We had some random horribly run tri-meet today that didn’t count for anything (one of the schools just ran their JV team) and it was the beginning of the race and I got spiked by my teammate, tripped, and started bleeding pretty rapidly. The cut ended up not being that large, however pretty deep, but I didn’t realize at the time so I was walking off the course, since I was concerned for the cut and it was just the start of the course and everyone had a 45-60 second lead on me by now, as well it was a tri-meet so I didn’t think anything of it.
After the race, my whole team threw massive shade at me for walking off the course on this shitty tri-meet that doesn’t count for anything, even my coaches were mocking me asking if I was going to need urgent care for a cut, which really made me angry. I’m aware I could and should have finished the course, but I wasn’t sure of how bad the cut was and knew that this didn’t count for anything and I was already 45-60 seconds behind everyone. What do you think I should have done? (We also have a relatively large important invite this Saturday, which I also took into consideration before walking off)
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sheebau wrote:(We also have a relatively large important invite this Saturday, which I also took into consideration before walking off)
You did the right thing.
Have a good race Saturday and it'll all be water under the bridge. -
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There is only one extraordinarily obvious answer. Why do this? Yes, I’d this actually happened any team player with an ounce of self respect would finish. I can’t imagine anyone I’ve ever been on a team with who in that situation would have dropped. Getting spiked happens, even the really bad ones you don’t feel until after the race. -
Man Overboard wrote:
sheebau wrote:(We also have a relatively large important invite this Saturday, which I also took into consideration before walking off)
You did the right thing.
Have a good race Saturday and it'll all be water under the bridge.
Thank you, my whole team especially my coaches keep mocking me for walking off the course; so it’s nice to see someone who agrees with my decision. -
Back under the bridge, troll wrote:
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There is only one extraordinarily obvious answer. Why do this? Yes, I’d this actually happened any team player with an ounce of self respect would finish. I can’t imagine anyone I’ve ever been on a team with who in that situation would have dropped. Getting spiked happens, even the really bad ones you don’t feel until after the race.
You don’t realize that the race just started so I had no adrenaline pumping and felt it in full contact, as well I tripped. I wouldn’t have walked off if this was really an important meet, so back off and go back to your bridge -
Hey sheebau,
The fact that you came here looking for support indicates that you know what you did was not good.
If you want to grow as a person, next time when you feel this desire, do not come looking for support. Instead, realize that the feeling is what is traditionally called your conscience. Live with the feeling of shame that you feel. It will pass. Then in the future, act in a way that best avoids this feeling.
Using Internet voices to drown out the voice of your conscience is inhibits personal growth and development. -
Am i your teammate? wrote:
Hope you had time to wash the sand out of your vagina before going to the emergency room for the scratch.
Yup, how about you -
trooftella wrote:
Hey sheebau,
The fact that you came here looking for support indicates that you know what you did was not good.
If you want to grow as a person, next time when you feel this desire, do not come looking for support. Instead, realize that the feeling is what is traditionally called your conscience. Live with the feeling of shame that you feel. It will pass. Then in the future, act in a way that best avoids this feeling.
Using Internet voices to drown out the voice of your conscience is inhibits personal growth and development.
I was just curious of what others would have done in the same situation and how they feel about my decision to drop out. I don’t feel as if what I did was wrong and don’t need someones opinion to decide. Thanks though -
sheebau wrote:
We had some random horribly run tri-meet today that didn’t count for anything (one of the schools just ran their JV team) and it was the beginning of the race and I got spiked by my teammate, tripped, and started bleeding pretty rapidly. The cut ended up not being that large, however pretty deep, but I didn’t realize at the time so I was walking off the course, since I was concerned for the cut and it was just the start of the course and everyone had a 45-60 second lead on me by now, as well it was a tri-meet so I didn’t think anything of it.
After the race, my whole team threw massive shade at me for walking off the course on this shitty tri-meet that doesn’t count for anything, even my coaches were mocking me asking if I was going to need urgent care for a cut, which really made me angry. I’m aware I could and should have finished the course, but I wasn’t sure of how bad the cut was and knew that this didn’t count for anything and I was already 45-60 seconds behind everyone. What do you think I should have done? (We also have a relatively large important invite this Saturday, which I also took into consideration before walking off)
The invite is a pretty big invite in North Carolina, similar to Great American. -
Run the last 800 of your race this weekend on Pure Hate.
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Looks like someone on your team hates you.
https://media.giphy.com/media/84CRvhy2DJlwA/giphy.gif -
There’s a place for quitters and it’s not on a team. You need to apologize and accept that you deserve the ridicule and more. You are weak and selfish. Justifying quitting the way you have done, pathetic.
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You did the right thing. A simple cut can turn into a life threatening bacterial infection very quickly. You should help educate your coaches and teammates about this serious possibility.
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Pure Hate Pupil - The Real One wrote:
Looks like someone on your team hates you.
https://media.giphy.com/media/84CRvhy2DJlwA/giphy.gif
I have never seen a single person react, in any way, to one of your countless postings of this. Since you don’t seem to have figured it out yet, let me be the one to tell you that this is a dismal failure of a troll/meme/whatever attempt. Consider calling it quits. -
MERSA wrote:
You did the right thing. A simple cut can turn into a life threatening bacterial infection very quickly. You should help educate your coaches and teammates about this serious possibility.
Gangrene is real. -
No “I” in team wrote:
There’s a place for quitters and it’s not on a team. You need to apologize and accept that you deserve the ridicule and more. You are weak and selfish. Justifying quitting the way you have done, pathetic.
It was a meet that had no effect on anything. It wasn’t a large invite but literally just a meet some kids threw their JV kids in. -
sheebau wrote:
even my coaches were mocking me asking if I was going to need urgent care for a cut
I like them already -
muchly wrote:
sheebau wrote:
even my coaches were mocking me asking if I was going to need urgent care for a cut
I like them already
Well sorry, I don’t care about some random tri-meet plays out -
xc is a rough sport. You need to be prepared to be spiked, trampled, tripped, elbowed, even punched. Suck it up and stay in the race. If after a couple more mins of running, it seems really bad, drop, but dropping right away whenever any little thing happens doesn't look good on you. If you want to run at a serious level, you're going to be getting spiked all the time and even tripped ocassionally. Suck it up.
