Can one race a marathon on pure hate or is that way too long?
Can one race a marathon on pure hate or is that way too long?
Park Runs wrote:
Can one race a marathon on pure hate or is that way too long?
I know it can be done for 8k XC. Not sure about a marathon. You'd have to be mighty pissed.
What the hell is wrong with you guys.
400- raging fury
800- pure hate
1500- basic anger
5000- profound dislike
marathon- mild annoyance
Gotta pace yourself!
God Save The Queen wrote:
400- raging fury
800- pure hate
1500- basic anger
5000- profound dislike
marathon- mild annoyance
Gotta pace yourself!
Hate in LRC terms:
Marathon - Partner makes you go on a diet.
5000 - Partner donates your Race T-shirt collection.
1500 - Someone disagrees with you...
800 - ...on Letsrun...
400 - ...and it's your Partner.
Park Runs wrote:
Can one race a marathon on pure hate or is that way too long?
haha this is just hilarious...
It's possible to race a marathon on pure hate, but it has to be some deep hate
You can't negative split on pure hate, well its only been done once, which is why its an 800 thing. the key in the marathon is to hold in your hate, mitigating it with the feelings of disgust and strong detest. Around half way, you need to start to abhor everything in your life. At 30k start letting go and hating. Pure hate can be worked up over time, but you need to train this. Its possible to hate at a reduced rate for 30 minutes, maybe more. If run properly, you will be done hating with the finish line in sight. From this point on, you should feel nothing at all.
The marathon should be run on cold-blooded, stone-hearted evil. You can maintain that for a long time.
The 1500 can surely be run on hate.
Remember 2014 euro champs when Mekhissi got dqed in the steeple and then got the title in the 1500?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEAm7g0zaBI
for more info:
www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=5973920&thread=5973875#5973920
Title of thread was Did mekhissi just run an entire 1500 on pure hate?
before brojos changed it to something completely boring.
has a marathon on the track ever been run on hate?
let's be honest wrote:
has a marathon on the track ever been run on hate?
Yes, they came back from a lap down to win the damn race.
Bad Wigins wrote:
The marathon should be run on cold-blooded, stone-hearted evil. You can maintain that for a long time.
I can almost agree with this, but to race a marathon on hate you would be draining your self of needed energy.
The whole idea of running on hate is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I guess it's a sophomoric macho expression referring to competitive spirit? In that case, yes, you can compete over any distance fueled by competitive spirit. As long as you train well, peak, taper and employ a race plan well suited to your strengths.
What is competitive spirit? It's what spurs racers to make key moves of an instant without thought--they want the win and instincts click in. If you want to call that "pure hate", go ahead.
On the other hand, if you are referring to disliking opponents, it's a waste of energy and frankly a disservice to your psyche.
Park Runs wrote:
Can one race a marathon on pure hate or is that way too long?
i hate you for this dumbazz post but i dont think it would help me run a fast marathon
You can. And I have. I ran a trail marathon on pure hate. It all depends on how much hate you have saved up. I hate myself. I've hated myself for years and years and years. I hate how I treated people, I hate how hung I am, I hate some of the choices I made. So it's very quite easy to do.
Any race that is run above LT pace can be run on pure hate. I´m able to run 10k races on pure hate, but not half marathons.
Nope, its only dlablw for the two lap even. /thread
I ran the first two miles of a 10k on hate one time. The course had a pretty big hill right around halfway through the second mile. All the weekend warriors who had forgotten about it started to fall apart and I was on my own for most of the rest of the race. Without anyone around me to hate, I had to resort to other feelings.
This race was run on pure hate. It also happens to be one of the greatest races of all time.
^ This