Health and Sports: Take the L

Take the L

By slowrunner - 22/04/2009 13:20 - United States

Today, I was running the 100m sprint in a track meet. Me and another girl were tied for dead last. When we finished, she complained, "It's so embarrassing how slow I am today. I have shin splints. What happened to you?" I was actually running my hardest. FML

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By ThatGuyWhoRolled - 05/01/2023 14:00 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, I was up against two others in a 120m race on my school's sports day. Unexpectedly, I heard my name being chanted from most of the classes watching and well, this made me want to win so much that I leaned forward too much whilst running and ended up tripping and rolling on the track. I heard loud sighs after. FML

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By Lily - 09/10/2018 17:30

Today, I did a sprint in gym class. Despite being the skinniest in the class, I ran slower than everyone else, including two morbidly obese people. FML

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By bhnja_ - 18/04/2013 20:34 - Philippines - Mandaue

Today, I got cut from my track team. My coach told me it was because my sprints were "too fast" for his liking. Huh? FML

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By Fluffy - 11/01/2012 12:51 - United States

Today, I had to run a timed mile. I'm terrible at running. During the run, I thought I was doing a good job. That is, until the teacher told me to stop because I was three laps behind everyone else. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2013 17:28 - United States - Dell Rapids

Today, my entire gym class had to run the 1600 with our coach calling out finishing times. My finishing time was reported as "3 days short of a year." FML

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By Out Ran - 16/02/2010 06:32 - United States

Today, while running, I sped up to show off for a cute female runner I'd seen before up ahead. I passed her and not more than a minute later she sprints past me. I couldn't catch up. She not only out ran me, but waited to tell me it was a 'nice try'. FML

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By luvs2spooge89 - 01/05/2013 14:27 - United States - Brooklyn

Today, I went on a run. Going a decent pace, I passed a woman walking her dog. I joked, "C'mon! Keep up!" Thirty feet later I stepped in mud, rolled my ankle and fell. The woman walked by as I lay in agony, and told me to keep up. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/10/2023 22:00

Today, I took part in a charity run for a good cause. I'd trained for months and showed up, only to trip and fall flat on my face at the starting line. I spent the rest of the race with scraped knees and a bruised ego. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/06/2013 14:56 - United States

Today, I ran the mile in gym class. I was the second to last person to finish, and I was left panting and feeling faint. When the teacher found out I hadn't come in dead last, he accused me of skipping a lap and is now making me rerun the entire thing. FML

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By DMO - 07/07/2009 05:26 - United States

Today, I decided to get back into shape and go for a run. With a 1/4 mile left to run, I saw a hot chick a block ahead of me running. Trying to show off I ran hard and passed her stopping just outside my complex. I started to throw up right as she came past me because I had run so hard to pass her. FML

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panda_bear511 0

Wednesday 22 April 2009 20:01

Wow... Hm... I don't really know what to say but that is... sad I am sorry (Also, NO ONE CARES IF YOU'RE FIRST. So shut up)

susie1234_5678 0

Wednesday 22 April 2009 20:08

Don't worry, you will improve!! I was in track and cross country and used to lose every single race, but I kept improving every year and I started doing really well! That's the thing about running, you really see AMAZING improvements. Have fun and believe in yourself!! Pushing your body will make you improve fastest. (And don't run too much because you might get flat foot like I did :S)

Comments

XenonScreams 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 0:55

I say she's a pussy, honestly. I get shin splints when my shoes get old, and you can DEFINITELY run a fast 100m dash through them. Nice job running your hardest and NOT having any excuses :) Also to the person who said the swimmer running thing... Pfffffft I went from swimming competitively to running competitively. If anything it helped, I got the cardio and the high VO2 max and all that jazz from distance swimming and now I'm just working on form & getting faster in running.

Sam_Van_Dam 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:01

She used shin splits as an excuse? What a wuss! It's the 100m dash! I had shin splints so bad my Freshman year that it hurt to walk, but I still sucked it up and won the race every meet. It's a short race, the pain shouldn't be a factor. But hey, you might wanna try distance running. Most anyone can build endurance with enough hard work, but speed is something you're either born with or you're not (for the most part, you can get slightly faster my sharpening your technique, but you can't beat genetics).

RandomFool 5

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:03

#21 the last time I checked you can't see shin splints. At least you tried your best. If you're new to track, then maybe you were in a heat with more experienced runners? Plus, she could've said she had shin splints just to cover up the fact that she's slow, because if they really slow her down that much, then she shouldn't be running on them in a track meet.

AK 2

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:04

Ouch. I'm a slow runner myself so I understand that.

dnr928 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:06

#21 - High school health FAIL. However she very much needs to grow a pair, metaphorically, but YDI for joining track when the truth is, you're not fast. but Y coach DI for sticking you in a sprinting race, when you aren't fast.

FigmentXY 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:17

yeah it's definitely possible to improve, i was an awful runner at the beginning of last year, and this year I've cut almost 3 seconds off my 100 time

hottiegurl 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:17

Awww, don't worry! I joined cross country my freshman year, thinking I was a fast runner, and ended up 20 minutes after everyone else was done. LOL

lolololcheese 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:18

shoulda told her you had a terminal illness.

blue16 0

Thursday 23 April 2009 1:19

I can relate the other day I ran a 100m sprint and came in last, also don't worry about that just cuz your a slow sprinter doesn't meen your bad at track try 400's and 800's they don't require as much speed and they're still kinda of short, thats what I decided to do.