sad face wrote:
For example, this past weekend, a kid from my former high school ran sub 9 off of ~20 mpw in season and 0-5 mpw out of season.
It made me wonder what the point of running/competing was because here I am plowing away... it won't stop me from running but definitely demoralizes me.
You suck because your training sucks. Do something about it or stop whining.
The amazing thing to me is that in every field, the top guys are like Moses Mosop - they are that good. The top politician, the top banker, the top singer, the top mechanic.
Now that is a little depressing to me - that the gap between me and the top guy in my profession is probably as wide as the gap betweem Moses Mosop and me in running.
As for the running - once I peaked in my 20s I stopped being resentful of fast runners - I'd rather be amazed by them.
sad face wrote:
a kid from my former high school ran sub 9 off of ~20 mpw in season and 0-5 mpw out of season.
The oldest rule of running: when being asked about your training, never give out the real numbers. Always make it sound like you're a huge talent. Two options:
1: "I run 20mpw, but lately even less"
2: "I ran 15mi hard yesterday before the race today"
Nutella1 wrote:
The oldest rule of running: when being asked about your training, never give out the real numbers. Always make it sound like you're a huge talent. Two options:
1: "I run 20mpw, but lately even less"
2: "I ran 15mi hard yesterday before the race today"
LOL! Like this!
Runners who don't have the conviction/desire to train are going to get stomped sooner or later. I'm sure this guy looks like hot sh*t winning high school meets in 8:59. If he doesn't learn how to train, he'll either never run in college and spend the rest of his life telling stories about winning the high school district meet, or if he does run in college, he'll get annihilated when he shows up to race a field full of sub-14:20 guys who actually have put in some work.
Either way, this guy has the same choice the rest of us do: put in the work and accomplish as much as you can, or half-ass it and know you could much, much faster. It doesn't matter if you're running 8:50 or 10:50 for two miles, the principle is still the same.
And never believe the guy at the starting line who says "I've been dealing with an injury" - a sure sign that he is about to have a breakthrough in the race that you are about to start.