Why is this? Thanks.
Why is this? Thanks.
Because he is not racing the workout.
He has balls....you don't.
rollinACES wrote:
Why is this? Thanks.
Because the only times that matter are race times.
Emulate him. Do all of your workouts on his shoulder. Then stay there in a race before kicking past in the last 50 meters.
Because when he races, he goes as fast as his body will allow. when you race, something mentally holds you back from peaking.
become mentally strong
No medals for winning the workout.
It's mental. He has what it takes to race better than you and always will. By the time you're 15-20, maybe earlier, that attitude is mostly set. I saw it in high school and college. There were always some guys with more talent and did good workouts but when it came to the race, something was missing. If you have some talent and work hard you will beat most runners and even win races but when it come to racing a reasonably talented runner with the will to win, that runner will win.
Look at Pre. He was talented but wanted to win above most all else and would push through more pain than most others to win. That was probably Pre's strongest ability. If you don't have this you're running to be the best runner that you can be, not to win.
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with you. More likely, it's the person who is overly competitive and wants to win above all else that has some personality disorder.
Now when it comes to the N & E Africans, they're just so so better that desire plays a small part.
This used to happen to me when I was college. There were only 3-4 guys that would beat me in workouts and then in the races I would get beat by 10-12 of my teammates. Very frustrating and it can really kill your racing confidence when it goes on for awhile.
The only reason I can think of why this happens is that the workouts arent preparing you for race conditions as much as your teammates. Is there a certain point in each race where things fall apart? Try to do things in your training to simulate that situation and try to work through it.
Look at Pre. He was talented but wanted to win above most all else and would push through more pain than most others to win. That was probably Pre's strongest ability. If you don't have this you're running to be the best runner that you can be, not to win.
dude, pre died a long time ago. hes not even here anymore. He wasted his so called "gift" by driving like a crazed maniac, wasted. So when you guys think its COOL to bring up pre just remember he was a waste of god given talent and balls. That man could have done so much if it wasnt for his attitude and his wreckless behavior. Look at billy mills, he was something, a medal winner, confident yet modest. Did i mention mills won a medal???
manbearpig wrote:
This used to happen to me when I was college. There were only 3-4 guys that would beat me in workouts and then in the races I would get beat by 10-12 of my teammates. Very frustrating and it can really kill your racing confidence when it goes on for awhile.
The only reason I can think of why this happens is that the workouts arent preparing you for race conditions as much as your teammates. Is there a certain point in each race where things fall apart? Try to do things in your training to simulate that situation and try to work through it.
Pretty simple really Skippy, run at your ability level in practice and you'll race better. Trying to keep up with faster runners is not always a good idea. You graduated college and haven't figured this out yet?
ante up wrote:
manbearpig wrote:This used to happen to me when I was college. There were only 3-4 guys that would beat me in workouts and then in the races I would get beat by 10-12 of my teammates. Very frustrating and it can really kill your racing confidence when it goes on for awhile.
The only reason I can think of why this happens is that the workouts arent preparing you for race conditions as much as your teammates. Is there a certain point in each race where things fall apart? Try to do things in your training to simulate that situation and try to work through it.
Pretty simple really Skippy, run at your ability level in practice and you'll race better. Trying to keep up with faster runners is not always a good idea. You graduated college and haven't figured this out yet?
maybe this happened 12 years ago. and maybe I was a walk-on at at a very good SEC program and I had to work my ass off every day to just be on the team. I could have been a number one runner on a scrub team but I wanted to see how good I really could be. It didnt work out for me the way I wanted but at least I know I gave it a shot and thats fine with me.
He is a Lydiard trained runner. Sounds like Lasse Viren also, same idea.
My last two years in college I was the number one runner in a prominent DI program. I got there and stayed there by regularly letting a few guys beat me in workout, even though I was capable of putting them in their places any time I felt like it. The point is, save your best effort for racing. Training is not racing.
it could be a number of situations (despite everyones insistence that they can provide an explanation in one sentence)
it is possible that he is training smarter and the rest of you are racing your workouts
more likely the team is training/racing to their abilities and he is just an extremely talented runner but a pussy in workouts and could do with some more pain tolerance at practice
it could be you all arent racing to your abilities...
who knows...are your workout times translating well to your races?
The answer is he's just more talented than you.
If he did less training than you he would still beat you.
Unlucky
Who cares, why bother wrote:
Look at Pre. He was talented but wanted to win above most all else and would push through more pain than most others to win.
Do people believe this merely because Pre himself asserted it so often? It seems to me that Pre had the desire to have fans, but Viren had the will to win.
Most of my teammates and I