I don't understand why people constantly lie to me about running feats when they know I'm a coach and runner. This happens all the time. It is so easy to catch them in a lie...
Last night I was at a preseason coaches meeting for our conference. I meet the new girls basketball coach for my school. We engage in small talk (I make it a point to never bring up my high school or college experiences, times or feats to non-runners). But, this guy wants to talk track...so I indulge him.
He tells me he ran 1:26 for 800 meters in high school. I laugh outloud and say no you didn't. I can tell he's insulted. Really, the guy is insulted by my response to his obvious lie. I try and help him out and tell him that the world record is 1:41. Oh...he counters and says, "I meant 1:46." Again, I say that would have made you the greatest high school half miler in history. No you didn't. But, the idiot keeps talking. He goes on to say that he took 3rd in "our" (this will be important later) state meet in 800m the year he graduated high school with a 1:56. I ask him when this occurred and he replies 1995.
I again bust out laughing in his face because I know for a fact that he did no such thing. I took 3rd in our state meet that year in the 800m. Liars don't know how stupid and obvious they are when they lie about running.
This happens to me all time. People just plain lie about how fast they were in high school or college. I don't get it. Why lie?