Just had a beer bottle thrown at me on my lunch run. It broke and glass got in my eye.

What I love about running is how simple it is. You need barely any equipment to participate. It is one of the cheapest sports out there.

That is why I hate tracksmith. They sell extremely overpriced items for what should be a very cheap sport.

Next time wear a sports bra so they cat call you from a distance until they notice it's a dude up closer. Wear an eye patch, makes you look cool 👍💪

join the club.

folks have thrown beer, ice, etc. at me a couple times. what intrigues me the most was an encounter I had some 3 weeks ago. this car drives by and the passenger yells 'I hate you'. That was all. Similar to OP, I was wearing short shorts and a flashy purple tech shirt.

Sorry to hear that. I have had people yell and throw things at me on runs too. I imagine most runners have. I try to always run AGAINST traffic so I can see potential trouble coming.

Never had anything thrown at me yet, but I typically keep my runs in neighborhoods, on main roads I have people tell me to put some clothes on or whistle at me. Nothing extreme like a beer bottle. Run facing traffic so you can see what's coming, always.

And we have a perfect -10/-10...

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pics?

I had the removable faceplate of an aftermarket car stereo thrown at me once. I always wondered if the guy popped it off his dash, threw it at me, then drove down the road in silence realizing what he'd just done.

Haha, makes you wonder right?

Love hearing these stories! Always a chuckle

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Haha, makes you wonder right?

It makes me wonder!

Out of all the colors available, why pink? This makes no sense. Do you just get laid so much that you need the challenge of looking gay?

Hello, I'm the guy who threw the bottle at you. I guess Nick Symmonds was right. Letsrun is just full of b1tching and whining.

Also, I'm Nick Symmonds.

Where do you live that this sort of thing would happen? You live in the wrong town. Where I live seeing people out running, biking etc. non-stop wearing all manner of lycra-esque apparel. Nobody would even notice a guy running in pink shorts.

I am alright, just a scratch. Got some eyedrops so it won't get infected. A little uncomfortable but should be okay in a day or two.

I cannot tell you why I got the pink ones. I just thought it would be funny I guess. I am always looking for unique running shorts and these fit the bill. I have a few pairs of odd-looking Janji shorts as well. When I bought them I was thinking that it would be funny to wear them to a track session with running friends or maybe race in them. I didn't really think about running around town in them. I thought they would get a few laughs.

I am thinking the people in the car probably would have thrown something at me regardless of what I was wearing. I wish I had gotten their plates. I can't even remember the model of car.

I normally run facing traffic, but running from my office is different in that I use the sidewalks in and out of the general downtown area, and some of the streets are one-way, etc. Not a typical running route where I can just stick to the left side of the road.

I find this all morbidly fascinating. I'm a woman and, in 20 years of road running, have never had anything thrown at me, nor have any female runners I know. In contrast, most male runners I know have been targets... pattern being male drivers, in trucks, throwing beer bottles.

In all honesty, why are they doing this?! Is your running an affront to their masculinity? Are they afraid that they like what's behind your pink shorts? Do they secretly wish they could run around like that, too?

hope you're ok. jesus, that's scary. also, they have terrible aim if they were within inches of youi have kicked 3 side mirrors off cars in the last 4 years. people are idiots. be prepared to run away these days, because everyone seems to carry a gun and you never know....really, just keep your head down and keep goingalso, always carry a rock in busy areas, in case someone f*cks with you and be prepared to sprint with a getaway plan.again, avoid confrontation...people are nuts and might wait for you on your next run. wear sun glasses too when it's hot and sunny

Prancing around in public shirtless only wearing a pair of tiny pink shorts. You deserved it liberal

oke wrote:

I find this all morbidly fascinating. I'm a woman and, in 20 years of road running, have never had anything thrown at me, nor have any female runners I know. In contrast, most male runners I know have been targets... pattern being male drivers, in trucks, throwing beer bottles.

In all honesty, why are they doing this?! Is your running an affront to their masculinity? Are they afraid that they like what's behind your pink shorts? Do they secretly wish they could run around like that, too?

I'm a woman and have had two things tossed at me during runs just a mile from my home (nice area), although it's been over 15 years ago. First was a bottle, landed in the grass and did nothing but scared the sh!t out of me. Thrown by a Car full of shirtless losers. Second, a car full of teens tossed a large lit fire cracker at me while I was pushing my 12 mos old in a jogging stroller. It landed right at the front tire. I spun that stroller around so fast to put myself between the firecracker and her. Didn't hurt us, but again, scared me to death. Thing was loud. Called the cops on that one.