giving up running

"Always look on the bright side of life"

if you could whistle on a message board, I'd do it...

TMoney wrote:

if you could whistle on a message board, I'd do it...

i am whistling right now.

Drinking and drugs certainly helped me ... to miss out on almost all of my 20's. Don't be an idiot--and I mean that in a positive way (really!). Enjoy the fact that you're part of the team; believe me, in 20 years "being part of the team" will be what you remember from your experience--not being "one of the top people on the team." I know that's hard to accept or believe now, but it's true.

I, too, suffered a long period of constant injury right about the time I turned 20--almost two years straight of never being able to race (or to train long enough to get into racing shape). So I quit. And to this day I regret that decision. Especially since, in retrospect, I can see that it was ego and improper training that led to the injuries (at 43 now, I train and race almost injury free).

So before deciding to be a victim here (by punishing yourself with the decision to quit or to become self-destructive), think about changing how you do things. Do you train too hard?--maybe try to hang with the top guys when you're not physically ready for that kind of effort? Do you race workouts as well as races (which will ALWAYS lead to injury ... and remember, a "race" is simply a 100% effort)? Do you ice and stretch after every run? Get enough sleep? Eat right? Take time off when you feel injury coming on? Have you tried lowering your mileage?

There are many avenues to go down before you decide on the Avenue of Despair. So keep your chin up ... And enjoy what you've got--being part of a team--before that period of your life is gone forever.

Good luck!

I beleive I train alright for what I run. It's just there are so many cocky runners on my team and they make me feel like crap beacause I'm slow. they would throw stuff at me and call me a loser because i train so hard but don't get any faster. I'm a junior and I run 5k - 19:01

3200- 11:40

800- 2:15

I'm just so tired of being made fun of but I do love running but not so much as to be called names and be slow.

I hate life now.

How many miles do you run a week?

Stand up for yourself. Next guy who throws something at ya gets tackled.

1) Don't do drugs or drink to excess.

2) I fondly remember my teams, but only because there was then a huge group of people that I was better than. Thanks for being there for me team!

RUN FOR YOURSELF!!!

I run about 30- 45 miles a week usually if I go more I get injured.

Obvious troll.

Usually? Come on man that is barely training. Push yourself. You want to improve? Put in the work and stop bitching on a message boad. Don't give me that I usually get injured shit either.

Don't give up, it's much more than about winning races. On my HS team, all of your times would have been average or above average, though certainly not one of the best. Even if your team is really fast in general, remember that very few runners in HS actually go on to run in college. So it is likely that many of your teammates are setting their LIFETIME PRs this year. Most will give it up and get fat and eat TV dinners with their wife and 2.2 kids for the next 40 years after they get home from the assembly line.

And if your "teammates" treat you like that, I'd hesitate to call them teammates at all. We had guys who couldn't break 23, and girls who couldn't break 28, on our team, but we cheered them all on as they finished their races regardless of time.

Most runners have lofty goals that never get reached. I know I have plenty of them. But in 20 years, you won't think back with regret if you never broke 2:10, or 11:00, or 18:30 or whatever. You will be glad, however, that you were part of a team and you stuck with it. So don't quit.

yea I guess you guys are right. i just needed a pick me up sorry if i wasted you guys time. I would ask my boyfriend but he's not very supportive of me. thank you all.

Don't give it up. Are you in high school? Do you live in Madison? What high school do you go to. Talk to your coach tell him what is going on. If you get hurt all the time don't concentrate on quantity concentrate on the quality of your running. You don't have to be an all star to have fun running. Lift weights high reps, cross train..lighten up. Drugs and alcohol will only complicate things, it sounds like you have the will you just haven't found the way. Take go for the quality, talk to your coach, stand up for yourself.

Are you a chick? Then those times are damn fast. But if you are, I seriously doubt that chick teammates are making fun of you the way you say. That's not how women are, they tend to be supportive of each other. And if you run for the Badgers, you just about gave yourself away. So I call BS.

Um, yea I'm a girl and there are girls on my team faster than me, I don't know what girls you talk to but yes girls are like that I don't care if you believe me or not I know what I'm going through. why do you always assume thing ppl put on here are jokes? maybe once in a while someone could have a problem they want to talk about and have no where elee to turn to..

Um, yea I'm a girl and there are girls on my team faster than me, I don't know what girls you talk to but yes girls are like that I don't care if you believe me or not I know what I'm going through. why do you always assume thing ppl put on here are jokes? maybe once in a while someone could have a problem they want to talk about and have no where elee to turn to..

I thought you were a guy. But the other poster is right, those times are very good for a girl. So I'm not sure what the problem is. You can't be in HS because your times are way too fast to be made fun of. And only a few colleges have womens teams where your times would be considered slow for that team. So if you are the slowest runner on one of the top NCAA teams, that is nothing to hang your head over. Certainly not worth quitting/drinking/drugs.

Madison, oh Woe is me.

Here's my personal opinion. Take it with a grain of salt.

- Stop worrying about the other girls on the team

- No offense, Grow up

- Focus on your own goals, how to strengthen your injuries, and how to mix up your training to make it more fun

- Go to your local music store and buy a CD or buy a book

- Remember that it's going to take some time

- Moderation

It took me a few years to get going. I was sure proud of going from the last on the team to the first. It was a great "in your face" to everyone. I did it quietly and with confidence. Deep inside, I knew that I would succeed if I remained patient. I definitely had to mature as a runner. Then finally, it happened.