Lady called the running store i work at and said she was training for a 3.1 mile marathon...

"Would you like a bumbag to go with those?"

Yes, I would have roasted her. It is always a good idea to insult the paying customers who keep your employer in business. This is even wiser in the era when on line retailers are killing bricks and mortar stores.

I mean, your goal is to make a sale (because $$$) so just sell her the shoes

Kiddo, for a running store to keep its doors open, these are the type of folks you HAVE to sell to. Experienced runners already know what shoes they want, so they buy them online where they're so much cheaper. Be thankful for the newbie hobby joggers. They're the reason you have a job.

Tornsituation wrote:

Today I received a phone call at the running store that I work at and she explained that she needed good shoes for the 3.1 mile marathon she was training for. This moment was unlike anything I had previously endured, I politely explained that she could come in and we would help her, however deep inside my soul I wanted to fix her hobby jogger ways.

If you were in my situation would you have roasted her? If so what would you have said?

That lady probably makes more in a day than you do for a week. Just keep your mouth shut and sell shoes, Bundy.

Johnny Carsuck wrote:

Tornsituation wrote:

Today I received a phone call at the running store that I work at and she explained that she needed good shoes for the 3.1 mile marathon she was training for. This moment was unlike anything I had previously endured, I politely explained that she could come in and we would help her, however deep inside my soul I wanted to fix her hobby jogger ways.

If you were in my situation would you have roasted her? If so what would you have said?

That lady probably makes more in a day than you do for a week. Just keep your mouth shut and sell shoes, Bundy.

Why do you think wealth = worth in society/self worth?

Disgraceful wrote:

Johnny Carsuck wrote:

That lady probably makes more in a day than you do for a week. Just keep your mouth shut and sell shoes, Bundy.

Why do you think wealth = worth in society/self worth?

That's what the poor people say.

Oh yeah? Well, the jerk store called. They're running out of you!

You sold her $600 shoes, right? Because they are "the best" for her 3.1 mile marathon. You sold her marathon socks too, right?

You should be aware that the marathon distance was changed several times. In the original Olympic games it was a XC style run of 7-10 km run in full battle gear. The 42.195 km "magic" number is pure English snobbery --the Queen of England wanted the runners to see her "Royal Box" at the finish.

This is like 4% longer than the usual 3 mile marathon, right? Wouldn't the new Nike 4% shoes then work perfectly for it?

I'm sure someone that doesn't know the difference from 3.1 miles and 26.2 is making much more than minimum wage. You don't need a college degree to figure out the the distance of a marathon.

I've been working at this store for just over 2 years and we deal with hobby joggers like her and you all everyday. These hobby joggers dont deserve our service GO TO BIG 5! The other day a lady came in trying to return a shoe on claims that it made her son fall at practice....

TAKE YO ASS TO SPORTCHALET.

I am all for this. We need to get rid of this fuddy-duddy idea that "The Marathon" is like *always* 26.2 miles or something. Just like "Triathlon" has become more flexible in distancing, the same should be true for marathon too. Plus we have studies to show that running more than like 5 or 10 miles in one go is just bad for your health long term.

Pheidippides ran a 25 mile marathon.

But in all seriousness be kind to new runners. They dont know yet so just help them out. Help them with the distinction and terminology. Everybody learns and the human process continues.

Continuous wrote:

Pheidippides ran a 25 mile marathon.

But in all seriousness be kind to new runners. They dont know yet so just help them out. Help them with the distinction and terminology. Everybody learns and the human process continues.

No, Pheidippides ran 150 miles out and back--300 miles--from Sparta to Athens. The town of Marathon may have been a watering hole along the route.

Vapor flyer wrote:

This is like 4% longer than the usual 3 mile marathon, right? Wouldn't the new Nike 4% shoes then work perfectly for it?

+1. You sound like a born salesperson.

The traditional story relates that Pheidippides (530–490 BC), an Athenian herald or hemerodrome (translated as "day-runner" (Kyle 2007), "courier" (Larcher 1806), "professional-running courier" (Sears 2003) or "day-long runner" (Miller 2006), was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days. He then ran the 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (nikomen "We win!"), as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ("hail, we are the winners") and then collapsed and died.

Pheidippides ran wrote:

The traditional story relates that Pheidippides (530–490 BC), an Athenian herald or hemerodrome (translated as "day-runner" (Kyle 2007), "courier" (Larcher 1806), "professional-running courier" (Sears 2003) or "day-long runner" (Miller 2006), was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days. He then ran the 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (nikomen "We win!"), as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ("hail, we are the winners") and then collapsed and died.

The real question: did he die from exhaustion, or did the Greeks kill him because he wouldn't shut up about it?