200m gold medalists Gabby Thomas says she struggles to run a mile

[Standing on business]

This is crazy, I heard Usain Bolt say the same thing that he don’t do that long distance shyt.

Usain Bolt Has Never Run a Mile (No, Really)

The sprinter keeps to short distances, according to his agent

time.com

Yes I know they’re sprinters but I remember HS track if you were on the team both warmup and cool down was a mile. I’d figure they’d be able to do a mile in their sleep

 

[hashmander]

makes sense, a mile is 4 laps around the track. i don't see how that's beneficial to sprinting.

 

[Luke Cage]

This is crazy, I heard Usain Bolt say the same thing that he don’t do that long distance shyt.

Usain Bolt Has Never Run a Mile (No, Really)

The sprinter keeps to short distances, according to his agent

time.com

Yes I know they’re sprinters but I remember HS track if you were on the team both warmup and cool down was a mile. I’d figure they’d be able to do a mile in their sleep

I quit track and field in high school because they were doing too much. Even the shot putters had to run 4 miles.
Feel like this validates my complaints. Let me train for my event and that only, stop trying to one size fits all everything.

 

[010101]

yeah some people built for explosiveness some people built for endurance

it makes me think of that quote "fatigue makes cowards of us all"

take the fastest strongest most explosive athlete into the territory beyond that small comfort zone they break down

even in nature persistence hunting is one way much bigger stronger animals become prey


*

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Bolt hated running the 400ms early season every year.

 

[Bubba T]

I felt the same way when I ran track. I was a sprinter and hated running the 400m.

 

[Selena]

I don't blame her. I'm a natural sprinter so I was mad as hell when my track coach put me on long distance (800m).

 

[cyndaquil]

Every sprinter understands and resonates with this.

 

[Roger king]

The hardest and the most mentally challenging sport in the olympics is the 5000m and 10000m and the marathon races, that is pure willpower , it is harder to be a guy like mo farah uk black somalia brother that was a legend in the sport than to be noah lyles or andre grasse , endurance running is extremely tough

 

[Skyjacker]

Sprinting and distance running are two different beasts.

 

[Selena]

I quit track and field in high school because they were doing too much. Even the shot putters had to run 4 miles.
Feel like this validates my complaints. Let me train for my event and that only, stop trying to one size fits all everything.

Same!! My coach was on some BS too so I quit. He lost his damn mind putting me in long distance. I get they want adaptable athletes that can do multiple events but they need to focus on that athletes' specialty and stop all the other unnecessary distracting bullshyt

 

[cyndaquil]

The hardest and the most mentally challenging sport in the olympics is the 5000m and 10000m and the marathon races, that is pure willpower , it is harder to be a guy like mo farah uk black somalia brother that was a legend in the sport than to be noah lyles or andre grasse , endurance running is extremely tough

Spoken like a true slow twitch fiber having cac. Nobody was even talking about which is harder...winning on a world class level in any distance is hard and requires willpower. Always tryna undermine sprinters. All these sprinters got more willpower in their left nut than yo forum critiquing ass.
Shut yo bytch ass up.

 

[Ironman]

As a former sprinter she is absolutely correct I ran the 1 and the 2 and to improve the 2 you actually have to do 400s a lot to imrpove that. Don't miss that

 

[RedBull]

The hardest and the most mentally challenging sport in the olympics is the 5000m and 10000m and the marathon races, that is pure willpower , it is harder to be a guy like mo farah uk black somalia brother that was a legend in the sport than to be noah lyles or andre grasse , endurance running is extremely tough

Spoken like a true slow twitch fiber having cac. Nobody was even talking about which is harder...winning on a world class level in any distance is hard and requires willpower. Always tryna undermine sprinters. All these sprinters godub

dub

 

[CHICAGO]

The hardest and the most mentally challenging sport in the olympics is the 5000m and 10000m and the marathon races, that is pure willpower , it is harder to be a guy like mo farah uk black somalia brother that was a legend in the sport than to be noah lyles or andre grasse , endurance running is extremely tough

DISTANCE RUNNING IS
A WALK IN THE PARK FOR THOSE
SKINNY ASS EAST AFRICANS.

MO FARAH 5'9 128 LBS







​