Ive just been recruited to a large D1 college, but the coach isn't letting me run laps, he said I have to a catch a chicken first, only then will he let me run laps.
my pbs are 2.04 and 4.14
Ive just been recruited to a large D1 college, but the coach isn't letting me run laps, he said I have to a catch a chicken first, only then will he let me run laps.
my pbs are 2.04 and 4.14
I think you misheard your coach. He wants you to choke the chicken at practice. I would think about transferring soon.
I love it. Straight up Mr. Miyagi style training. Please post pictures.
I was in Maine in the summer of 2001. Home of Ben true and some other runners. Anyhew it was kind of depressing and at this one motel there was this goose. I chased that #^> (&;&: round and round in circles, man did I have fun. That goose quacked loudly and fervently. Shortly after the manager comes out and berates me and my friend ( who is sorta in on the action). Turns out it was his goose. We didn't end up staying there.
Point is, chicken chasing is in principle a fun and productive idea, but, the devil is in the details. Geese chasing is a time honored tradition, dating back to Shakespeare's time (Romeo and Juliet), but chickens are another matter. Ever play the Zelda video game series? Full of life lessons, like the consequences of theft and, in a number of installments, the consequences of picking on and harassing chickens...
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I think you misheard your coach. He wants you to choke the chicken at practice. I would think about transferring soon.
OP, what school do you go to? Does your coach have a background in the circus? Perhaps he worked at sea world?
Personally, I think weasel whacking is better than chicken choking, especially for xc. For track, monkey spanking is even better. Time in the pool? Pump the porpoise. You see then that depending on the coach's life background he or she will be biased toward a certain "approach." I once knew a d2 coach who was obstinate and insistent in the pounding the penguin paradigm. This person even had their athletes wear tuxedos (and sunglasses when it was sunny).
Which reminds me of a funny joke.
A man is cruising through a medium sized town with penguins in his pickup truck bed. A cop pulls him over and tells him the penguins ought to go to the zoo. The man agrees and declares his intent to comply. A little later in the day the cop sees the man, his truck and the penguins, driving through the town again. Annoyed, the cop pulls the guy over again. He notices the penguins are all wearing sunglasses. "I thought I told you to bring them to the zoo!"
"Yeah I did" the man replies, "but we had so much fun we decided to visit the beach too."
I don't get it. What happened to the chicken?
it crossed the road
other sider wrote:
it crossed the road
before or after the egg?
Better than making you chase dead chickens
Sounds like a 'Kentucky Fried Idiot' to me! (From Rocky II )
Geese don't quack.
Chasing chickens is poultry in motion
sammy c wrote:
Ive just been recruited to a large D1 college, but the coach isn't letting me run laps, he said I have to a catch a chicken first, only then will he let me run laps.
my pbs are 2.04 and 4.14
Don't choke in the cluck, oops! I mean clutch. Remember, that chicken's likely gone 1:57/4:11 (and that's from base work, no taper or speed work yet). Sorry, but you're just gonna have to run faster. Try some laps around the chicken coop first, then gradually move up (take the chicken with you for inspiration). Compliments to your coach for creativity.
We need speed. Speed's what we need. Greasy, fast speed!
He ain't ever been in a HONKy tonk.
Do chicken cheat when they fly a few yards?
The blah blah blah wrote:
Chasing chickens is poultry in motion
Well done.
thejeff wrote:
The blah blah blah wrote:Chasing chickens is poultry in motion
Well done.
Agreed!
That chicken will only take so much abuse before it calls in reinforcements...
It's not that hard, just corner the chicken, swiftly grab it's leg, then hold it upside down by it's legs so it doesn't move (the blood goes to their head while upside down so they just kind of relax hanging there).