Sleep before Nationals

Dump him. You will have to deal with this crap for as long as he is a runner. You can get good quality sleep with your girlfriend in the bed. If he is that much of a hornball that he can't fall asleep with his girlfriend in the bed, have sex with him or tell him to rub one off before he goes to sleep. I'm sure he has run good races and had good workouts the day after having you sleep over. Why should he change his habits for nationals?

you should present your case making full use of powerpoint

A twin bed? Are you kidding me? That's got to suck all the time. I wouldn't want to sleep with another person in a twin bed. Jesus, you couldn't roll over or even move. I think it sounds reasonable to me. Now if it was a Queen or a full...

I'm assuming the problem is actually the lack of sleep and not lack of anything else. Two people in a twin bed is a pretty tight fit. Tell this loser to buy a bigger bed so you can both be happy.

Carlos Lopez, when questioned on how he prepared the day of his Olympic Marathon triumph, replied thus:

"I did what I do every day. I got up, I had breakfast, I made love to my wife, and then I went running."

you can have plenty of sex without sleeping in the same bed with somebody. i never sleep as well with someone as i do alone, especially in a little twin bed. runners have there quirks and this is one of them. support him the next couple of weeks the way you'd want the same support for the goals and dreams you have.

is this guy refusing sex for two weeks??? thats pretty weird. especially for d3, where even if you win, its d3.

Thanks for all of your responses- I do agree that it's a reasonable request, and I feel better now hearing it from some other runners. And yes, "honest" is correct about the distinction he makes.

And to Chipper: Yeah, like you ever had a chance with me

youpunk wrote:

is this guy refusing sex for two weeks??? thats pretty weird. especially for d3, where even if you win, its d3.

spoken by someone who could probably never hope to hang with the top d3 guys. still working on breaking 15 minutes to make varsity on your super-cool d1 squad?

huh? wrote:

Can you explain the historic significance please?

Bob Beamon had sex the night before his infamous jump. Right after he did the deed with his girlfriend, he said that he immediately thought to himself "well, there go my chances of medaling."

We all know the rest of the story.

obviously its the guy who started the thread

I guess your boyfriend does not read letsrun.

Has anyone ever seen Bull Durham? Written and directed by a former minor league ballplayer, it's a pretty decent reflection on the psyche of the athlete. At one point, Crash tells what's-her-name that if a guy thinks he's doing well because he's getting laid, or not getting laid, or wearing women's clothes, then he is.

This is not about the physiology of sex before competition. The guy thinks he'll run better without, so he probably will. He'll be focused and relaxed (in that he won't be worried about the effect of having done something he didn't want to do).

If you care about him, you should respect his decision. If you can't, then you should respond accordingly, but not by forcing him to do something that he's convinced will harm his performance.

Then, when he wins nationals, celebrate!

LA84 wrote:

Carlos Lopez, when questioned on how he prepared the day of his Olympic Marathon triumph, replied thus:

"I did what I do every day. I got up, I had breakfast, I made love to my wife, and then I went running."

Plus he had a steak dinner the night before the race. That guy knows how to live.

better let him get his rest these next two weeks, AA-gf!

im actually a current d3 athlete, an all american in xc, but the reason i run d3 (instead of being a subpar d1 runner) is so i can enjoy everything college has to offer and not obsess over running. i understand a national championship is a big deal, but it seems in d3 times are more important, because a championship is pretty empty, considering there are scores of better athletes. im not saying i wouldnt be psyched if i improved enough over the next year to win a natl title, but im realistic that it is d3. all i was saying was, 2 weeks is a long time, the night before, sure I understand, but 2 weeks????

Well I'm sorry you feel that way, you should take pride in the fact that you are competing against the best non-scholarship athletes in the country. If you're an all-american I suppose you've probably won some conference titles; did they feel empty just because you didn't need to run as fast as the top D1 guys? Should the top D1 athletes feel bad because some 16 year old Kenyan can whoop them? Maybe years down the road you'll look back and wonder "what if?" with respect to what you could have accomplished. None of us go on to make a living through running, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it all you've got.

Steve P wrote:

better let him get his rest these next two weeks, AA-gf!

Quiet, Steve.

I dont particularly want to win a natl championship, I mean, it would be great, but I dont have the drive. There is a lot more than running at college that I love. Ive got a gf and a lot of good friends, and sometimes that sort of stuff keeps me from running my best. This is why I chose d3, I can run competitively, with some very good runners, yet also have fun and enjoy other parts of college, something that wouldnt be possible for me. I have not won any conference championships by the way. I am in no way dissing d3 athletes, I'm often in the arguments saying that the best d3 guys could without a doubt be AA in d1. I was just surprised that someone would be that committed in d3, committed in a strange way. I took the poster to being saying no sex for two weeks, which just seems weird because two weeks is a pretty long time. Then again I didnt qualify for nats. I viewed the no sex thing as like someone at the d3 level buying an altitude tent (ok not that drastic, not close, but you know what i mean). alright, we agree, d3 is good, i just dont take it as seriously as others.