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The Difference Between a Shin Kicking Contest and the 800 Meter Run - Not Much!
by Lance Winslow
If you are an athlete in track and field and you have decided that you wish to master the 800 m run, then you are soon going to find out that this athletic competition is more about your tolerance to pain and your ability to withstand that pain better than your opponent, than it is about your genetic athletic ability. Indeed, I liken the 800m run to a Shin kicking contest, where each opponent kicks the other in the shin until one opponent either falls down, or quits because of the sheer pain and agony.
You see, the 800m run is a lot like that. Anyone truly serious about the eight-hundred meter run will tell you that when they sprint towards the finish coming around the last slap their upper leg muscles are on fire, their feet feel like they are standing on hot coals, and as they drive with their arms, their legs just can't seem to speed up.
Their legs become heavy, then light and then heavy. Yes it is a matter of both conditioning and oxygen flow to the muscles, but when you are pushing yourself beyond your ability to the next level with athletes willing to do the same thing, willing to go the distance for however long it takes and refusing to yield to the pain, it really doesn't matter how much conditioning you have as you are pushing yourself beyond your own physiological abilities.
There are not many masochists that are willing to go that distance at those speeds until they drop. I suggest to you that if you wish to master the 800m run, that you better figure out how tough you are inside your own head before you get on that track to race it. Further, you must be dedicated to your conditioning, your training, and your coach or you will never make it in that event.
The eight-hundred meter is probably the most grueling event in all of track and field. Do have what it takes? Truly, have what it takes. You see, distance runners hate it because it is a sprint the entire way and sprinters hate the race because they have to sprint further than they have ever sprinted before their lives, perhaps further than in humanly possible say some.
No one survives the 800m without pain and a strong tolerance; and if you are going to win it, you better have your brain looked at. It is an event that is only for the strong; the weak simply need not apply, and shouldn't try because quite frankly they can handle it. I speak from experience, thank you for your time.
About the Author
Lance Winslow - Lance Winslow's Bio. Lance Winslow is also Founder of the Car Wash Guys, a cool little Franchise Company; carwashguys.com/history/founder.html/.
The Meters - Cissy Strut
new orleans jazz & heritage festival 1993
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