read and as a consequence don't understand the typical usage of the word, doesn't mean it can be superseded.
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I'm 34 wrote:
Expressions I'm confused by/refuse to use:
Full send or sending it
No cap
Rizz
Body count
There are probably others, but those come to mind.
34 years old and still doesnt know how to use google
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I'd say it means you're not running conservatively, running a risky pace that you don't know if you can hold. So yes potentially beyond your fitness, but there's the small chance you hold on.
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How can you be confused wrote:
I'm 34 wrote:
Expressions I'm confused by/refuse to use:
Full send or sending it
No cap
Rizz
Body count
There are probably others, but those come to mind.
34 years old and still doesnt know how to use google
I'm confused because there were words and expressions that already existed that encapsulated the meaning the Zoomers are trying to convey.
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