it makes my goals look childish. how demoralizing.
it makes my goals look childish. how demoralizing.
I know. It is mind-boggling, isn't it? Look at it this way: there are always going to be those that are faster than you and those that are slower than you; so just focus on the goals, times and competition that is within your spehere. If you think about what the OP pointed out, it will make you want to say "what's the use!?"
The true indicator to quit was when he ran last 5K of 10k under 13:00!
NO. NO way....that cannot be true. you cannot be serious t
XY wrote:
The true indicator to quit was when he ran last 5K of 10k under 13:00!
Sorry but.......
Also in 2003, at the World Championships in Paris, Gebrselassie was involved in one of the most remarkable 10,000 meter races of all time while gaining a silver medal behind countryman and protégé Kenenisa Bekele. The last half of the 10,000 meter final at the championships was completed in a staggering 12:57.24 (12:57.2 for Bekele and 12:58.8 for Gebrselassie). According to the IAAF, "[n]ot only was this split the fastest closing 5,000 meters in the championships 10,000m (the previous record was 13:12.12, recorded in Atlanta), but it was also the fastest 5,000 meters in a global championships surpassing the 12:58.13 Salah Hissou recorded when he won the 5,000m in Sevilla'99." (This remark remained true until a week later when the World Track & Field Championship 5,000 meter medalists (including Bekele) all ran faster than the second 5,000 meter split in the previous week's 10,000 meters.) "The difference between the closing 5,000 meter splits (12:57.24) and the 5,000 meter World record (12:39.36) was 17.98 seconds, which is a record. The previous best of 18.4 seconds (13:31.4 for the closing 5,000 meters when the World Record was 13:13.0) was recorded in the 1976 Olympics."[7]
I quit or maybe ought to. And I ran 100 mpw all fall. going for a 14:18 or so in meet this weekend if the midwest winds aren't too much. (pr is 14:25 from indoors).
14:18 is pretty quick regardless, just keep trying to be best you can, when your older you'll realize it was all worth it and you'll have a nice pr to boast.