List some unwritten rules and weird quirks runners do.

Real runners never wear the race shirt at the race they are racing.

Past years racing shirts are okay and can be a badge of honor.

konroh wrote:

Real runners never wear the race shirt at the race they are racing.

Past years racing shirts are okay and can be a badge of honor.

Never wear the shirt before the race. You have to earn it. OK to put it on when you go out for breakfast afterward.

sparky1 wrote:

Crap their pants during a run and not give a damn about it.

+1

Hopping in place like a bunny rabbit while waiting for the traffic light to change. Perfectly useless.

Harry Pi wrote:

Hopping in place like a bunny rabbit while waiting for the traffic light to change. Perfectly useless.

This is one of those things only hobby joggers do. Runners stand there and glare at the light (or cross against the light, or change their route so they don't have to wait for traffic).

K69 wrote:

Stride and a half before cutting in front of another runner.

Only two across while running on a road with traffic.

Run on traffic side of a female runner

What's said on the run, stay's on the run!

Stay is on the run? What - from the police?

Pause the watch at stoplights

Do some nightly ab/strength routine that you swear is the best

Try to think of weird quirks that runners have

* wrote:

konroh wrote:

Real runners never wear the race shirt at the race they are racing.

Past years racing shirts are okay and can be a badge of honor.

Never wear the shirt before the race. You have to earn it. OK to put it on when you go out for breakfast afterward.

Earn the shirt? I disagree. Shirts are shirts with the following exceptions:

Marathon shirts -- never wear them. It looks like bragging no matter what. Exception is if they are long sleeve and you have no other long sleeve shirts or forgot to do laundry.

Half Marathon shirts -- You might as well have a 13.1 sticker on your Datsun. Throw them in the trash where they belong.

10k shirts. Ok to wear for 10ks or higher.

5k shirts. Wear these to work. But only if you are under 18:50.

2 miler shirts. Yes! Wear anywhere. Hobby joggers may mock you, but real runners know you are a serious runner with impeccable style and run the best distance out there. Deuces are so rare, they need to be promoted.

Females- Must. Have. Hairtye.

Men- shorter shorts then the women

A 2:59.30 clock time with a 200 meter all out sprint will probable get you a 3:00:10 at best.

For pros it is EPO

Old Man Winter wrote:

To name a few:

1) Stalk all runners seen as competition, knowing their PR's and recent performances.

2) Post/tweet/say "The best kind of pace is a suicide pace and today's a great day to die" at some time in their lives.

3) Read "Once A Runner" and encourage all of your friends to read it.

4) Obsess over everyone else's training, and strongly consider adjusting your training to match or exceed what they're doing.

5) Run twice per day, because that's what champions do.

6) Mope after a bad race or workout.

7) Snapchat pictures of yourself after a run, or the scenic vista you just ran near.

8) Estimate

9) Insist that you can eat whatever you want.

10) Talk about your training constantly, even to people who don't run or care.

11) Hyper-analyze everyone else at the start line of a local 5k

I feel personally attacked

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

hingel wrote:

Xfit's function is to get girls.

FALSE. It's a side effect. A beneficial one though, I admit that.

Wait? XFit still exists? I thought that fad died out long ago.

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

The douchey hobby jogger move is to take the win so you can look at the results and see that you beat a guy old enough to be your dad by .07.

Ha. I knew someone would try to call you out on this.

I'm with Roy on this one...this move is even worse than the guys that sprint all-out the final 300 meters of a marathon after walk-jogging 26 miles.

I agree with you and Roy. I take it so seriously that I ran side by side with a guy who I caught with half a mile to go, encouraging him to finish the race. When we got 100 meters out, I told him to go get the finish line. He finished third that day and I was fourth. we were different age groups and the real awards had already been established.

Rarely shower in the morning before work . Shower post-run after work.

Or in anycase shower/hygeine schedule is dictated by running - not work or social engagements.

Racehorse wrote:

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

Ha. I knew someone would try to call you out on this.

I'm with Roy on this one...this move is even worse than the guys that sprint all-out the final 300 meters of a marathon after walk-jogging 26 miles.

I agree with you and Roy. I take it so seriously that I ran side by side with a guy who I caught with half a mile to go, encouraging him to finish the race. When we got 100 meters out, I told him to go get the finish line. He finished third that day and I was fourth. we were different age groups and the real awards had already been established.

Concur. Many years ago, as a 17-year-old, I was leading a community 2-miler for most of the race. A guy caught me with about a quarter mile to go (he had run in college, was an asst coach then...anyway was older, stronger, and a much better runner than me), but he ran beside me, cheered me to keep it up, and let me have the win. It's a great memory to this day (25 years later), and all because he wasn't a doosh and didn't have anything to prove.

I would say it was probably me, except the kid was probably a little older than 17 and it was just a couple of years ago. As a coach, I coach everyone, even my competitors. I can''t help myself.

gfdgsdhgdsg wrote:

Imagine having to run for only 30 minutes instead of 40. The race uses entirely different energy systems.

Huh? Which systems would those be?

Etiquette:

If you're the fastest guy in the race, you should be at the front pushing the pace

Unless you're a professional going for a world record, don't waste meet entries by "rabbiting" your friend and dropping out

Your seed time should be what you've actually run that season, not what you want to run or what you ran 3 years ago

Don't waste meet entries by "doubling". Meets aren't your personal workout session. A 1500/800 double is pointless. After you race your 1500, go run your mediocre 800 sonewhere else alone.