What is the worst insult anyone gave you about your running ability and how did you respond?

You should have told him to p!ss off with that nonsense. Maybe even got in his face. I’m serious, there’s no room for that sort of thing. Don’t let other people decide things for you.

Why did you not raise your middle finger in response? Without a word or a glance?

Yes I would have stopped that workout on a dime and initiated an immediate escalation.

Given that he works as an instructor in a gym, it is very likely that he doesn't know much about how to properly train...or at least that's true for the vast majority of people that has that job.

I was told if I had serious talent, it would have been spotted in grade school.

Was in dead last at a invite and like 30m back in the 1600, and some random guy on the infield asked his friend why i was so slow. Killed my motivation and messed up my head.

(I went out at 600m pace because my coached wanted me to open harder, it was my first track invite ever)

You run like a girl.

That person was jealous or a hater.

There are lots of random idiots or haters.

My brother told me I would never run a sub-4:00 mile. He was a baseball player for Pete's sake! Maybe he was right but many people would kill to run 4:20 in high school. I could have done that.

I was a trainer for almost 15 years and even had professional athletes. Often people try to impress the public to get more business. At my current club, one guy tried to interest me by being all touchy-feeling the very first time I even saw the dude. Since when do you have to touch the client? If you do, it's best that you ask first. Isn't that common sense?

WoW, that person sounds like a piece of work!

Holy fk that’s good

'Hey loser you run like Rojo.'

Local sprint coach shouting at the group: "I'm faster than you and I have an artificial hip!"

Not an insult, but a comment that hurt. I once met a top runner in the "landscape" running scene (races from 25 - 50km with lots of elevation gain and with all kinds of terrain). He has won major races several times, the toughest guy I know. We talked a lot and sometimes trained together. Unlike him, I wasn't a marathon runner and of course not as good as him. Once we went for a long run in the hills. After 90 minutes (I was already toasted) he increased the pace for the last few miles as if it were a championship, I quickly didn't even see him in the woods anymore. When I finally arrived at the parking lot, he said to me: Tell me, you don't like to make an effort, do you?

I was running the Fiesta Bowl Marathon in Phoenix in 1977. I was 20 years old. In the first couple miles I found myself running next to a fellow (Phil Stanforth) that I knew of from my home state (South Dakota). I had a PB of 2:29:20 and he asked me what I was hoping to run that day. I said 2:25. A runner next to us heard this and started chuckling. I ran 2:24:54.

I once was the manager of a popular night club. I had an employee who would let all of his friends in the back door even though they were not VIPs. I told him to stop letting people in the back door. He told me to tell that to my mom. That insult hurt so much that it sent me into a deep depression. I have never recovered from it.

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