What is the worst thing during a race you've ever said to someone or had said to you? And did it make any difference in outcome?
What is the worst thing during a race you've ever said to someone or had said to you? And did it make any difference in outcome?
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Beep Beep ... every damn time
I was taunting this guy (from the sidelines like a pussy) during the 800 at a local invite, telling him my less than stellar was teammate was going to kick his ass. He won the 800, then came back to run my leg on the 4x400. He passed me on the homestretch and said, "See ya, you f---ing pussy!" Sad to admit, but the best I ever heard.
Remember: if someone makes a verbal statement tha you don't like it's okay to assault them.
My freshman year of high school, a rival schools stud went out in last place for the first 3 or 4 laps of the 2 mile then made comments to everyone on the track as he passed them. About half the kids got a "beep beep" or something along the lines of the "c-ya later" or "wow you are slow", he passed me with like 400 to go and just said "I'll be taking over now". He wasn't too offensive or bad, but it pissed a lot of people off. Officals included, one of which wanted to DQ him quite badly.
'try walking, it might faster'
me and a team mate yelled to each other during a 2-mile race, stuff like yayah! and hhwwhhaaat! a la Little John.
I told someone I knew to "rock on" when I passed him in a 5K.
During the last lap of a 3200m race, my coach started yelling at me "You're gonna lose! You're gonna lose!" as we started our kick.
I lost because I started laughing. I couldn't believe my own coach would say that.
Mtn Dew wrote:
Remember: if someone makes a verbal statement tha you don't like it's okay to assault them.
Damn straight.
In a marathon once, a guy ran by me and said "grow some tits". I beat him in the race. I was racewalking! I never did get what his problem was.
my crazy coach my freshman year had the best insult of my high school career. the 4x800 anchor just started and my teammate who was 2nd place in xc and had run a 419 was up against some bum who ran a 440 mile. well on the way up the front stretch the bum ran up along side my teammate and jsut stared at him for about 50 meters then took the lead with 400 to go. my man then with 300 left absolutely crushed him. when the bum got to the last 60 meters my coach ran beside him and yelled "what r u starring at now boy...thats right the back of his shirt!"
Someone once called me a "schmuck".
Someone once said this to me after a race:
"Way to be a douchepump. I wank to pics of your mom!"
my teammates and I yelled, "eat a bagel!" to all the skinny anorexic girls in the 5k at a meet once.
fdgdfsgdsf wrote:
my crazy coach my freshman year had the best insult of my high school career. the 4x800 anchor just started and my teammate who was 2nd place in xc and had run a 419 was up against some bum who ran a 440 mile. well on the way up the front stretch the bum ran up along side my teammate and jsut stared at him for about 50 meters then took the lead with 400 to go. my man then with 300 left absolutely crushed him. when the bum got to the last 60 meters my coach ran beside him and yelled "what r u starring at now boy...thats right the back of his shirt!"
Sounds like an extremely immature coach.
"grow some tits". I beat him in the race. I was racewalking! I never did get what his problem was.
You should have replied with, "grow some balls"
Not an insult but the coolest thing I've ever seen is one of my teammates in the 800m, after winning by like 100m (he crushed the field) he stood at the finish line, pulled off his singlet and kinda posed there to the guy finishing in second place from a rival school. Apparently those two guys didn't like each other.
The officials got SUPER PISSED at him when he did this and yelled at our coach, threatening to DQ the whole team, blah blah blah. It was worth it though, super funniest thing I've ever seen.
If I'm having a bad race my wife will tell me to "Waddle On" Basically, I never should have told her the reason to stop getting me RW for x-mas every year.
Not a particularly bad comment but something which is typical of this certain coach who has reappeared on the scene...last 200 m of a x-c race. Many years ago I'm challenging one of this coach's Vikes charges (or vice-versa). He yells, "Don't let HIM (meaning me) bother you, he's weak!" So I buried this guy's butt bigtime like 20 m behind me. Super kick in!
Thanks 'Alfie' for the motivation, showed myself I had more left than I dreamed possible.