I've read at least 5 or 6 other stories like this on letsrun. People crapping their shorts right on the front lawn of a house in some suburban setting with people driving by. How does this happen to so many people? I can't imagine.
I've read at least 5 or 6 other stories like this on letsrun. People crapping their shorts right on the front lawn of a house in some suburban setting with people driving by. How does this happen to so many people? I can't imagine.
eyes made out of coal wrote:
I was not in this race but I'm sure this would qualify as an embarrassing moment for the people who got beat by Frosty in the Millenium Mile in 2003.
Not sure how embarrasing that really is in retrospect though I could see it at the moment he passed. It was Matt Downin in the frosty costume and I think he ran a pretty good pace wearing that suit if I remember correctly. Don't know how, or why, but he did.
That f***er passed me during Boston this year. Wanted to reach out and give his balls a good whack (yeah, both sets).Actually, it was damn impressive seeing him go buy. He wouldn't have run 2 minutes faster without them - he barely moved his arms and didn't even look at the balls.Still pissed me off so bad I wanted to jack him. What's with these dipshits - I swear they do it just to show up the midpackers. Put that shit away, wear some real clothes, and do a real f***ing race.
otter wrote:
I have a friend that got passed by a juggler in the marathon.
I'll give you a two-for-one:
First year of college cross-country. I went to a small school(we only finished a full squad at one meet all year). It was conference finals and if there were 30 people in the race, the four of came past mile one at 26, 28, 29 and 30 (I was #26....running a p.r. pace for me)....and as we past the mile our coach yells to the four of us (remember of places): "Slow down, you won't be able to hold that pace."
Then, we are now moving past mile 4 of the same meet, I had "moved up" to around 22nd place. We turn into a area covered by trees and the trail forkes...I had no idea where to go and shout "Which way?" From behind the trees, one of our women team members shouted "To the right".....did I mention it was our home course?
Bum wrote:
I swear they do it just to show up the midpackers.
I can't think of any other reason to juggle or run a marathon in a costume. A 10K sounds reasonable, but some of these people are running times that require at least a moderate amount of training. Why would anyone train for 3-6 months and then run their one race in a way that would slow them down so much? Is there a pace calculator to correct your time if you run as the San Diego Chicken?
Does the Blues Brothers guy train in a suit and wayfarers? I can't even imagine running an entire 26 in a sport coat or carrying a baseball glove. He must cover himself in bodyglide .
The guy running the mile as Frosty is hilarious. It looks like he's taking down some decent runners while saluting the camera. I'm sure it was fun to get beat by him.
Mr. Bojangles..i didnt drop out...walked and finished in 2hrs 54 min.
Stroller wrote:
The guy running the mile as Frosty is hilarious. It looks like he's taking down some decent runners while saluting the camera. I'm sure it was fun to get beat by him.
Great post! I agree with everything you said. Damn, that was killing me seeing the pics of Frosty waving to the camera and the guy "999" running next to him, looking like he's all out. Friggin great stuff!
A whole bunch of us in this year's Eugene road mile were badly beaten by SpongeBob SquarePants. Fortunately he was too far ahead for me even to be embarrassed.
Stroller wrote:
Bum wrote:I swear they do it just to show up the midpackers.
I can't think of any other reason to juggle or run a marathon in a costume. A 10K sounds reasonable, but some of these people are running times that require at least a moderate amount of training. Why would anyone train for 3-6 months and then run their one race in a way that would slow them down so much? Is there a pace calculator to correct your time if you run as the San Diego Chicken?
Does the Blues Brothers guy train in a suit and wayfarers? I can't even imagine running an entire 26 in a sport coat or carrying a baseball glove. He must cover himself in bodyglide .
The guy running the mile as Frosty is hilarious. It looks like he's taking down some decent runners while saluting the camera. I'm sure it was fun to get beat by him.
I think that the jugglers keep records of their times and try to set juggling PRs and beat one another. It's about as ridiculous an event as the triple jump. I can imagine that running in costume would be a reasonable end to losing a bet to your teammates. If you're a fairly good runner, even an easy pace would beat a lot of midpackers.
runner femme wrote:
I think that the jugglers keep records of their times and try to set juggling PRs and beat one another. It's about as ridiculous an event as the triple jump. I can imagine that running in costume would be a reasonable end to losing a bet to your teammates. If you're a fairly good runner, even an easy pace would beat a lot of midpackers.
You're right, they do. I think the guy who beat me went low 2:50's or upper 2:40's, and the other guy he was trying to beat was about a half hour slower. Still pissed me off though. Shallow on my part, but damn it made me mad.
I got beat by Brandon Moen.
the shame wrote:
I got beat by Brandon Moen.
I just googled his name. Is this guy serious? Did John Basedow really go back in time and make his own running site?
Bump.
This thread provided a lot of laughs yesterday. Let's not let it die just yet.