10 Things Every Sprinter Can Relate To
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10 Things Every Sprinter Can Relate To

A good read for all the sprinters out there

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10 Things Every Sprinter Can Relate To

This one is not just for the runners in the house, but the sprinters ya hear me. Yes, I'm specifically talking to you 100, 200 and 400 runners. The speedy gonzales of the team. Me being a sprinter myself, trust me when I tell you I have experienced all of these things multiple times, and I guarantee you that my track sistas and brothas have also.

1. Booty- Lock

Aka: The Cramping of the Butttox (A feeling I would not wish on my worst enemy). It legit feels like your butt is having a spasm attack

2. Leaning at the line is more important than you think

That lean is something serious, if you think you are going to win or beat your personal record without extending your chest out as far as humanly possible, then new flash, I suggest you start to take Drake's advice and feel free to thank me later. Also as we have seen in the Olympics apparently diving is a thing now too.

3. P.R. by 1/10th of second is a big deal

Being a sprinter means finding the joy in the small PRs. I mean its possible to PR by a second, but it's much more rare. Which means we take what we can get even if it is by a 1/10th of a second.

4. Training year around just for less than a minute races

When I say year long I mean year long of training (with occasional breaks here and there). For 100 runners you are looking at 13 seconds or less, 200 ranges from 20-26 and majority of 400 runners are running less than 60 seconds. So why do we train for so long for such a short race, well we just do and that's the only answer we get.

5.Look Good Feel Good Run Good

Us track girls are the supermodels of sports. Hair done, nails done, everything done.

6. Always being asked to race

"I bet I am faster than you. You don't believe me? RACE ME." Just because I run, that doesn't mean I want to do any extra running that I already have to do, especially just to boost your ego.

7. 4x4! Love/Hate relationship

You're ready to go home, your legs are hurting, and you're tired, but just when you thought it was over... BOOM 4x4 just sneaks up on you.

8.Block rituals

That slight panic attack, because you never want to be that person who does the absolute most before getting into the blocks, but then again you don't want to go straight into your blocks and be the first one. So you just have to improvise because timing is key.


9. 9/10 running pictures are not your friend

Its all fun and games until you see a track picture and you look like a potato. I mean your face literally looks like its hanging onto its last breath.

10.Warming up takes longer than your race

Warm ups can no lie take up to an 45 minutes, but your race is no where near as long as that. Yeahhh I'm thinking the same thing !!!!!


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