coach d wrote:
Why is the OP posting crap like this ona message board?
Unless the 6:30 guy is competing well under 15:00, 6:30 is way too fast for a long run (for somebody training properly).
It could be that the 7:30 guy is the real athlete training properly and wanted to find out if the 6:30 guy is the weekend warrior. Maybe the 6:30 guy is the one who can't break 17 or 18 because he thinks he has to be a workout champion (every coach knows about those).
Do your OWN training and don't worry about the other guy until a race.
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That's alot of maybes
I have had this done. I have also listened to me friend who is very very competitive ( whole other story) that he actually hung on to someone who just happened to be running by him at a faster pace.
Why?
Well, from his point of view "it's competitive" In other words, in some guys/girls world, to let someone pass you, even on an easy run is to admit defeat.
I know, I know, it is stupid, and childish. You wanted to know what is going through the head of one person that did this, now you know.
In my mind, I laugh. I know who I can beat. If you're that insecure and feel that by staying with someone, that you are now officially as fast as him/her, but never beat them in a race, then I think a therapist will smile somewhere after speaking to you for ten minutes. Because now they know they can go ahead and say yes to the contractor for their addition.