really? are you kidding me? you can't go out and run in the rain? if kenyans actually knew who you were, they would be overcome with a mix of confusion, utter disbelief, and fall down laughter after hearing about a story like this. completely RIDICULOUS. what a bunch of pu$$ies.
For love of God , it was yukkuy out !!
Absolutely agree. What atrocity the Americans are to this world of running. Bring in the Kenyans!!!
I could have written this article in 5 minutes if I was there.
I believe a lot of kenyans simply will not run in the rain. I think it's to do with a fear of malaria in rainy weather.
Obviously many of you have never coached Kenyans, but the only reason they are so "tough" is because is because they have no other option. I have had American athletes way "tougher" that Kenyan athletes I have had, when they are in the same environment and given the same resources. Especially when it comes to bad weather! That doesnt apply to all Americans and all Kenyans, of course.
The surprising thing is that Nike has not built an indoor track facility yet.
Rupp and Webb are better than a lot of Kenyans at their events. What they're doing is working. You can no longer say that since the Kenyans are running in bad conditions, the OTC should be too. Our top guys are in the mix at World Champs in track. We haven't really medaled, (aside from Lagat) but we're beating some of the Kenyan team in the final. The Ethiopians still have an edge. It's very obvious to me that they dope. Bekele and Sihine never peak. Sihine doesn't really race much other than at the Championships and then out of nowhere is able to get 2nd. Geb can't even finish a race where he knows he's going to be tested.
11 a runner wrote:
http://trackfocus.com/usa-xc/rainy-day-tales-galen-rupp-alan-webb-and-the-second-floor-runway-in-the-mia-hamm-buildingreally? are you kidding me? you can't go out and run in the rain? if kenyans actually knew who you were, they would be overcome with a mix of confusion, utter disbelief, and fall down laughter after hearing about a story like this. completely RIDICULOUS. what a bunch of pu$$ies.
It's hugely satisfying to find that your post is full of grammatical errors, shortly after you criticised my earlier post for the same reason.
For example:
Not capitalising the beginning of sentences.
Random capitalising of words is RIDICULOUS.
Not capitalising proper nouns such as 'Kenyans'.
Who's the smart guy, now? Hmmm?
There's nothing wrong with being comfortable and focusing on getting a beneficial number of reps at the desired speed-to-effort ratio. There are times I'd rather hit the full number of reps at consistent 28 pace with consistent 28 effort as opposed to running 28 effort but only hitting 29s on the watch. Nor would I want to start tying up and have my form break down (risking injury) after only half the desired reps when I was grinding out 28s with a 27 effort. Weather can also get quirky and make your times be all over the place, which might compromise the workout if one of the goals is to ingrain a sense of pace.
Who wouldn't choose to run 12 x 200 in warm, dry, windless and consistent conditions rather than miserable and possibly fluctuating conditions?
"It's hugely satisfying to find that your post is full of grammatical errors, shortly after you criticised my earlier post for the same reason."
-if i wanted to be proper, you can bet i would be; especially if i had started a thread regarding that very thing. you set yourself up for that, dude. however, as i have little else going on today, i'll bite. please notice that nothing in my post was capitalized. do you think that was done accidentally? in addition, all capital letters was used for emphasis. that is widely accepted. you're more than welcome to look it up. the smart guy is still me, dipshit. rather, i'd say the DUMB guy (see how i did that?), is still you. yes, the one with the big egg on his face. (incidentally, "hmmm" would obviously be an incomplete sentence. further, your post contains three sentence fragments.) now, pi$$ off.
"Who wouldn't choose to run 12 x 200 in warm, dry, windless and consistent conditions rather than miserable and possibly fluctuating conditions?"
-drumrollllllll (insert cymbals crash)....the answer would be completely coddled pu$$ies.
11 a runner wrote:
"It's hugely satisfying to find that your post is full of grammatical errors, shortly after you criticised my earlier post for the same reason."
-if i wanted to be proper, you can bet i would be; especially if i had started a thread regarding that very thing. you set yourself up for that, dude. however, as i have little else going on today, i'll bite. please notice that nothing in my post was capitalized. do you think that was done accidentally? in addition, all capital letters was used for emphasis. that is widely accepted. you're more than welcome to look it up. the smart guy is still me, dipshit. rather, i'd say the DUMB guy (see how i did that?), is still you. yes, the one with the big egg on his face. (incidentally, "hmmm" would obviously be an incomplete sentence. further, your post contains three sentence fragments.) now, pi$$ off.
Please note nothing in my post was capitalized? What, apart from RIDICULOUS? Suck on a bag of cocks, bed wetter
yeah mayne in high school I always made fun of the pansies who ran inside freakin grow some bawlz why can't you do repeats outside??? bad press for us. Bad example.
Kenyans don't run in the rain. Certainy they don't do reps at near mile pace in 40 degree wind/rain.
Rupp has been running like that since highschool, and he's gone 13:08/27:10 far better than any almost any white boys "tough" enough to run in the rain. Don't you think Rupp would like the pleasant sensation of rain upon his skin, drenching his clothing, cooling the heat coming from inside his athletic body in the midst of his exertion? Yet, Rupp denies himself these luxuries and pleasures in order to reach heights of greatness beyond any hobby joggers and their sensual rain workouts, chasing eachother around in circles in tight wet shorts.
Get back in the classroom troll, 2/10