Columnist Admits That Track Is Harder Than It Looks

[mojo]

[quote=SQUACKEE]

I feel i should mix in some great words of wisdom to try and neutralize my silly crap.

Where did you get a silly idea like that??? Stop watching Oprah!
I have the wisdom and grace thing covered here.

You can just go back to being a pretty airhead.

[eldrick]

I feel i should mix in some great words of wisdom to try and neutralize my silly crap.

a prophet is not recognized in his own land

[SQUACKEE]

[quote="mojo

Don't get all serious on me. :lol: :lol:

[/quote]

I feel i should mix in some great words of wisdom to try and neutralize my silly crap.

[mojo]

[quote=SQUACKEE]

But i couldnt "do it ". Thats the point. I trained extremely hard, not has hard as others but very hard and got pretty good results. Not great. Not national class and nowhere near world class. I admire world class runners very much. Take a four minute miler. He's not even world class, not close!

Don't get all serious on me. :lol: :lol:

I trained hard (for my age) and I had talent.
A perfect human in all ways I guess.

[EPelle]

Track is harder than it looks. How many times have you watched a kick-ass race on tv, gone out to a track afterward and stopped after a lap saying, "these guys run 25 of these at this pace??"

[SQUACKEE]

[quote="Mennisco"and went back in search of them. Wading through this thread I got some notion of what Andy Dufresne felt like when he swam through shit to get out of Shawshank. :lol:[/quote]

ROTFLMAO! :lol:

[Mennisco]

. Once it is obvious that you DO have the talent, then it's MUCH easier to put in the work necessary, cuz you know it's going to pay off.

Easily the most salient point made on this thread, thus far. Congratulations!

Better than the vaulters eating Dorritos? :cry:

Sorry Squackee, I'm not always paying total attention. I missed the Doritos under my nose [no I don't snort corn chips], and went back in search of them. Wading through this thread I got some notion of what Andy Dufresne felt like when he swam through shit to get out of Shawshank. :lol:

[Mennisco]

I think it takes a lot less talent to be the #100 ranked pole vaulter in the world than #100 ranked 5000 runner.

and yet NOT ONE of those top 100 5000 runners could be in the top 100 ranked Pole Vaulters with just as much 'hard training' in the PV as they do for their event and vice versa.

They certainly might be pretty good at some distance.

They are - it's measured vertically. :P

[SQUACKEE]

. Once it is obvious that you DO have the talent, then it's MUCH easier to put in the work necessary, cuz you know it's going to pay off.

Easily the most salient point made on this thread, thus far. Congratulations!

Better than the vaulters eating Dorritos? :cry:

[Mennisco]

. Once it is obvious that you DO have the talent, then it's MUCH easier to put in the work necessary, cuz you know it's going to pay off.

Easily the most salient point made on this thread, thus far. Congratulations!

[SQUACKEE]

Vaulters are talented athletes unlike stoopid distance runners. They dont even have to workout. They lay in the pit all day eating Dorritos and then take a few easy jumps at 19'6". :P

[bad hammy]

Bob Seagren ran a mean 400H.

Won a Superstars or two also, didn't he? Natural athlete.

[SQUACKEE]

[quote="mojo

Running is running. :P
If I can do it it ain''t that hard. :lol: Not to mention SQUACK.


I rest my case.[/quote]

But i couldnt "do it ". Thats the point. I trained extremely hard, not has hard as others but very hard and got pretty good results. Not great. Not national class and nowhere near world class. I admire world class runners very much. Take a four minute miler. He's not even world class, not close!

[tafnut]

I think it takes a lot less talent to be the #100 ranked pole vaulter in the world than #100 ranked 5000 runner.

and yet NOT ONE of those top 100 5000 runners could be in the top 100 ranked Pole Vaulters with just as much 'hard training' in the PV as they do for their event and vice versa.

They certainly might be pretty good at some distance.

Bob Seagren ran a mean 400H.

[bad hammy]

I think it takes a lot less talent to be the #100 ranked pole vaulter in the world than #100 ranked 5000 runner.

and yet NOT ONE of those top 100 5000 runners could be in the top 100 ranked Pole Vaulters with just as much 'hard training' in the PV as they do for their event and vice versa.

They certainly might be pretty good at some distance.

Hey, congrats on the 12,000th post. Now on with the business at hand.

You are confusing pretty good with world class. Sure, if your body can handle the load (many bodies can't) you can become ‘pretty good’ at distance running by running distance. ‘Pretty good’ is not national class or world class at any level (HS, college, junior, open). To get there you have to have innate talent and body physiology to go along with the training.