RunnerNYC23 wrote:
I expect him to compete. Not once or twice a year when he feels like it...everytime. If you're a runner, try to relate. When you go out there and run a workout, do you just dog the workout after your first interval is slow? If you have respect for yourself and actually want to compete against yourself and that watch...you fight. Then when you are done, you can be happy with yourself that you pushed yourself even though you felt like you didn't have anything in your tank. I just want to know what he thinks of himself after a race when he knows he didn't give it his all. I'm not saying he isn't a phenomenal runner...but if you aren't committed to pushing yourself, mentally and physically...then don't run the race.
Right, that's a workout, not a race.
If you run your first mile of a 5k and you feel like crap, you don't gut it out because you want to feel better about yourself.
Webb doesn't run races to feel better about himself. He runs to get paid and run fast. He's not running the race to push himself physically and mentally. He's running to obtain a certain time or place. pushing himself is a secondary part of it.
Though I'm sure he feels like crap when he DNF's like the rest of us.