Pete Magill CRUSHES

single track wrote:

Why do master runners need inspiration from other master runners? You would think by the time you are 40, you would be self motivated, or your family would be all the inspiration you need.

You are kidding, right? For your sake, I hope so.

I seriously don't get it. I understand a high school runner getting inspiration from Ritz or someone like that. But for old guys to need a roll model is really strange.

Pay careful attention to what he says at around 50 seconds into the video. It's his secret. Nobody listens though.

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238143-2011-USATF-Cross-Country-Championships/video/449433-Peter-Magill-1st-place-Masters-2011-USATF-Cross-Country-Championships

You'll understand when you get older

Top Cat wrote:

5 bucks if you say that to his face sonny.

I'll bust his fvckin nose open.

Who said I'm not older?

chucko wrote:

You'll understand when you get older

One could hope so, but it seems some folks just never seem to get it....until it's too late.

Thought Tony Young had a heart malady ?

I'm guessing you mean the part starting about 0:58 until about 1:40.

Magill: "I don't train like an idiot, which is something that most of my pears can't grab a hold of....."

*peers*

Most of us near to that age are closer to "pears" than "peers" :>)

Wait until Bryan Erb is healthy. He is going to own the Master's Division.

Yes... this is key info.

In fact, I'm sure Pete would argue most runners of ALL AGES train like idiots. They train too hard. They run their Long Runs too hard, their recovery runs too hard and effectively never recover resulting in poor performances.

The one key thing he states at the end of his statement here is: Confidence. If you step to the line and don't believe in yourself, you can train, train, and train and it won't matter. You've got to believe in yourself.

Let me turn the question around:

Are you inspired by antelopes? They can run 7 miles in 12 minutes.

No, it is a different species; you have no illusions about running as fast as an antelope, so it is not inspiring.

But if I were a high school kid looking up to Ritz, the illusion would be harder to erase because he's skinny like me, runs like me, hurts like me...

I should be able to run like him.

For some small number of kids, it is not even an illusion.

To me, a 51 year-old, Ritz is an antelope.

I am not even much inspired by 40-year-olds anymore.

But when I see a geezer like me doing something I can't do,

I am just like that high school kid.

single track wrote:

Who said I'm not older?

i'll be your huckleberry, sonny: the vast majority of us masters are indeed self-motivated, and motivated by family, etc., but if you don't understand being motivated by competing against your peers, then i will profess the same lack of understanding towards your point as you may have towards mine. it doesn't matter whether you're in high school, college, open, or masters, if you can't get a little fired up by the guys around you, you ain't trying hard enough. not to brag, but i'm a sub-4 miler, two-time olympic trials qualifier, and two-time carlsbad masters 5k champ, with nothing left to prove, but pete, who kicked my ass today over the last 1k, still motivates and inspires this 43 year old.

that's my story and i'm sticking to it...

Top Cat wrote:

5 bucks if you say that to his face sonny.

Drugs make him violent huh?

drug believer wrote:

Top Cat wrote:

5 bucks if you say that to his face sonny.

Drugs make him violent huh?

No, the Internet makes you a coward.

SoCalCush inspires me. Especially since he plans to bypass watching his daughter compete just so he can run with his teammates at Clubs in 2011. He's my hero.

BTW, moment of a lifetime for me today getting my picture taken with Billy Mills. Talk about inspiring.

Oh, and Pete's cool too.

Clueless Joe wrote:

drug believer wrote:

Drugs make him violent huh?

No, the Internet makes you a coward.

I'm not afraid to run without drugs.