How to hate the 800m properly?

Go away.

FINALLY! Someone's asking the right question.

I have found the best form of hatred to run off of is self hatred. And no, not the cry baby self marterizing emo b.s. I'm talking about true hatred for ones self.

Essentially what you need to do to run a great 800 is the destroy yourself while doing so. Think about all the things about yourself that make you sick. Like you stupid looking face, your stubby legs or your feminine frame.

You essentially need to mentally prepared yourself to commit suicide using nothing but your fists (or in this case your legs).

hope this helps

First 200: Mildly purturbed.

Second 200: WTF?

Third 200: These guys will PAY!!!!

Fourth 200: All Must Die.

You cannot provoke a deep hate. You have to feel it. It must come from deep inside you. It must be a part of yourself.

Grasshopper not think hate, grasshopper feel hate.

Teach me how wrote:

southern hemisphere

Sorry, it doesn't work in the southern hemisphere because the earth is rotating in the wrong direction. Hate is purified by turning left - the direction of evil - but the counter-rotation of the earth reduces the effect.

If you need proof, only two of the top 100 all-time 800's were run in the southern hemisphere, and they were both in Nairobi which is practically on the equator, and they were both by Rudisha who went much slower than he usually does. If Rudisha were in Australia or wherever you are he wouldn't crack 1:45.

Ask a simple question on letsrun.com, then think of the a-holes that responded.

Yes, the northern hemisphere of the earth rotates counterclockwise and the southern hemisphere rotates clockwise. That first step across the equator is a real doozy !

Incite wrote:

First 200: Mildly purturbed.

Second 200: WTF?

Third 200: These guys will PAY!!!!

Fourth 200: All Must Die.

All good, but what kind of workouts should the OP and others do to prepare for this type of hate? It looks like something you have to build up to.

Aren't there some drills you can do? And how many days a week should you incorporate hate drills and repeats? Don't want to get burned out or lose the edge.

What about supplements?

Has to be hatred for your opponents in the race. Helps if one of them slept with your girlfriend or mom. Hatred so virile that you barely avoid throwing punches on the line. Hatred goes full tilt the whole race. Holding it back is impossible.

Work up to 10xhate, with 90 seconds of low-intensity disliking in between.

It has been long since decided that the longest distance that can be properly fueled by hate is 400m.

1500U wrote:

Work up to 10xhate, with 90 seconds of low-intensity disliking in between.

I disagree.

Active recovery makes it too taxing. I would advise 90s of standing indifference for recovery