Post race after my marathon PR (2:29). I was talking to a friend--or thought so. This friend had a female friend who qualified for OTs and he was all jumping up and down about it. Asked how my race went and I said okay, PR, but had a 2 min positive split.
"What a F*g!" and he walked away.
My teammates and I recently stayed behind for a high school 5K and we lined up at the mile mark at inconspicuous distance from each other and shouted out really slow times for the guy that was coming through in about 4:58.
"6:02! 6:03! 6:04!"
Caught him off guard a bit and he looked at us in bewilderment.
I gotta have less cowbell wrote:
I know its nothing being yelled but, those godforsaken cowbells. During a race is a time I gotta have less cowbell.
+ many, many times
As I came through the first mile marker in a half-marathon, my friend happened to be working that aid station and screamed, "You're almost there!"
We then did a hairpin turn later and came back past it at about 3.5 miles at which point he yelled, "You're EVEN closer!"
Though sightly amusing, it was extremely irritating.
best - "hang in there (insert name)" from my older friend who i look up to, much faster than me. it was said at the perfect time, struggling to hold on to the pace of the lead group in a 3000. i hung in there, and finished well. no other little bit of encouragement has given me that same "push" before.
worst - "catch that guy/group ahead of you" ...trust me, im trying.
O.o wrote:
strj wrote:My "favorite" (not) is the doof who yells, "Mooove!" during a sprint race. Y'know, like he's imparting some great wisdom. Gee, coach, I think the guy already knew that he was supposed to go fast...
clearly not a sprinter
A sprinter and a coach of sprinters, actually. But when they race, it's about *them*, not about *my* ability to bellow.
Best: "Go get it. You want it more than he does." Said by a mentor at the 2.5 mile mark of a 5k where it was pretty tight for me to make state.
Worst, heard second hand, to a JV runner: "SET THE GRASS ON FIRE!"
I was in last place at the finish line and my wife gave me a huge. Someone then yelled, "well at least you're not gay!"
A friend ran the Berlin marathon. He said the instructions in German were really blunt. They said "if you see an unregistered runner, denounce him. He's going to be stealing your hydration" and "Don't kid yourself by running in the wrong corral, you will be humiliated by faster runners". The English version had no such notes.
Personal favorite...
"He's coming on you!!!"
WHAT ARE YUH DOINNNN'??????
YUH BLOWIN' IIIIITTT!!!!!
LOOSEN YOUR FINGERS
My worst was not during a run but in a little league baseball game. I was 13 and pitching in a single elimination all-star tournament game. I was a hot and cold pitcher and this day was very cold. J
As I was dying on the mound the parents were pleading for my dad/coach to yank me while my step-mother was yelling as loud as she could from right behind home plate "DO IT FOR MOM!!!!!" It was embarrassing and brought up a lot if " you are not my real mom" emotions.
I finally had to tell my dad I was done to the relief of everyone involved.
My "best" was During a recent local half with around 600 runners. Coming in to the aid station, the guy said to me "there's 590 people behind you". I'd never placed that high in a race so that felt pretty good. Finished 7th in the end.
Worst? All the inane, well meaning things that are fairly typical. Almost there, keep going etc.
Best: "Finish together!" (to catch up to a teammate just before the finish line)
Worst: I was running a 5k on the track in college in a new pair of spikes and, while I was slow (20:30) I cared about my time and wanted to know the splits my coach was giving me each lap. One lap, instead of giving me a split, he said "nice shoes" ...
best: An old African man grabbed me and yelled "come on boy run harder, run like a lion!" it was the 2nd last marathon mile, i was hot, dehydrated, exhausted and comming in near last :) i sprinted two miles, energised and ferocious. i use that moment every time i feel done.
worst: same race, i was walking during mile 18 and a volunteer yelled "your doing great!" I replied "The heat's gotten to you and made you crazy mamm!" :) i think of her whenever i see ppl cheering on those who will for sure lose. that last thing a marathoner wants to hear is how great they are, especially when they are to place last :)
"Se Doper!" and "Viva la Lance!"
"relax" and "calm down" make me freak out ever more than I usually do in the first part of races
Best: "Lookin' good old guy!"
Worst: "Lookin' good old guy!"
Worst was running in the top 20 of a largish marathon and have blindly enthusiastic, but well-meaning, bystanders at 30km yell, "You can make it!" (The same which presumably was yelled to the 4:30 runners). The horrible thing was when I pulled out a few km later. I tried to find them and accuse them of lying, but they had gone.
The best was a group of provincial girls yell, "damn, sexy legs!" My posture improved automatically.
"Suck Me"