ehblah wrote:
KYgirl with a swirl wrote:That I should go to WKU and run for now-fired Michelle Scott!
If you're going to any school with a direction in the name (besides Northwestern) you've made a few other mistakes along the way as well.
University of Southern California, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Case Western Reserve University, Northeastern University. All these are in the top 50 universities in the country.
Not to run in cold weather because it will damage/freeze my lungs.
Losing weight will help you run faster"
True, but it's a slippery slope.
another average american wrote:
Girl Power! wrote:"Pace yourself!"
WTF does that even mean?
It means that you shouldn't run a PR mile in the first mile of a 5K XC race. I think this is great advice, particularly for high schoolers who tend to go crazy at the beginning of the race and are plodding by the end.
I think the worst advice I've been told has been the opposite of "pace yourself;" as a high schooler running just under 11:00 for the 3200 my coach told me I had to "get out there with those girls" when they were going through the 200 in sub-30 and the 400 in sub-1:10 because if I "let them get away" I'd never ever catch them. They were 13:00ish 3200 runners.
In fairness, I suppose it is the context that makes that bad advice or good advice. People tended to yell that regardless of the context at certain points in my career (I'm thinking junior high, maybe some in high school).
The Mick wrote:
My Doc - "It's OK to run your marathon with a bad case of PF if you can stand the pain."
Wait … this isn't true? I have run my last 3 marathons with PF.
that you need to run long slow distances to be a distance runner
nifty fifties wrote:
dont drink water during running it will give you cramps...
High School XC practice 1985, 98 degrees outside...
Sophomore XC coach would not let us drink water during workouts (even on 90+ degree days) and gave us salt tablets before running. Said it would "toughen us up" (this was nearly 40 years ago). I remember puking from the nausea brought on by those tablets.
Freshman XC coach told us not to pee before a race because we would "lose our adrenaline in our urine". I didn't buy it, but some teammates did, and wet themselves before and during races. That was messed up.
Yes. I forgot that the guys at our (southern) high school were forced to practice in sweatpants and sweatshirts and winter coats in August to "toughen them up." Looking back, I'm glad nobody was seriously hurt and I'm surprised nobody called the coach out on it.
Paraphrasing ....
1. "Runners don't need to weight train below the waist. Doing leg lifts and squats will only add muscle mass and throw off your stride."
2. "Run long slow distance @ 100+ miles a week - you'll burn out if you run less mileage at higher quality."
3. "Go to college right out of high school, even if you feel you're not quite ready to make the transition from HS running to collegiate running - so what if the foreigners you'll compete against are all 22-25 years old?"
Dr. Phil wrote:
In real life or on letsrun, dealing with mileage, speedwork, rest, injuries and anything else running related?
all of it.
1. static stretching is useless
2. do drills
3. trail running will reveal the meaning of life
"Don't run on it until the swelling is completely gone."
Long slow distance will prevent injury.
Forty-plus years later, still can't run across the street...
College coach:
"You're a half-miler"
Really, with a lifetime best 400 of 53.3?
Phil's Dr. wrote:
That you don't have to run >100mpw to be seriously successful.
That is actually very good advice, since many world class runners have been seriously successful runing much less than that. Now for some people, they do need over 100 miles per week, but many don't, Like Lagat. It still amazes me how so many people don't realize that each runner is different on what works for them.
Ozzy wrote:
Phil's Dr. wrote:That you don't have to run >100mpw to be seriously successful.
That is actually very good advice, since many world class runners have been seriously successful runing much less than that. Now for some people, they do need over 100 miles per week, but many don't, Like Lagat. It still amazes me how so many people don't realize that each runner is different on what works for them.
And yes I do agree that most runners will need 100 miles a week to be seriously successful, but certainly not everyone.
Girl Power! wrote:
"Pace yourself!"
WTF does that even mean?
"Pace yourself" means run at YOUR pace. Not too fast of a pace. Not too slow of a pace. Run at YOUR pace. Like duh!!!
Phil's Dr. wrote:
That you don't have to run >100mpw to be seriously successful.
^^^^^ This.....I ignored it.
Land on your heels.
A Duck wrote:
Actually the lack of advice was the was the worst.
I agree with this.