not jivin turkey wrote:
Get Smarter wrote:Thank you, Malmo, for correcting more idiotic "LR" expertise, my first thought, having competed internationally indoors, is that running close the the curve is the last thing I'd want to do indoors.
The most important thing I found about racing indoors was getting used to the changes in cadence between straights and turns -- you know it was like run, slow down for the turn, speed up run, slow down run turn, repeat etc. It actually made it hard to get bored. That, and the fact that since the laps are shorter, one needs to gauge one's moves and kicks accordingly.
how do you splain the 4 guys who finished (pulled away) from rupp who did run the majority of the final 1K in lane one? "idiotic"?
Here is how I explain it: First, you are idiotic (as in an idiot) because you cannot read and comprehend the difference between "curb running" and "running in lane run."
Curb running is hugging the inside of lane one, and risking either stepping on the curb, messing up your stride and momentum, getting knocked into the infield, making it easier for you to get over taken, and my favorite which I saw happen right in front of me once was an idiot curb runner who stepped on the curb barrier with not one, but both feet, sprained both his ankles and ended his season right then and there.
One can run sensibly in lane one, and move closer to the curb at times to conserve energy by running a shorter race, but you gotta be smart and not do it when in traffic and get pushed off the track or step on the curb bar etc. You can run more to the middle of the first lane, and try to not leave so much room as to get passed on the inside late.
It is all about running smart and relaxed, curb running and running in lane one ain't the same thing in my book, bucko.