Leading vs sitting like a b**ch

Winning vs. losing like a whiner. Go time trial by yourself….

All's fair in love and running.

It is a race. Perhaps that is lost on you. There is nothing noble about leading. Each should run as best suits him/her.

You mad, bro?

Can you even read man? It was virtually a time trial for me. Also i wouldn't be winning anyway, there was another group doing 8:30-40. You didn't contribute much i'm affraid but thanks for trying.

If you don't want to lead, just slip back.

I'm aware of that, but it's not about being noble. It's about everyone sharing a duty to make it easier for EVERYONE. It happenned too many times for me before, and it pisses me of because generally they even have a better seed time. Like the other poster you didn't contribute much.

I don't want to lead the whole way, but i want to improve time. No medals either so why be afraid to take a little iniciative? Well next week i'll be the sitting b**ch for a change and i'll get back on this post. Hey maybe the grass really is greener at the other side of the fence!

If you want to run a fast time, and nobody wants to lead, the burden is on you. Everyone else is in it to win. If you were in superior shape, you'd be able to drop them off a fast pace and make them look bad. Otherwise, it sounds like you've met your match.

If you consider it a time trial, why would you drop out? You need to grow a pair.

You lost 7 seconds on the second 1000. That's why you abandoned.

The thing is they also wanted a fast time, which is even more mind boggling since the pace (involuntarly) fell off (2:57, 3:07) and they didn't even try.

I will keep working then, and will worry less about the times.

To the above posters sorry for my reaction i was kinda mad i guess, my bad, will try harder next week no s**thy excuses.

You got me. It's tough for me when things aren't meeting expectations. I need some more flexibility and patience. Peace.

How do you know they also wanted a fast time? Is this the Diamond League with pre-race meetings? Are you racing against your training buddies? Did you make friends at the starting line or in the warm-up area? If it's the latter, big mistake. Race-day rivals are enemies on the track, treat them as such.

About Leading... wrote:

The thing is they also wanted a fast time, which is even more mind boggling since the pace (involuntarly) fell off (2:57, 3:07) and they didn't even try.

I will keep working then, and will worry less about the times.

To the above posters sorry for my reaction i was kinda mad i guess, my bad, will try harder next week no s**thy excuses.

I assume so because no medals? I know there are no friends in competition thanks for the advice anyway. Diamond League can also turn tactical sometimes (rarely).

So you're telling us that your opponents who are trying to beat you did not run the race exactly how you wanted them to? How dare they!

Bump thread please

Last summer I ran a time trial with a few friends where I just wasn't able to lead even though we had agreed upon sharing responsibilities. Being a kicker I could have dusted them in the last 200. But I held back. It wouldn't have gone down well. And we were off our target anyway.

No reason to hate yourself or your rivals. You were the strongest during the first 5 laps. Next time you may last the whole race or change your tactics.

About Leading... wrote:

I'm aware of that, but it's not about being noble. It's about everyone sharing a duty to make it easier for EVERYONE. It happenned too many times for me before, and it pisses me of because generally they even have a better seed time. Like the other poster you didn't contribute much.

I contributed enough. All you need to know is that the sport is about racing other people. You mistakenly thinks it is about banding together with your competitors to work together for an arbitrary time goal for all. There is nothing bitch-like about sitting on someone, but there is about dropping out.