You Know You're at a Local Fun Run When....

When 3rd place in the women's 5k finishes with a purse on.

When the race director calls the runners crazy for getting up so early to run a 5k in what's considered cold for floridians

When there is a guy with no legs pushing off on a skateboard with his hands and actually competing with 3/4 of the field

When your sphincter muscle contracts to the beat of the warm up music.

You win the race

Charlie wrote:

You win the race

This.

The Shirt wrote:

Charlie wrote:

You win the race

This.

62:28

A local 10 miler.

I kind of felt guilty about the time, but somebody had to finish first.

When at the awards ceremony at a race you've never ran before, as an 18:00 5k weekend warrior, the RD says before announcing your name for (X) place "And we've heard of this guy before"

Consider This wrote:

The Shirt wrote:

When your 5k split in the 10k could have won the 5k race.

LOL! That would make the 2003 World Championships a "local fun run"!

You picked the wrong example to use here

(This can be discussed on another thread)

Running on Empathy wrote:

Love it wrote:

Laughed hard at this one:

"..... when the race director uses a double-barreled shotgun to start the race"

what kind of redneck races are you running in? Is first prize a night with Missy-Lou Hillbilly? With second prize being two nights with Missy-Lou Hillbilly?

FYI - the race starter was Black.

Some of you need to grow a pair .....

And this proves what exactly?

Its probably a lot quicker than most posters on here.

You run the race because they advertise it as "pending certification" so you can get a tune up race in. But the course ends up being way short and the mile markers seem to be placed at random locations.

The guy who finished second comes up to you after your cool down run and asks if there was anyone in front of you. You look at the results and realize that they combined some of the 5K finishers, who started at the same time, with the 10K results and you are listed as 20th instead of 1st. You, the second place guy, and first place woman talk to the RD about it and he just shrugs and says its too late now and they are about to start the awards.

You chuckle when an overweight middle aged woman is awarded first overall for the 10K and jumps up and down like she was on the Price is Right[/], oblivious to the fact that she did the 5K and scores of people finished in front of her in that race.

True story.

Race Numbers on their backs .

Water bottle belts in a 5k.

I remember somebody complaining about the fact that there were only three water stations in a 10k..Seriously concerned about the danger to lives..It was in Ireland. They don't do hot weather.

The race director delays the start for 10 minutes, so that he and some of the runners can continue to watch the cricket on TV.

This happened in New Zealand this week... I suspect that in India the race would be delayed several hours when the cricket is on.

Participants using their cell phones during the race.

Or when a girl wins the race.

I once jumped into a local 4th of July 10K after barely running for years and was the first place male finisher in 43 minutes but a girl finished ahead of me in 42 minutes.

That was a really weird experience, hanging around for the awards.

(Disclaimer: My PR is 31:05. It's amazing how out of shape you can get you get completely away from running)

When a known doper who is suspended shows up and wins. Then when the race director is confronted he says..."USATF? WADA? What's that"

GREAT events for the dopers to run under the radar....

When you show up and look for other people wearing a singlet to see who your competition might be.

A guy in Vibrams takes his place in the front run and minces on the balls of his feet to a 30 second 200, and then blows up and finishes the 5k in 28 minutes.

You win the race outright

Northeast resident wrote:

Participants using their cell phones during the race.

Threadcrap alert... In my bowling league this Sunday a woman on the other team bowled 2 frames while talking on her cell phone. She didn't put the phone down for 15 seconds to throw the ball. She didn't ask for a time out to handle her phone business. As she was walking up to throw her ball she was talking to the person on the other end of the line.

I was dumbfounded.

when the 5k and 10k are run together, and the race volunteers are surprised that the first runner doesn't take the U-turn for the 5k