Guess what guy who probably barely beat 15:00: if you were to go to a larger stage where they actually run fast times, you would get destroyed. If you don't have a time in another event worth something, then YOU BLOW. Anyone who thinks 15 is fast lives under a rock, or is just another stupid high school kid.
Feels pretty bad now, especially since I used to not be bad at running.
if you train really hard and are young and healthy and 14:59 is the best you can do, then you suck. for the rest of us over 30, who cares about time? running is great fun, the endorphins, etc. but i have a feeling you're a college runner and so that time sucks pretty bad. congrats
you'd be lapped twice in a 12.5 lap race by rupp(or 5 times if it was indoor). just to put in perspective how much you suck
4 times i meant, maybe 5. either way, it would be a joke
15 is elite good marathon pace
fgfg wrote:
15 is elite good marathon pace
This guy is correct (although I think most dip to mid 14's per 5K, I could be wrong). I don't understand why people get on here as if they were good. We are all bad. There's nothing wrong with that. If you used to run a 17, and you took it to 15 great for you. If you're consistently getting better, you're doing something right. You're just not fast and never will be.
I think bad running isn't one person being slow. I think bad running is simply bad form constantly, can't pace right most of the time, and thinks they are better than everyone else. Some people just have natural limits no matter how hard they try, so saying someone is a bad runner just because they aren't as fast as you isn't quite right.
I love all the 19 minute 5k guys coming here and mentioning that the WORLD RECORD pace would lap a 15:00 pace, if that somehow narrows the gap between your 19:22 5k and a 14:59 and puts them in the same league (which they aren't, at all, ever)
ALL BOW TO KING HOBBYJOGGER!
hahareallyomg wrote:
Discuss. Running = waste of time for this population?
Justin9I wrote:
I love all the 19 minute 5k guys coming here and mentioning that the WORLD RECORD pace would lap a 15:00 pace, if that somehow narrows the gap between your 19:22 5k and a 14:59 and puts them in the same league (which they aren't, at all, ever)
Who here runs a 19? And no, they're not in the same league, but they're still not world class, and have no reason to bash someone slower. I think it's the 15 minute guys who are pissed they seem good to those who aren't, but see nothing but the back of the head of someone actually kind of good.
hahareallyomg wrote:
Discuss. Running = waste of time for this population?
We're all gifted in different ways. You can (purportedly) run a sub-15, but can you carry a tune? Can you speak extemporaneously in front of a packed house? Can you play a piano like a maestro? Did you make a perfect score on your SAT's? Were you valedictorian of your college class? Have you acted in a blockbuster Hollywood film? Have you modeled? I know one of each example, and I know that each one doesn't go around telling everybody else how pitiful everyone else is at his/her respective skill.
Another way to put it is that sub-15 is something like top 0.00001%. Translate that to your earnings. That's just about billionaire status. Not even the egomaniac Donald Trump has the audacity to call out those that don't share his financial standing.
a guy who can run a 5k in 15 minutes is about as fast as a 16 yr old girl, haha, named Mary Cain.
El Chapulin wrote:
hahareallyomg wrote:Discuss. Running = waste of time for this population?
We're all gifted in different ways. You can (purportedly) run a sub-15, but can you carry a tune? Can you speak extemporaneously in front of a packed house? Can you play a piano like a maestro? Did you make a perfect score on your SAT's? Were you valedictorian of your college class? Have you acted in a blockbuster Hollywood film? Have you modeled? I know one of each example, and I know that each one doesn't go around telling everybody else how pitiful everyone else is at his/her respective skill.
Another way to put it is that sub-15 is something like top 0.00001%. Translate that to your earnings. That's just about billionaire status. Not even the egomaniac Donald Trump has the audacity to call out those that don't share his financial standing.
Clap, clap, clap. Not everybody is perfect in everything. Some dudes are mad athletic but dumb as a rock. Others double major in engineering and music at an elite school while running 16:30. Or they run a 4:25 mile and attend medical school with their best sport actually being soccer. (I know two people like this, not great in any one thing but very solid in a lot of activities.)
I guess I'm super slow, but I would love to be sub 15. But I'm happy knowing that my slower than 15:00 time is still better than about 99.7 percent of males 25 according to data I've seen.
Amazingly it feels EXACTLY THE SAME!! You'll find that out when you get older.
hahareallyomg wrote:
Discuss. Running = waste of time for this population?
No.
Waste of time to compare oneself to some arbitrary standard and feel like a failure because someone says it's the mark of a good runner? Yes.
hahareallyomg wrote:
Discuss. Running = waste of time for this population?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the OP regrets that sex change in the late 90's securing him/her the womens world record for 7 years.
But hey, I'm not one to judge. Gives you MB cred I guess.[quote]
and after another evening: 4/10 for the OP - enough people bit, and he hasn't thrown down a response yet. however, the title of this thread completely made it sound like it was a 14:59 guy who is arrogant
RunWild wrote:
and after another evening: 4/10 for the OP - enough people bit, and he hasn't thrown down a response yet. however, the title of this thread completely made it sound like it was a 14:59 guy who is arrogant
... And incredibly insecure. I was immature when I ran 14:50, but not SO pathetic that I had to make fun of other people.
hahareallyomg wrote:
Discuss. Running = waste of time for this population?
I know! Man, it sucks. Ran 15:20 and have struggled with injury since then. Hope to dip under 15:00 soon.
Oddly enough, I made an All American team... not in the 5k.
Oh really OP? Come see me when you're 48, if you're still running at all. At age 27, a 14:50 5k puts you at about 87% age grade (rounding up). At age 48, a 16:00 5k is 89%, so you'd lose against the top 48 year old here.