I don't think the OP is a troll, just dumb.
I don't think the OP is a troll, just dumb.
As a girl, I have actually had this happen to me before. I asked a guy to run with me because it was a long run and I didn't have anyone to run with so I wanted company and I didn't know the area well and he did. For the first mile or two he went the same pace as me and then kept picking it up. So I told him to just go ahead if he wanted, and he did. So for the next ten miles I was alone and I actually ended up getting lost. After asking for directions a few times I ended up back at the car and he was just sitting there. He said "where have you been, I have been here for a while?" like wtf?!? Lets just say I didn't talk to him for a long time and definitely never asked him to run with me again. She definitely has a reason to be mad at you!
The only surprising thing about all this is after 3 pages of this post only 1 is asking for pics
i have only ran with 2 girls who asked me to run with them, and ran once with a girl that made me hurt like a mutha.
the two girls i went with both could run faster but chose instead to "jog" and it was painfully slow, dragging feet, and i tried my best to be nice and have conversation, but they said they just wanted to run....no i have heard of guys dropping girls like a fat middle school kid trying a 5k for the first time, but shit i got the disrespect on this one.
slow slow slow, didnt want to talk, didnt say anything, then after 3 miles she said i could speed up cause she could tell i was holding back. now i was pissed, ask me to jog with you, go your pace, turns out your pace is waaaay slower than when you run with your gf's, and then when im trying to talk she says she just wants to run...then tells me to push it. i just turned around and pushed it hard back home. didnt wait up for her or anything.
after the 2nd girl did that to me, i chose to never do that shit again, like whats the point, and like the girl who posted said, wtf?
now the girl i did run with was zolia gomez, a ASC all american, pro marathoner. it was my first day at ASC and the coach wanted me to be an 800 guy, so he told me to run with the girls team, i was like "ok they are national champs prob going to be a brisk run"....well all the girls but one were going around 7:40 or so pace, and for a while i was ok to stay with them, but soon i was like "f this im out" and took off.
soon i caught eye of a girl pretty far ahead of me, i caught up, and to my surprise she was moving. we were ripping off 6's like it was butter, well for her anyway and i was dying. she held on a converstation the whole time. then on the way back with 800m or so she kept picking up the pace, and i kept staying with her. she finished her 70 min run hard as hell and my shallow man pride did all i could to stay with her. i finished and died in the grass, she said thanks for running with me, usually no one runs with me. and then procedded to do 10 strides...haha never did that again
You remind me of that song "She's Talkin' Again"
Any thought that enters your head issues forth fast and without structure. Spend a little less time on letsrun and a little more time on your language studies there in Alamosa, sport.
Tip: get your run in, then run with the girls. Don't mix actual running and pleasure.
You should always run slightly behind a female running companion. The view is much better.
It doesn't matter if the guy was trolling or not, it's still a good topic and not really absurd.
What do you do when running with someone so slow it hurts? I would never drop a girl, but I have a really hard time staying at 10 minute pace for long.
Der Publik wrote:
It doesn't matter if the guy was trolling or not, it's still a good topic and not really absurd.
What do you do when running with someone so slow it hurts? I would never drop a girl, but I have a really hard time staying at 10 minute pace for long.
I've run for 30+ years with runners of different paces. If a slower runner asks to run with you, either plan to run at that runner's pace or discuss with them what you would like to head of time.
If you can't handle the slow pace and the other runner is unfamiliar with the area, you just need to suck it up and run the slower pace. Or, ask the slower runner if he/she would mind running alone for a mile or so while you retrace your steps to get in some faster running. They'll probably say yes, so backtrack 30-45 seconds and then turn around and catch up. You'll still come across as a jerk, but as less of a jerk than if you run ahead, leaving them in your dust. Or, you might say, "I'm going to take this side street out and back to the corner. Keep going, I'll catch up."
When I run with faster runners, which is most of the time anymore, I look for places to cut the course to get a breather that allows me to keep up for more of the workout.
fisky wrote:
[quote]Der Publik wrote:
If you can't handle the slow pace and the other runner is unfamiliar with the area, you just need to suck it up and run the slower pace. Or, ask the slower runner if he/she would mind running alone for a mile or so while you retrace your steps to get in some faster running. They'll probably say yes, so backtrack 30-45 seconds and then turn around and catch up. You'll still come across as a jerk, but as less of a jerk than if you run ahead, leaving them in your dust. Or, you might say, "I'm going to take this side street out and back to the corner. Keep going, I'll catch up."
Those 2 techniques would piss me off more than anything.
Here are two thoughts:
1) it's just one run. 1 run out of your entire life. Suck it up, run slow, and make up for it the next day or with a double. 1 run. your whole life. and then maybe pass on running with that person again, or realize that it will be slow.
2) if the person you are running with is dying, tell them you need to take a leak. Even if you don't. They will appreciate the breather and then you can start back up slower and pretend like the first part didn't happen.
Only two rules I know of:
1. Run their pace
2. Don't fart
I hope you only broke the first rule...
Brown Shoes wrote:
Only two rules I know of:
1. Run their pace
2. Don't fart
I hope you only broke the first rule...
I got news for you: women fart. And many are lactose intolerant and have IBS. And I will even venture that women fart more than men.
They just don't take great delight in it and try to share it with others as much.
You lie!!
RU talking about the unwritten rule about dropping your droors and beating it on her head directly after a run?
Women don't fart. That was the dog.
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Women don't fart. That was the dog.
Ha-Ha! I don't want you to give away any gender secrets but at what age were you taught to blame the dog?
Moron Detector wrote:
Beep
OldXCguy wrote:
Very clever combination of posting name and content. Well done sir (or madam)!
I concur.
Abbie Norml wrote:
They just don't take great delight in it and try to share it with others as much.
Sorry to burst the bubble, but sometimes I take delight in sharing it with others. For example: I'm walking with a friend and suddenly stop and say - did you hear that? And when the friend asks "Hear what?", I tweet a sweet one.
I learned this trick from a gay friend. Mind you, I don't do it often, because I don't have the sphincter control necessary for the comedic timing.
Mrs. M wrote:
Abbie Norml wrote:They just don't take great delight in it and try to share it with others as much.
Sorry to burst the bubble, but sometimes I take delight in sharing it with others. For example: I'm walking with a friend and suddenly stop and say - did you hear that? And when the friend asks "Hear what?", I tweet a sweet one.
I learned this trick from a gay friend. Mind you, I don't do it often, because I don't have the sphincter control necessary for the comedic timing.
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And that, sweet M., is EXACTLY why you are on my list of letsrun people I'd drink with - you have a great sense of humor.
But my wife is lactose intolerant and also suffers from some constipation at times. So she eats fiber. She is much more gassy than me and I am pretty bad. When we wake up in the morning is sounds like a swamp full of frogs in the spring time.
However, she always says "excuse me" and never blames it on the dog. Our 4 year old daughter however cracks em off like a pro and is quite amused by it. The poor kid gets a little bloated at times and let out a melodic toot one evening probably 5 seconds in duration. She smiled with a look of half wonder/half pride but when she was through she said "It's gonna burn your eyes!"
What a GREAT kid you have!