Why is it that they enjoy calling you fagg*t when you're wearing split shorts, tights etc? Or just giving you shit in general because you ain't no fatass and like running?
They think they're so clever when telling you dumb things like run Forrest run!
If anyone yells Run Forrest, Run at me I consider the gloves to be off and will yell back something extremely rude to try to piss them off. It probably happens to me once or twice a year. The time-honored "Eat fatty, eat" response works well for even a slightly overweight yeller.
I think the more relevant and interesting question is why don't ALL people enjoy yelling insults at runners
I never have such issues, but I look more like an Xfitter than a scrawny Rupp type. But they probably do it because they know it bothers you.
I don't know but I enjoy easing my shorts down about 5 inches and bending over slightly when they do this.
The setting where runners are clearly yelled at the most, from my experience, has been, high school track meets.
Nobody yells at a runners like an overly enmeshed parent in their offspring's athletic pursuits.
I don't know how much they enjoy the yelling but they do it.
angryrunner wrote:
Why is it that they enjoy calling you fagg*t when you're wearing split shorts, tights etc? Or just giving you shit in general because you ain't no fatass and like running?
They think they're so clever when telling you dumb things like run Forrest run!
Why? Because you all look like 14 year old girls who haven't ever eaten.
I usually get cat calls or yelled at to put a shirt on. I run in 2" inseams with no shirt and couldn't careless. I just watch the road and make sure I'm not gonna have to hurdle or sprint up someones yard like have in the past to avoid a collision. lol
Envy.
If they're children I remind them that they should have been aborted and that their parents don't love them. (Generally, well-raised kids don't harrass strangers.)
Everyone else gets the finger for as long as I can see them and a hearty, "fvck you!" I run quickly enough that if someone charges at me I can decide to meet them or bounce.
Drivers that crowd get mirrors folded back. What are they gonna tell the cops? "I hit a pedestrian." Not likely.
doot doot wrote:
If they're children I remind them that they should have been aborted and that their parents don't love them. (Generally, well-raised kids don't harrass strangers.)
Everyone else gets the finger for as long as I can see them and a hearty, "fvck you!" I run quickly enough that if someone charges at me I can decide to meet them or bounce.
Drivers that crowd get mirrors folded back. What are they gonna tell the cops? "I hit a pedestrian." Not likely.
I really like the abortion line
Because there are a lot of bad, insecure people in the world. And no, not nearly all of them are fat.
is this really a thing that happens? i always wear music when i run so i don't even know if i've ever been yelled at. Now ima be all self concious about whather or not im bein yelled at tho, thanks
If I'm wearing a shirt I usually raise it up and flash the nips. If I'm already shirtless I'll just start rubbing my nipples sexually.
Because they know most runners are pussies. Duh.
i ate cake wrote:
i always wear music when i run so i don't even know if i've ever been yelled at
Probably doesn't happen that often during the 11 minutes you're plodding along on a treadmill at 24-hour Fitness.
Bill_Kilgore wrote:
I never have such issues, but I look more like an Xfitter than a scrawny Rupp type. But they probably do it because they know it bothers you.
In all seriousness I stopped running as much 2 years ago and started lifting. I get heckled a lot less now when I do run and honestly think it's because I put on some muscle
Conundrum wrote:
The setting where runners are clearly yelled at the most, from my experience, has been, high school track meets.
Nobody yells at a runners like an overly enmeshed parent in their offspring's athletic pursuits.
I don't know how much they enjoy the yelling but they do it.
Small collegiate meets too. There was a WIAC mom who yelled "Way to go, (insert name)!" every single lap of the indoor 5000 when her daughter went past. EVERY FREAKING LAP! SAME PHRASE! I heard a teammate ask the runner once what she thought of her mom's "cheering." The young lady said "I don't know, I never hear the crowd anyway." Thank God the girl graduated and didn't come back to run unattached.
angryrunner wrote:
Why is it that they enjoy calling you fagg*t when you're wearing split shorts, tights etc? Or just giving you shit in general because you ain't no fatass and like running?
Low self esteem
To look cool in front of their friends. Heckling and bullying is considered cool as a teenager, but is done in a group because individuals do not have the courage to do so without an audience.