Yesterday I had my indoor state meet, and my teammate and I were seed 3rd and 4th in the mile respectively. Throughout the race, he elbowed me every chance he got, and cut me off whenever I tried to pass him. He was really mad when I beat him at state last year, and I think he was trying to avoid that this time. But, at the same time, we are teammates, and I was a second off my pr, adding insult to injury, that I probably could have run that if not for him.... do I have a right to be mad?
CuriousHSer wrote:
do I have a right to be mad?
Patience is important here. Spike him at the outdoor state meet.
Sup bro's cousin wrote:
Sure, you have the right to be mad. What you don't have is the right to be a whiny pansy about it. You proved to be the beta male out on the track, where he alpha-juiced all over you by throwing 'bows and tossing you around like the rag-doll your are.
I imagine he's identified you as the beta in your relationship for some time now, and you didn't do anything to change that during the race, although you certainly had opportunities. You could've thrown a deep, malicious, retaliatory 'bow right to his liver. Usually this is enough. If not, though, you got to go with the flank/kidney punch. If you get caught, you'll get DQed obviously, but trust me it's worth it. One DQ vs. a lifetime of being beta in the eyes of your perceived superiors.
So that's what you do next time... It's too late this time. You just moved even lower in his eyes (and in the eyes of your crush in the stands). This can't be tolerated. I suggest you do what I did one time when I really wanted revenge on a fellow runner (was not a teammate, different school, doesn't matter). After the meet, his entire team was doing a mile cooldown around the stadium. I crept over to where his team's stuff was, all their bags, etc. No one was around, so I unzipped the bag with his name on it and released my bowels into it. It wasn't a lot of turd (3-4 medium logs) but they were spread out and got on just about everything, uniform, phone, etc. Sweet revenge. I suggest you do this.
Dude WTF
In all seriousness, he has wronged you. Don't address it in practice, creating tension within your team setting.
Your best course of action is to put him away next time you race with a huge kick, make eye contact afterwards and let him break it, not you, so he knows that you know you beat him, and then run your cool-down without him. This shows that you're too good to worry about losers like him.
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What you describe is assault and battery. This should be taken seriously.
What he did wasn't just to me, it was to all the other runners. I just feel like teammates should be working together, not throwing elbows.
You have a right to be mad, but this happens often. In HS, I was running a meet and a teammate came up from behind me and shoved me into a rose bush on the side of the trail. I was totally scraped up but I still beat the guy lol.
You should get back at your teammate by taking nude pics of him and then posting them on here.
press charges wrote:
What you describe is assault and battery. This should be taken seriously.
What you're describing is being a huge pansy. It's racing. Shit happens. I'm gonna guess you've never actually been a good runner.
It's not a team sport.
what did the coach say?
And if he said nothing then clearly you need to harden up.
CuriousHSer wrote:
Yesterday I had my indoor state meet, and my teammate and I were seed 3rd and 4th in the mile respectively. Throughout the race, he elbowed me every chance he got, and cut me off whenever I tried to pass him. He was really mad when I beat him at state last year, and I think he was trying to avoid that this time. But, at the same time, we are teammates, and I was a second off my pr, adding insult to injury, that I probably could have run that if not for him.... do I have a right to be mad?
Did he elbow you in the vagina?
Sup bro's cousin wrote:
Sure, you have the right to be mad. What you don't have is the right to be a whiny pansy about it. You proved to be the beta male out on the track, where he alpha-juiced all over you by throwing 'bows and tossing you around like the rag-doll your are.
I imagine he's identified you as the beta in your relationship for some time now, and you didn't do anything to change that during the race, although you certainly had opportunities. You could've thrown a deep, malicious, retaliatory 'bow right to his liver. Usually this is enough. If not, though, you got to go with the flank/kidney punch. If you get caught, you'll get DQed obviously, but trust me it's worth it. One DQ vs. a lifetime of being beta in the eyes of your perceived superiors.
So that's what you do next time... It's too late this time. You just moved even lower in his eyes (and in the eyes of your crush in the stands). This can't be tolerated. I suggest you do what I did one time when I really wanted revenge on a fellow runner (was not a teammate, different school, doesn't matter). After the meet, his entire team was doing a mile cooldown around the stadium. I crept over to where his team's stuff was, all their bags, etc. No one was around, so I unzipped the bag with his name on it and released my bowels into it. It wasn't a lot of turd (3-4 medium logs) but they were spread out and got on just about everything, uniform, phone, etc. Sweet revenge. I suggest you do this.
This is why I read letsrun.
Track is an individual sport, it's not a team sport. Mad? No, he wanted it more than you.
Trip him with 200m to go at an outdoor invitational meet. Dump him by dive bombing the corner on his left shoulder. Put that prick in his place.
OR
Throw standard elbows and spike him if he escalates things
OR
Throw down the best 300m kick he'll never use.
If he starts being the asswipe or retaliates, tell him that you'll do X Y and Z all over again at the State meet. Have confidence in yourself. Run on pure hate.
Sup bro's cousin wrote:
I unzipped the bag with his name on it and released my bowels into it. It wasn't a lot of turd (3-4 medium logs) but they were spread out and got on just about everything, uniform, phone, etc. Sweet revenge. I suggest you do this.
Too broad a target. Next time rummage around and find his compression socks.
Sup bro's cousin wrote:
Sure, you have the right to be mad. What you don't have is the right to be a whiny pansy about it. You proved to be the beta male out on the track, where he alpha-juiced all over you by throwing 'bows and tossing you around like the rag-doll your are.
I imagine he's identified you as the beta in your relationship for some time now, and you didn't do anything to change that during the race, although you certainly had opportunities. You could've thrown a deep, malicious, retaliatory 'bow right to his liver. Usually this is enough. If not, though, you got to go with the flank/kidney punch. If you get caught, you'll get DQed obviously, but trust me it's worth it. One DQ vs. a lifetime of being beta in the eyes of your perceived superiors.
So that's what you do next time... It's too late this time. You just moved even lower in his eyes (and in the eyes of your crush in the stands). This can't be tolerated. I suggest you do what I did one time when I really wanted revenge on a fellow runner (was not a teammate, different school, doesn't matter). After the meet, his entire team was doing a mile cooldown around the stadium. I crept over to where his team's stuff was, all their bags, etc. No one was around, so I unzipped the bag with his name on it and released my bowels into it. It wasn't a lot of turd (3-4 medium logs) but they were spread out and got on just about everything, uniform, phone, etc. Sweet revenge. I suggest you do this.
amazing
Les wrote:
Track is an individual sport, it's not a team sport. Mad? No, he wanted it more than you.
If you want to beat your teammates, just run faster. Pull crap like this on my team and you get to watch from the bleachers next week. Post about crap like this on LR or social media and you also get to watch from the bleachers next week.
You should have let him go and dusted him at the end. Don't be mad, get over it. Go out there and show him who is boss without elbows in outdoor.
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