This is exactly right. After all, some of the greatest racers of all time like Lasse Viren adopted the exact same approach in Olympic races. After all, if you lose any momentum, you have 0% chance of winning. Oh wait.
RRRR wrote:
THIS is the correct answer.
Seyta wrote:This is basically another one of those piece of crap "it doesn't matter what place you come in as long as you try your best!" sayings.
Yes, that might work for a grade-school or high-school runner so that he or she can get praise from all the watching parents for "finishing" in the face of "adverse hardships", but it doesn't work that way for a professional.
If he loses his momentum and has a 0% chance of winning, there really ISN'T a point to finishing the race.