Obnoxious yuppie triathlete at the office giving me advice for Boston

That's pretty funny.

what's her name?

check her out on

www.athlinks.com

or google

I think you should point out to her that maybe Big Sur was too tough a course for her, and she should try something flat, NOT Boston or New York, maybe Chicago? also, Chicago is likely to be cooler, which gives her even more chance of finishing. After all, she must have been veeeeerrrryyy disapointed not to finish?

Hey, thanks nutella! I'll check her results :)

She looks fit enough, I can tell she's going to the gym, but she's just so self-centered and fake...fake boobs, LA haircut, and always talking about her dates with finance guys.

I didn't think she could get more annoying, but hey, she managed to surprise me today :) with her "Boston is flat".

I wonder if Big Sur is such a hard course..? Have you guys run it?

Very intense, yeah wrote:

Hey, thanks nutella! I'll check her results :)

She looks fit enough, I can tell she's going to the gym, but she's just so self-centered and fake...fake boobs, LA haircut, and always talking about her dates with finance guys.

I didn't think she could get more annoying, but hey, she managed to surprise me today :) with her "Boston is flat".

I wonder if Big Sur is such a hard course..? Have you guys run it?

I've never run Big Sur, but it does have a reputation as a slow course due to the hills. It can also be pretty windy some days there. Sure is pretty there in Big Sur though.

wellnow wrote:

she must have been veeeeerrrryyy disapointed not to finish?

The funny thing is, she was very cool about it. She thinks the best about herself and is always self-confident.

Basically, the way she described it was that it was "normal" not to finish. If anything she takes credit for trying such an 'intense' challenge. It was a few years ago, and she never tried another marathon.

I just can't imagine that myself. I would try and try again until I finish the friggin' race.

Shut up and take it like a man!

well, obnoxiousness is a loose operative word here. One, you need to take in consideration that you were at work: The place where all dreams die. In this environment I would say this person is just confused but optimistic. In a place which is so sterile and hopelessly un-unique people tend to perch themselves in a manner much like the poodle in the wolf pack. Two, everyone is an expert once they can run two miles without stopping. My advice is to try working out with this person and let the perverbable turds float to the top. Or, never let anyone know you care about anything except the mindless role you play in this hyper materialistic consumer driven puppet show.

runfree wrote:

One, you need to take in consideration that you were at work: The place where all dreams die.

This isn't the Soviet Union, you can get a different job if you do not like your current one.

What advice was she offering? I don't see it.

Arch Stanton? I thought you were dead.

OK, so she only ran 2 road races in NY (when she sais 'qualified' to NY she meant accepted via the lottery) with her best time being 45 minutes for an 8K.

It also appeared that she only did 1 triathlon ever...in 1999! in a pretty slow time. So she's basically full of it, and just goes to be the gym to stay in shape, fine.

Disclaimer: I am tapering for Boston and might be getting overly 'sensitive' with people around me ;-)

Exactly. Runfree sounds like the unibomber. Or like he thinks he's living in the pages of 1984. In this society, you're only as oppressed as you allow yourself to be.

The other day I got cornered for like 30 minutes by an old former triathlete and marathoner. It was painful. These people are more interested in telling you about themselves and their former glory than what YOU are doing and have done.

Very intense, yeah wrote:

At this point I politely told her that I had some work to finish and left.

Basically this horrible woman who never finished a marathon, much less ran Boston, felt like she could give me advice because she was “in great shape” and “a triathlete.”

Aaargh.

Now you know what it's like for real runners to have to listen to obnoxious drivel from wannabe's like you.

Post the name. Surely we can find more races that this chick has done.

Big Sur is not all as difficult as she makes it sound. Your time definitely will be slower, because there are many long, grinding hills. But, I think that makes it a great marathon course. It's probably my favorite that I've run (and you can't beat the views- it's literally like running in a postcard picture for 26 miles). Weather can make it tough, like in an El Nino year, but when the weather's good, you can't beat it.

I have to admit I am also a triathlete, but I do know what it takes to run. To my credit, I have started AND FINISHED every race I've ever entered- including 6 marathons, 3 Mt. Washingtons, and 6 Seven Sisters (trail race in Western MA).

i agree. i've run big sur, and the winds off the ocean are gusty, to say the least. the hills are tough, both climbing and descending wreaks havoc on the quads and hamstrings. the views are great, and you cross that bridge that all the car commercials love to film on.

by the way, that website above for results is pretty cool. thanks.

So how long was that marathon you ran?