High school runner carries rival bleeding runner 1/2 mile to medical aid

Cool story. Hopefully the injured runner was a scrawny dude, and the hero guy was a beefy wrestler type.

Damn, how do you get spiked so bad that you need 20 stitches?

Terrible story. It would have been better for Mark if Josh had finished the race and then reported the injury to the medical staff on hand. They could have gone and gotten Mark. Caring someone who is bleeding profusely isn't the best idea in this situation. It's not like they were stranded in the woods. The dude was obviously just running a crappy race and found an excuse to stop and become a "hero".

And people here criticize Webb for poor strategy when he throws in a mid-race surge that doesn't work out. Kid'll never make it off of the JV squad if he keeps pulling stunts like this.

Chances are Josh was not anywhere near the lead pack. JV race. Nice and all, but...

They have JV races?

The staple LetsRun negativity strikes again.

Hey, dude, leave me alone. Please seriously it's not that bad. Don't pick me up. Leave me alone you a$$. I can walk back. Why the he!! are you carrying me. Put me down. This is embarrassing.

whatajoke wrote:

Terrible story. It would have been better for Mark if Josh had finished the race and then reported the injury to the medical staff on hand. They could have gone and gotten Mark. Caring someone who is bleeding profusely isn't the best idea in this situation. It's not like they were stranded in the woods. The dude was obviously just running a crappy race and found an excuse to stop and become a "hero".

Dude, seriously?

What rational junior high kid in this situation would think, "great, I'm tired and running poorly. If I help this bleeding kid out, I have an excuse for running a poorly and I'm a hero"?

Super cool explanation, bro.

WildCherry wrote:

What rational junior high kid in this situation would think, "great, I'm tired and running poorly. If I help this bleeding kid out, I have an excuse for running a poorly and I'm a hero"?

Super cool explanation, bro.

Well, looks like he will get the hero treatment at the next board meeting. He is a Junior in High School. (I don't know if you meant that or not when you write he is a "junior high kid". That reads like you believe he is kid in Junior High School.) So you don't think he is that sharp? Or not that duplicitous?

random a hole wrote:

Well, looks like he will get the hero treatment at the next board meeting. He is a Junior in High School. (I don't know if you meant that or not when you write he is a "junior high kid". That reads like you believe he is kid in Junior High School.) So you don't think he is that sharp? Or not that duplicitous?

Fair enough, maybe he did it to get women, which is brilliant. However, I imagine it being more like the situation where Forrest Gump carried Lieutenant Dan to safety. (Because the race was two miles, and the article mentioned that the kid was a "junior," I assumed it was a misprint and the kid was in "junior high school.")

I can't imagine many instances where I'd stop racing to help another runner (even if I was having a bad race).

It turns out he carried him a half mile back to the starting line, then got back on the course and finished the race.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Runner-carries-injured-foe-half-mile-to-help-in-?urn=highschool-wp6171

C'mon. The kid wasn't in a fvcking war zone. It was a cross country course. There are parents and coaches and probably a trainer on site. Lots of people with access to phones are around. Carrying the injured killed in this situation is not heroic.

Well, if he carried him and there wasn't anyone else around and it was a dangerous situation, I say give him all the honor he deserves.

If he carried him past crowds of cheering people who were also offering to help, I say he was a complete tool...and probably a slow tool.

WildCherry wrote:

[quote]random a hole wrote:

I can't imagine many instances where I'd stop racing to help another runner (even if I was having a bad race).

That made me think of this:

WildCherry wrote:

random a hole wrote:

Well, looks like he will get the hero treatment at the next board meeting. He is a Junior in High School. (I don't know if you meant that or not when you write he is a "junior high kid". That reads like you believe he is kid in Junior High School.) So you don't think he is that sharp? Or not that duplicitous?

Fair enough, maybe he did it to get women, which is brilliant. However, I imagine it being more like the situation where Forrest Gump carried Lieutenant Dan to safety. (Because the race was two miles, and the article mentioned that the kid was a "junior," I assumed it was a misprint and the kid was in "junior high school.")

I can't imagine many instances where I'd stop racing to help another runner (even if I was having a bad race).

There are some states where the jv races are shorter than varsity distance, like South Dakota. The article specifically said that the kid was running for a high school. By the way, major kudos to that guy for sacrificing a race to help out another runner.

not to crap on the situation, but i tend to agree. I am also very familar with the course and the schools involved, and the story is incredibly exaggerated. This happened maybe 300m into the race, as the course opens with two loops of a 800 circuit. He still ran 21 min so he didnt really kill a whole lot of time (jv race, cant be much better than 18 flat anyway). Still a kind gesture i suppose

Whether he was in a war zone or not, he did a good thing by helping. He is obviously a nice person.

How do you get spiked so bad you can't walk? Unless they spiked a knee ligament, but I can't quite work the physics of that one out.