"If you to know where the extra magic sprinkle came [from] or some of the giddy up in my step came from that season, I think that explains a lot." - Alan Webb speaking about Julia during their 2007 courtship.
The mystery of the 2007 season has been explained.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to moose
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What it explains is his abrupt departure from the scene soon after that.
moose wrote:
"If you to know where the extra magic sprinkle came [from] or some of the giddy up in my step came from that season, I think that explains a lot." - Alan Webb speaking about Julia during their 2007 courtship.
The mystery of the 2007 season has been explained.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to moose
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The extra giddy up came from him finding the love of his life, not from sex. Grow up.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to moose
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Mods,
Thanks for deleting. We had a couple of inappropriate posts that have now been deleted. I do think if people can keep away from personal comments the thread should stay.
When my brother read the Webb feature after we finished it (Jon wrote it, all I did was edit it), he called me up and said, "Wow Webb got good because he wanted to get laid."
He was joking - sort of.
But when I was coaching at Cornell, we had also joked about the following. The theory between the men's and women's staff was that a man ran really well when he was 'on the hunt' and pursuing a woman and maybe in the first days of a relationship. Once the relationship took hold, he was toast.
For a woman, the theory was the opposite. She might not run well when being pursued but she'd blossom when in a relationship.
Plenty of coaches joke about this and then this article comes out. What do people think?
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to rojo
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I'll keep it to myself from now on -- you have my word. Truthfully I thought I was only stating what everyone else knew.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to horn dog
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Post nuptial shutoff
horn dog wrote:
What it explains is his abrupt departure from the scene soon after that.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to rojo
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What if a male athlete was pursuing a man?
rojo wrote:
The theory between the men's and women's staff was that a man ran really well when he was 'on the hunt' and pursuing a woman and maybe in the first days of a relationship.
Same theory hold true, or nah?
Pretty narrow perspective, Rojo. As usual.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to rojo
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Some of my best races ever are from high school when my crush came to watch me at my dual meet. The times that she came, I ran some of my best races ever. Something would kick in and I was no longer the awkward guy that I normally was. I turned into a confident guy and I tried to impress her with every race. In one particular dual meet against our city rivals, I ran a 4:20 and a 1:55. I intended to and succeeded in lapping a couple runners in the mile. Unfortunately I had a personality about as interesting as a rock and she started dating a baseball player instead. My season culminated in me getting last place at my regional meet despite being one of the top seeds and going to prom without a date!
rojo wrote:
Plenty of coaches joke about this and then this article comes out. What do people think?
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Hey RoJo, until recently in tennis the guys avoided getting married and having children thinking it was cursed. But Federer, Murray, Djokovic and Wawrinka have disproved this in recent years.
rojo wrote:
Mods,
Thanks for deleting. We had a couple of inappropriate posts that have now been deleted. I do think if people can keep away from personal comments the thread should stay.
When my brother read the Webb feature after we finished it (Jon wrote it, all I did was edit it), he called me up and said, "Wow Webb got good because he wanted to get laid."
He was joking - sort of.
But when I was coaching at Cornell, we had also joked about the following. The theory between the men's and women's staff was that a man ran really well when he was 'on the hunt' and pursuing a woman and maybe in the first days of a relationship. Once the relationship took hold, he was toast.
For a woman, the theory was the opposite. She might not run well when being pursued but she'd blossom when in a relationship.
Plenty of coaches joke about this and then this article comes out. What do people think?
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to LetsBonk.com
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95-5 or 99-1 is not a narrow perspective.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to moose
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This is basic stuff if you understand how the brain works. First 6 months is super exciting and you're likely to PR when falling in love with someone that isn't a total mess from a drama standpoint. Up to 2.5 years can be strong, but by then the PRs are unlikely to come again unless a new relationship gets underway.
Being in love releases powerful hormones that make most of us look on the bright side, which in turn reduces the sensation of pain.
So you can fall in love or just do some tramadol.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to Still not over her :(
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It was that rare, huh?
Still not over her :( wrote:
The times that she came, I ran some of my best races ever.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to rojo
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Thanks for restoring the thread. Intentional or not, Gault implied getting laid had something to do with Webb's breakthrough.
rojo wrote:
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to LetsBonk.com
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It might. I didn't coach long enough to have enough case studies on the same sex relationships.
LetsBonk.com wrote:rojo wrote:
What if a male athlete was pursuing a man?
The theory between the men's and women's staff was that a man ran really well when he was 'on the hunt' and pursuing a woman and maybe in the first days of a relationship.
Same theory hold true, or nah?
Pretty narrow perspective, Rojo. As usual.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to zxcvzxcv
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Exactly.
zxcvzxcv wrote:
95-5 or 99-1 is not a narrow perspective.
Despite what the SJW spews, it appears that actual % is in line with 95-5 and probably really 99 - 1. ---Some places may have bigger closets.
(Rojo & coaches hypothesis holds water.)
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to rojo
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Interesting discussion. I think Top 25 Leaks is absolutely right about the effects of hormones. And I've observed several examples of some of what's been discussed here.
But at the same time, there's also no question that in many cases the negative effects (in terms of distraction, loss of focus and/or intensity, etc.) outweigh the positives (in terms of outlook on life, desire to impress, etc.). I've seen plenty of examples of that too.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to rojo
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I've also seen more than one person completely smash their old PRs after getting dumped.
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http://www.reactiongifs.com/but-why/
rojo wrote:
Mods,
Thanks for deleting. We had a couple of inappropriate posts that have now been deleted. I do think if people can keep away from personal comments the thread should stay.
When my brother read the Webb feature after we finished it (Jon wrote it, all I did was edit it), he called me up and said, "Wow Webb got good because he wanted to get laid."
He was joking - sort of.
But when I was coaching at Cornell, we had also joked about the following. The theory between the men's and women's staff was that a man ran really well when he was 'on the hunt' and pursuing a woman and maybe in the first days of a relationship. Once the relationship took hold, he was toast.
For a woman, the theory was the opposite. She might not run well when being pursued but she'd blossom when in a relationship.
Plenty of coaches joke about this and then this article comes out. What do people think?
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to moose
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Nick Willis approves this post.
moose wrote:
"If you to know where the extra magic sprinkle came [from] or some of the giddy up in my step came from that season, I think that explains a lot." - Alan Webb speaking about Julia during their 2007 courtship.
The mystery of the 2007 season has been explained.
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- RE: Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running - in reply to LetsBonk.com
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Why would it be any different?
LetsBonk.com wrote:rojo wrote:
What if a male athlete was pursuing a man?
The theory between the men's and women's staff was that a man ran really well when he was 'on the hunt' and pursuing a woman and maybe in the first days of a relationship.
Same theory hold true, or nah?
Pretty narrow perspective, Rojo. As usual.
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