Comments on: win or quit? http://www.runningland.com/2005/11/03/win-or-quit/ wisdom and tripe from a lifetime runner Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: runr53 http://www.runningland.com/2005/11/03/win-or-quit/#comment-602 runr53 Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:45:28 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/11/03/win-or-quit/#comment-602 Reading your post made me think of distance runners who DNS or DNF from marathons when they hear someone is showing up who is faster than them, and they are not going to win anyway! "Winners don't quit, ever!" Reading your post made me think of distance runners who DNS or DNF from marathons when they hear someone is showing up who is faster than them, and they are not going to win anyway! “Winners don’t quit, ever!”

]]> By: Keith http://www.runningland.com/2005/11/03/win-or-quit/#comment-465 Keith Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:06:07 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/11/03/win-or-quit/#comment-465 I've only dropped out of 3 races. Once was planned, I ran 5k of a 10k track race. Once I hyperventilated while running a 1600 race in middle school. I dropped out of a steeple my freshman yr at a last chance meet at unc. The race in middle school I was yelled at for it. Which looking back I did the right thing. The college race I can remember hearing Vig go ballistic in the stands when I stepped off the track. I was going to run embrassingly slow after PR'ng the week before. But a hour or so afterwards Vig calmly asked me why I dropped out, and basically told me dropping out was disrespectful to myself, the school, and him. That racing is about giving your best on that day and quiting b/c your not having a good day is not giving your best. The win or quit attitude is for the birds. As is the everyone wins trend these days. I’ve only dropped out of 3 races.
Once was planned, I ran 5k of a 10k track race.
Once I hyperventilated while running a 1600 race in middle school.
I dropped out of a steeple my freshman yr at a last chance meet at unc.

The race in middle school I was yelled at for it. Which looking back I did the right thing.

The college race I can remember hearing Vig go ballistic in the stands when I stepped off the track. I was going to run embrassingly slow after PR’ng the week before. But a hour or so afterwards Vig calmly asked me why I dropped out, and basically told me dropping out was disrespectful to myself, the school, and him. That racing is about giving your best on that day and quiting b/c your not having a good day is not giving your best.

The win or quit attitude is for the birds.
As is the everyone wins trend these days.

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