Let me guess - you voted for Hillary.
Let me guess - you voted for Hillary.
Gertas wrote:
I run for numerous reasons. The reason I run is for total health, both physically and mentally. It clearly shows. Most people my age where I live are overweight and unfit. I am trim and fit.
I had one person make an unsolicited comment to me as to why I run. They said "You run because you need to get your heart rate up". I'm offended by this remark. Would you be?
I think that this thread is far better at getting your heart rate up than running is.
Gertas, The person meant you need to get your "fix", which seems to be true. Don't be offended. Get out there.
No, I voted for myself. Like everyone should do,
Why were you offended?
Sesamoiditis wrote:
Gertas wrote:
What they meant is I run because I have a need to get my heart rate up and nothing else like for example getting fresh air. That to me is offensive because it assumes that they know something very intimate of about my health that I do not know. The fact is they could not possibly know that.
The world is not out to get you and would be a better place if you and others didn't act like it was.
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Gertas wrote:
I never said the world was out to get me. In fact I know it's the opposite, for me and everyone out there. I just wanted to know if anyone has ever heard of such a reason to why they run - not for aerobic health, fresh air, relaxation, etc. but because they need to get their heart rate up.
Your problem is if anyone has an issue with someone else you think it's because they think the world is out to get them! Sometimes some people are out to get others. I know when I had a little success in my life others tried to prevent it. That's a fact. Too bad for them because I got a lot more and they got a lot less in the long run. I can run long. They can barely walk up a flight of stairs, too.
If you run for aerobic health is the same as running to get your heart rate up because in order to maintain aerobic health you need to get your heart rate up.
Please make a list of all the things that offend you. Please keep that list to yourself.
Someone told a lady at my church "It's nice to see you this morning!". The lady snapped back, "I don't know what you mean by that. I am here every week!" She took a simple greeting and twisted it into an accusation of poor attendance.
Anyway Gertas, it is nice to see you posting here.
This whole thread is an intriguing mashup of schadenfreude, picking on the weakest tribe member and emotional frailty.
I love it! If only Jordan Peterson would chime in, this thread would be complete.
But back the question at hand, i'm guessing you were offended by the remark
"You run because you need to get your heart rate up".
not because of the meaning of the words, but because of how it was said.
The remarker was probably smarmy as heck, and using an electron tunneling microscope, one can see they were really saying:
"You run because you need to prove your superiority over us fatties and i'm struggling to not feel so inferior to some smug scrawny arsed holier than thou type...ug, where's my hagan daaz?"
and you were offended because you think:
"I'm a nice person, i respect everyone, even fatties, well, except when they get Type II diabetes and drive up health care costs, and pay the same for a seat on an airplane even though they're double my weight, and...geez, wait, maybe i'm not so nice and fair, must - go onine - and - get - validation - from - running - peers"
Spock out.
Gertas wrote:
I run for numerous reasons. The reason I run is for total health, both physically and mentally. It clearly shows. Most people my age where I live are overweight and unfit. I am trim and fit.
I had one person make an unsolicited comment to me as to why I run. They said "You run because you need to get your heart rate up". I'm offended by this remark. Would you be?
Depends on how well this person knows you. They might be saying you enjoy the contest, or that you are a boring tit.
Why do you care what other people say? Don't get so easily offended.
Is this how sensitive people are these days?
Gertas you are my personal hero. You are man enough to stand up and let those around you know what is important. You, my friend, do NOT need to get your heart rate up. That would be both presumptuous and ignorant for me to state. Your heart, my good man, is just fine beating at the rate at which it is currently beating. I believe it is your societal duty to correct social gaffes such at the one you just encountered and, by so doing, you will make the world a safer and more accommodating place.
Join my in reciting our new chant:
WHO ARE WE........RUNNERS!
WHAT DO WE DO......WHO THE F*** CARES!
Gertas wrote:
I run for numerous reasons. The reason I run is for total health, both physically and mentally. It clearly shows. Most people my age where I live are overweight and unfit. I am trim and fit.
I had one person make an unsolicited comment to me as to why I run. They said "You run because you need to get your heart rate up". I'm offended by this remark. Would you be?
Yes, I would be offended. He basically called you a low-life. Research shows that low heart rate might drive a person to aggressively seek out stimulating, adrenaline-boosting experiences that get the heart going like murder. So basically, he said that if you're not running, you'd probably be out commiting crimes. He also implies that he's morally above you, where he doesn't need a physical experience to be content. Next time someone says "You run because you need to get your heart rate up", just respond, well as long as I don't get caught.
toughen up, don't sweat it. Get back to training!
I wasn't looking for validation. I was asking because that comment is something I never heard before in regards to running and I can't make much sense out of. I can and will easily forget it. I am just curious. What I would say if someone ask me that:
It assumes that you need or seek out things for cardiovascular stimulation, which makes you an unstable person. It is offensive as there is no way to tell if something like that is true.
Perhaps this individual used the term "you" broadly, not in the sense that you personally need to get your heart rate up. This person was likely just recognizing that you are fit and it is because running does in fact get the heart rate up. I have a feeling that this person was just trying to contribute to a conversation without really understanding why a runner runs (which a non-runner shouldn't be expect to understand why...even when one tries to explain).
I'm not sure why this is offensive. I could see if the person said, "You run because you seem like a crazy person and the only thing that keeps the demons at bay is running." That might cause me pause and potentially get offended.
Dear snowflake,
The word "offended" is used too often. gone are the days when a good slap upside the head from a parent, not necessarily yours, would straighten someone out quickly. Who cares what someone said? You are "offended?" Who the F cares that you are offended? Your generation is getting rid of cursive writing, catholic schools, different sexes, football, gentlemen opening a door, and women liking it when a man looks at her .
Suck it up, & go for a walk with your head buried in your smartphone, and make yourself feel better.
They meant me. Definitely me. But you are getting somewhere with your last paragraph. That is how I kind of interpret that. It's not that they think I'm crazy but something negative about me.