My Coach to me: "Work as hard as you like, you just don't have good genetics."

George Atlas wrote:

If you can't break 52 for a 400 by age 20 you have no hope for ever making a US team...

Where do you guys come up with these dumb statements? Why is 20 a cutoff? Why can't someone improve their 400m time after that?

polk county wrote:

George Atlas wrote:

If you can't break 52 for a 400 by age 20 you have no hope for ever making a US team...

Where do you guys come up with these dumb statements? Why is 20 a cutoff? Why can't someone improve their 400m time after that?

Ritzenhein still can't break 52.

higher miles wrote:

SMJO wrote:

They make what is known as an assumption.

Once again, this is irrelevant. What question are you even answering? You seem to be having trouble with this. Let's try again.

Your response should begin with "To determine if the albinism is actually genetic, doctors use genetic tests instead of their bare eyes because....".

Using your latest irrelevant response, we get "To determine if the albinism is actually genetic, doctors use genetic tests instead of their bare eyes because they make what is known as an assumption". See how that makes no sense?

Why are you trying to make me say exactly what you want to hear?

This is surreal.

A person that is snow white with pink eyes can't get a tan. This is my final statement.

HardLoper wrote:

Ritzenhein still can't break 52.

Thanks for supporting me. Ritz has both improved his 400m time and made an Olympic team since turning 20.

SMJO wrote:

Why are you trying to make me say exactly what you want to hear?

This is surreal.

A person that is snow white with pink eyes can't get a tan. This is my final statement.

Once again, you have avoided answering my question. I'm not trying to make you say exactly what I want to hear. Do you see where I added a space (the dots) for where whatever your answer is goes? That is the exact opposite of making you say anything. In fact, it means that you are free to say anything. I simply gave you an easy to use format in order to structure your response. You are free to use it or not use it, but your response needs to be relevant to the question asked.

Your final statement is the same as your initial statement (and so is still wrong). Answer my question or admit that you are wrong. Not answering again will be taken as confirmation that you are wrong.

What's surreal is that I've asked you the same question several times in a row and NOT ONE of your responses was relevant to answering that question. Do you see how delusional you are?

Wwellll wrote:

Jeeze he's certainly right to say that to you....probably trying to get you off the team so you go back to 7th grade English class and learn how to properly use metaphors so that they actually make sense. I mean WTF did I just read....Stop running and go back to English and do the world a big favor please.

You better not pick up Science of Running then... you might have a stroke or something...

Truth hurts doesn't it?

Doesn't mean you can't always strive to better yourself. I had a girl train four years hard to break 3 min in the 800. She got it her last race as a senior and ran across the infield, arms raised jumping with her teammates who were all rooting for her. Yeah, genetics are the limiting factor but that should never stop anyone from working to better themselves.

The Donger wrote:

Truth hurts doesn't it?

Doesn't mean you can't always strive to better yourself. I had a girl train four years hard to break 3 min in the 800. She got it her last race as a senior and ran across the infield, arms raised jumping with her teammates who were all rooting for her. Yeah, genetics are the limiting factor but that should never stop anyone from working to better themselves.

Sounds like her training was bad

^ well played sir.

nice comment coach wrote:

I've been training for about a year with a coach. He's a nice fellow, but told me after a track meet the week that I'm just "not a dude with a good genetics". I had just had a huge PB, and he did not even congratulate me. The entire race I had run really strong, even carrying almost half of the luggage at one point in the run. Literally wheeling it along, dodging in and out trying to get through, and he ignored almost every moment of it, just looking throught the window as if I wasn't even running. He just sat there at the Starbucks, nodding his head. I passed the 3rd place guy at one point even, coming very close to placing.

What kind of comment is that?

Now listen here, OP. This alleged coach of yours, he doesn't know you. He doesn't own your fate. He doesn't even know the meaning of the word Starbucks. I've seen a Starbucks or two in my day. F*ck, if I haven't sat down in one of those damn places, arms akimbo and screaming. Bring me my luggage, barista, you delicate piece of sh*t!

We can never know our genetic limit until we test ourselves fully. You have to put yourself through the ringer to really know. Type your thoughts out quickly out there. Embrace the wind chill. Tap into your luggage, ad infinitum. Tap into your tapas, exponentially. Tap into your tap dancing DVDs. The world is ours for the tapping.

Triple-tap the L-button. Half-circle forward on the D-pad. Up-up-down-down-Z button-select-select-Tapas.

Luggage.

This is my finest troll yet.

nice comment coach wrote:

This is my finest troll yet.

oh is that right? what else have you done?

Ive had a similar experience with a coach. I was in stellar shape and demolishing workouts. My coach believed that I had the potential to walk on to some D1 schools and was all for getting me to those times. My season didnt progress as well as i wouldve liked and by the end he didnt even want me going to college and called me"s**t" and id always be a "mediocre HS runner" . Now he back to getting me to join his team again..look at that. Coaches can be douches though, they may have their own hidden agenda at times.

No wait, I'm the op.

SMJO wrote:

They make what is known as an assumption.

*Grabs Popcorn*

HardLoper wrote:

Ritzenhein still can't break 52.

Which is why we need to have a 400m match race between Dathan Ritzenhein and Mary Cain. My money's on Cain, but perhaps the potential embarrassment of losing to a HS girl will lead Ritz to find a finish he didn't know he had.

George Atlas wrote:

If you can't break 52 for a 400 by age 20 you have no hope for ever making a US team in a distance race on the track.

Thank goodness I don't live in US.

bump

OP, 10/10 Great Piece of Work.