The other funniest (not best) thing my coach did actually wasn’t yelling, it was silence. At footlocker regionals, he saw my mile split, shook his head, and looked away.
I tempoed the rest of the race
The other funniest (not best) thing my coach did actually wasn’t yelling, it was silence. At footlocker regionals, he saw my mile split, shook his head, and looked away.
I tempoed the rest of the race
tribe runner wrote:
Roy Chernock from William and Mary told me: "You can turn in your uniform when you finish this race!"
Ha, I can see him saying that! As a recruited but non-scholarship runner, he never took that much interest in me but he did yell at a stud recruit classmate when, during an early season tune-up race, we emerged from the woods and I was in front of the stud.
This was during the Moscow youth championship in 1988, and it was to a teammate and of course in Russian. 1000 mark of a 5000 race: "3:13, you are moving as if you were in a funeral procession!" is my translation of what was said, but the original was much more concise - "Это на похороны!" He ended up winning with 16:00.
Coach to me: "Get your head out of your ***!"
Coach to my teammate behind me: "Pass this Mother ******!"
800 to go in a 5k
" Take a chance and pick it up now."
"Don't let him do that to you"
Not in a race, but one time we had a team meeting, so the whole team was sitting on the ground before practice. When one of my teammates was talking & everyone’s eyes were focused on him, my coach turned to me and mouthed the words “your balls”. I checked and the nads were peeking out of my shorts. That was the best advice he ever gave me.
Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG wrote:
Dig deep, come on harder, harder, push it, push it. That's it, almost there. Yes, yes, yes oh!!!
Found Kim Conley!
A couple of good ones. In HS XC I had a rivalry with a guy one town over, and we would consistently be back a fourth. Id beat him one race then hed beat me the next, but we were always close. At regionals, I was running in 5th place with about a mile to go, and my rival was maybe 10 meters back. His coach yelled at him "He (indicating me) has your medal!" And my rival proceeded to pass me and take his medal back.
In college xc I was watching the womens race, and someone from an opposing mens team yelled to his female teammate "take her soul! I want to see blood!"
"GYS!!!" stood for Grab Your Sack
Sasha Pachev wrote:
This was during the Moscow youth championship in 1988, and it was to a teammate and of course in Russian. 1000 mark of a 5000 race: "3:13, you are moving as if you were in a funeral procession!" is my translation of what was said, but the original was much more concise - "Это на похороны!" He ended up winning with 16:00.
Were you running in crocs already back then?
"Shut the gate" - yelled at Matt Withrow at 2003 Footlocker before he overtook Galen Rupp and Shadrack Kiptoo on the last 200m to win.
noaln wrote:
"Shut the gate" - yelled at Matt Withrow at 2003 Footlocker before he overtook Galen Rupp and Shadrack Kiptoo on the last 200m to win.
^Thuz. Withrow = THE original p.i.m.p. Baller. R.I.P. mang.
"Jet fuel can't melt steel beams"
Rather than make a joke, I'll be honest -
"Relax and concentrate on your form."
Every time I heard this, I realized I was clenching my shoulders, grimacing, and tightening up. But after consciously relaxing, I would feel more efficient and faster. Whenever I'm struggling now, I just recite this line to myself.
I was never fast enough to have a coach yell to me for encouragement but my teammates did and that was great
I can say what not to do.
A few years ago, I was running in the Cougar Challenge 8k at CSUSM, and the women's 5k went first....I saw one coach simply yell faster.... faster.....faster..... faster...to his athlete as she finished. Honestly, his tone of voice could not have been more frustrated. I think he was wrong and I hope he reads this. Jerk.
There are more supportive ways, coach.
Just saying.
“Come on, pass that guy.”
No duh. If I could I would.
"Go get x more guys!"
"Get out of the rockin' chair!"
"I wan choo to go get 'em!"
I still recite this in my head when I race and have been using them with my kids 30 years after my coach used them with me.
After taking down Molly Huddle in an all out kick in a co-gender 1600 race, he was at the finish line and simply looked back and said ... "tell me you beat that bit@h".
After taking the lead 3k into a 10k at a blistering pace, coach looked at me said ... " Tuck your balls back in your shorts"
After going out in 2:20 for the first half of a 16..." g0ddamn girls run faster "
kicking all out down the final straight in a summer 5k " don't try so hard, there are no fu@kin' trophies for this race"
at conference champs before the start "just think in black and white"
"Make your dreams become reality!"