What are YOU looking for? ME to bow down to you and your opinions? If you don't have good advice, why are you reponding? What's your goal in this? Make someone feel misrable? (Not really working) What are you doing with your life? Don't you have anything to do?
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he literally told me, "You run extra, you're off." What part of that sounds false to you? He means it, he is stern, he will do it, I won't be able to be on the team, I'll lose everything. And It doesn't matter if you are not trying to be a jerk, because you are being one. telling me I'm the jerk for wanting to work hard, I'm pathetic, etc, thanks. You should be proud of yourself.
I never said you were a jerk. I said you need to quit whining. It doesn't help you.
What are YOU looking for? ME to bow down to you and your opinions? If you don't have good advice, why are you reponding? What's your goal in this? Make someone feel misrable? (Not really working)
he literally told me, "You run extra, you're off." What part of that sounds false to you? He means it, he is stern, he will do it, I won't be able to be on the team, I'll lose everything. And It doesn't matter if you are not trying to be a jerk, because you are being one. telling me I'm the jerk for wanting to work hard, I'm pathetic, etc, thanks. You should be proud of yourself.
Nobody wins an internet argument. Some people might get some satisfaction from insulting and upsetting someone else and you can't change that.
But also, you won't "lose everything." High school is not that important. It may seem like the world while you are there but by about a year after graduation it'll be an afterthought.
Even if you want to run in college, there are lots of D3 or even D2 schools that will essentially give anyone willing to show up and put in the work a spot on the team. The top D3 runner this year for women broke 16 min for the 5k and is going to NC State next year. One of the three women on the US Olympic Marathon team ran for a relatively obscure D2 school and still did ok for herself.
You don't have to have it all figured out yet. Just do your best and try to have fun.
The correct answer is to sit down with your coach 1 on 1 and have an adult conversation about your goals and how you feel you are being held back. But you don't want to hear that, nor do you sound mature enough to be able to hold a conversation like that.
Good lord, stop responding and get offline kid. You don't want to listen to advice you just want validation. Grow up.
I hate this place so much... glad I didn't grow up the internet. While I mostly agree with the advice and the best path is probably to stay away from here, it's kind of sad that you're telling the literal child they need to grow up and not the 40 year old troll that's instigating her.
PS. you don't have to grow up, what you should do is go have fun. Don't let any drama destroy the joy of running.
Don't feel like Dave was trolling at all. He offered multiple possible solutions and nothing was good enough. Again it's clear OP did not come here for actually advice, just validation.
Telling her to "just have fun" isn't helpful either, as clearly it's not fun to have a coach that isn't helping you reach your goals. Been there and from experience trying to do your own thing without talking to them makes things more toxic. An adult conversation is the only productive path forward.
Good lord, stop responding and get offline kid. You don't want to listen to advice you just want validation. Grow up.
I hate this place so much... glad I didn't grow up the internet. While I mostly agree with the advice and the best path is probably to stay away from here, it's kind of sad that you're telling the literal child they need to grow up and not the 40 year old troll that's instigating her.
PS. you don't have to grow up, what you should do is go have fun. Don't let any drama destroy the joy of running.
"Grow up" doesn't necessarily mean to act like someone older, it just means to act older than you are acting. The OP is literally arguing with anyone who isn't telling her what she wants to hear. That's not acting like a 17 year old.
It may actually be that her coach is quite right. She sounds entirely self centred and self unaware (more so than would be expected even for a high schooler) and un-coachable.
he literally told me, "You run extra, you're off." What part of that sounds false to you? He means it, he is stern, he will do it, I won't be able to be on the team, I'll lose everything. And It doesn't matter if you are not trying to be a jerk, because you are being one. telling me I'm the jerk for wanting to work hard, I'm pathetic, etc, thanks. You should be proud of yourself.
Sounds like your coach wants to control you by saying you’re kicked off the team for wanting to run more. Guess what, it’s working. Reality is that you’re the best runner and he has no power over you. Go run more outside of school and watch what he does, because I guarantee he will come crawling back if you accept him kicking you off the team.
I hate this place so much... glad I didn't grow up the internet. While I mostly agree with the advice and the best path is probably to stay away from here, it's kind of sad that you're telling the literal child they need to grow up and not the 40 year old troll that's instigating her.
PS. you don't have to grow up, what you should do is go have fun. Don't let any drama destroy the joy of running.
"Grow up" doesn't necessarily mean to act like someone older, it just means to act older than you are acting. The OP is literally arguing with anyone who isn't telling her what she wants to hear. That's not acting like a 17 year old.
Uh, that is literally the definition of a teenager...