How to get along with cocky self centered teammates?

tough spot, but if they arent working with you and you are already doing all you can, then you are doing all you can. Dont get too upset over it, instead work with your other teammates more and also get better individually. Itll catch up to them.

Headcases. It's hard to know. Maybe they'll resent you no matter what you do.

But if I was to guess one thing to try: run faster than them in races. Speed has a way of reshuffling the social pecking order. Keep encouraging everyone, and when people see that you're faster, they'll respect you and think the stuck-up set are doofuses. You can be arrogant and fast, but arrogant and 2nd best just looks ridiculous.

try this wrote:

run faster than them in races. Speed has a way of reshuffling the social pecking order.

The right answer. Spend your energy getting faster on race day. That doesn't mean race every workout.

You can't fix assh0les. You CAN run faster.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

You can't fix assh0les. You CAN run faster.

If you train properly and start beating them in races the training runs will start taking care of themselves.

I had this problem with a guy on my team in college. Best way to shut him up was to beat him in a race...but also I would call out his BS whenever I could. Made him sort of scared of me...although I was older than him on the team. Run your own pace, don't worry about him. Do what you need to do to beat him in races.

Have you tried talking to them about it?

Yes, you can wrote:

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

You can't fix assh0les. You CAN run faster.

http://www.surgery.usc.edu/colorectal/treatments-analreconstructivesurgery.html

potd

If you really have a problem, TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT! Why is this so hard for so many people? Stop talking about it behind people's back and do something! And just do what you want instead of following. If you think it's too fast, then run slower and let them drop you. And yes it's a lot more of a respectable move if you're the fastest guy on the team. The fastest guy in races generally gets the final say in how fast the easy run pace goes. If your easy days are too fast, then you're probably not working hard enough in workouts or not doing any workouts altogether. IF you run slow, you are either recovering (let's hope so) or just lazy.

idahomiler wrote:

I've got a few teammates that have the mentality that they're better than everyone else, and refuse to try to be encouraging and work together as a team. Easy runs turn into races and they try to drop some of us other guys on runs if we try to join them for an easy run.

Example: they'll be going 7:30 pace for an easy run and we'll be doing the same but if we try to join them for the day it will instantly turn into a 6:20 pace grinding battle.

I want our team chemistry to be good so we can work together to achieve our goals and be better together but it seems like all they care about is themselves and asserting their dominance upon the other runners on our team?

Beat them in races (but carry on doing your easy runs at 7.30 pace meanwhile).

Burnups on steady runs are the sort of thing most people grow out of at school.

Yes, you can wrote:

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

You can't fix assh0les. You CAN run faster.

http://www.surgery.usc.edu/colorectal/treatments-analreconstructivesurgery.html

Honestly this is the best post I've seen so far ?

Learn to not care. In a few years you'll graduate and never see them again.

[quote]idahomiler wrote:

I've got a few teammates that have the mentality that they're better than everyone else, and refuse to try to be encouraging and work together as a team. Easy runs turn into races and they try to drop some of us other guys on runs if we try to join them for an easy run.

Example: they'll be going 7:30 pace for an easy run and we'll be doing the same but if we try to join them for the day it will instantly turn into a 6:20 pace grinding battle.

I want our team chemistry to be good so we can work together to achieve our goals and be better together but it seems like all they care about is themselves and asserting their dominance upon the other runners on our team?[/quote, though]

Unbelievable you have to be told this. Each day you have a sacrificial lamb (from amongst the cool kids) who taunts them and pushes the pace. Each day it is a different sacrificial lamb. Most effective the day before a meet, but it has to be every day of the week, so you will need 6 sacrificial lambs (on the sabbath they raced). Eventually the cocky kids will succumb to injury or illness. The assigned sacrificial lamb must do his sacrificial run ON PURE HATE.

PS. Not sure I'd run this by the coach though.

Yes, you can wrote:

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

You can't fix assh0les. You CAN run faster.

http://www.surgery.usc.edu/colorectal/treatments-analreconstructivesurgery.html

pop pop is wrong about everything. This is fantastic icing on the cake.

I agree... potd

Tell them that none of you are going to be professional runners, so just enjoy getting some exercise and be kind to each other.

TAA wrote:

Learn to not care. In a few years you'll graduate and never see them again.

^This

Honestly life is way to short to worry about stuff like this. If you are lucky you will make friends on your team that are life long friends, but most of your teammates you will never hear from or speak to again after graduation.

I assume you are in college. Just "you do you" and the rest will fall into place.

Yes ideally everyone is cool and gets along but that is very very very rare in a group of 15-20 20 yr olds.

Well, damn. I guess this is true but that's a boring way of approaching this situation. A factor of life is about working together, whether you're friends with someone, co-workers with someone, or colleagues with someone, it's always good to steer them in the right direction. Everyone needs a little guidance in their life.