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I started running in 9th grade and the first practice was a race. I got lost and did about 5 miles and couldn't run for a few days. The next day I ran was another race. My teammates said that if you get stomach cramps you should do three somersaults in a row. Sure enough I got bad stomach cramps and would launch myself into somersaults a few different times during the race. I can't remember if it helped or not, but I never tried that strategy again.
smhD1 wrote:
hammerhead___1 wrote:"All fast runners do their easy days b/w 6:00-6:10/mile"
...that's D1 coaching for ya
This
Wait did we all go to the same school at the same time??
Precious Roy wrote:
There was also the podiatrist who said my metatarsal stress fracture was just a soft tissue issue.
Similarly - the trainer who told me that my broken sesamoid bone was actually just a tight arch and that I should aggressively roll my foot over a hard plastic ball several times per day and that I could keep training through it. I know she meant well, but that certainly did not help what ended up being the longest injury I've had.
Also, +1 to the multiple posts of "running will kill your knees".
Go to the front and stay there as long as you can (6 mile XC race on large hills). The entire team did it and finished in the last 8 places in the race. Our coach was a moron sometimes.
PaybackPig wrote:
What is the worst running advice you have ever received?
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POOR RUNNING ADVICE
After easily qualifying individually for the 1978 NCAA X-C Finals in Madison Wisconsin (easily breaking 31:00 for 10K in X-C) the year before on 110MPW over the summer--peaked perfectly for championship season, first year coach Russ Rodgers tells me to run 50MPW over the summer leading into the new X-C year. As a result, I ran at least 8 seconds slower per mile that (50MPW summer X-C) next season until my fitness/hard work finally caught up in November where I was finally able to come just 2 seconds per mile slower in the NCAA X-C Finals then the previous year's regional race.
I kinda take a lot of blame and just should have gone with my gut but was too young and in certain need of good coaching and guidance.
Could have been worse, it could have been Coach Moon
One year when I ran New York, my brother-in-law said "just get in front and don't let anybody pass you." Uh-huh.
Don't build a base. Just do intervals 3 x week.
A coach told me my best ever would be 400m
PB in race 59
10km 33:14
Another time he implied I should give up with was actually pretty good advice.
When I ran my first mile race in 6th grade, my assistant coach told me that if I go super hard the first 400m, then my legs will go numb and it'll be easier to run and if I'm falling off pace then I'm not trying hard enough.
Needless to say, I ran a massive positive split of almost 2 minutes in that race
"When I ran my first mile race in 6th grade, my assistant coach told me that if I go super hard the first 400m, then my legs will go numb"
LMAO
feldman wrote:
If you can do one more repeat you should.
Basically racing workouts.
+1.
No need to slog miles, just do crossfit.
I also got the 'you only need to do intervals 3 times a week' from my physician.
All the time - it'll ruin my knees. Always by tubbies. Once by a fat nurse who was making her case that I should be denied health care, or be a lower priority to the system, because of the damage I was inflicting on myself.
Also, a doctor told me I had compartment syndrome and said I should take a couple days off. I googled it up and decided to take some more time off and throw out those bricks I was running in. The description of the surgery was persuasive.
Not me but a friend at work... His knee was swollen, the doctor told him he had degenerative arthritis and could never run again. The next day he told me the sad news and asked me what I thought. I know this guy is dirt poor and his job involves standing on concrete 8-10 hours a day. I deduced his work shoes were ancient and advised new ones. Couldn't hurt, right? A week later the swelling was gone and he was back on the roads. He has done numerous halfs and a full since then, with no knee pain whatsoever.
"You don't need banned substances to make the Olympic team"
PaybackPig wrote:
What is the worst running advice you have ever received?
Ask Let's Run!
Wilmarudolph wrote:
As a coach, I've heard quite a few.
1. A parent insisting to take his daughter out the night before a major championship race to do multiple Hill repeats, hard.
Taboo, bro, taboo!!
Run mostly high mileage, easy pace