Worst running advice someones ever given you

Running will stunt your growth.

6-4. Thank god my growth was stunted!!

Don't wear headphones when you run in the woods. A tree will fall on your head and kill you.

Fired Up! wrote:

My coach in college told me that we didn't need to do any tempo or endurance work during XC or Track season, and that all we really needed was speed work, everyday, for 9 months. "The key to running fast is to run fast all the time." all we did was repeat 400's for 3 months once. thanks for the posterior tibialis tendonitis coach.

good thing that didn't translate to plantar fasciitis.

Here are a few decent ones:

- Heading into your key race, you need to cut your volume by 50%, increase recovery time between repeats and cut the repeat days in half. (Training for the 5k)

^Whoops

- From an all around coach:

10k is a long run, you need to be working speed (7k XC was my race distance at the time)

- from a coach regarding plantar fasciitis:

They are prescribing you orthotics, GET THEM AND USE THEM

(Being an engineering student, I looked at orthotics as a way to hide the pain, not get rid of it. In addition, they can easily throw off the mechanics of the knee and cause problems.)

RunWild wrote:

^Whoops

- From an all around coach:

10k is a long run, you need to be working speed (7k XC was my race distance at the time)

- from a coach regarding plantar fasciitis:

They are prescribing you orthotics, GET THEM AND USE THEM

(Being an engineering student, I looked at orthotics as a way to hide the pain, not get rid of it. In addition, they can easily throw off the mechanics of the knee and cause problems.)

7K?

I was a 9:18 2-miler out of high school when I went off to basic training for the Army. After running 10:38 for the 2-mile on the Army PT Test, my Drill Sergeant advised me to hold my breath while I run to strengthen my lungs.

Dr. Phil wrote:

In real life or on letsrun, dealing with mileage, speedwork, rest, injuries and anything else running related?

Without a doubt, it was this: "You're going to need orthotics to correct your over-pronation..." $500 later, my legs hurt way worse and I know couldn't run across the street without feeling like someone was hitting my legs with baseball bats. I limped along like this for a few months before ditching my orthotics/stability shoe combo for flexible, neutral racing flats and have been pain-free ever since.

Worst advice: "Checkout Letsrun.com, it's pretty good."

Someone once told me to change shoes, shorts, and hat during every marathon I entered. That way there would be more variety in the race photos.

"Use walk breaks in your marathon; you'll improve like I did*."

"Join Team In Training; it's the best way to keep you motivated."

* from super-5-hr to 4:53

AnonymousPseudonym wrote:

Worst advice: "Checkout Letsrun.com, it's pretty good."

Lol this

ehblah wrote:

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.

Bahstahn wrote:

Northeastern?

USC? North Carolina?

it wasn't the advice wrote:

Poor training and poor ancillary activities have nothing to do with trying the marathon.

Well I never had any problems after racing 800m, 1 mile, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m, or 1/2 marathon. For 12 years straight. Then I run one single marathon and I'm destroyed for the last 2 years. How was the advice good? Maybe the advice should have been "You should run a marathon. But only after getting a Phd in marathon preparation and proper ancillary activities." Anything this complicated should not be recommended to anyone.

Slippery Rock?

college kid wrote:

ehblah wrote:

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.

Bahstahn wrote:

Northeastern?

USC? North Carolina?