Best retaliation to getting yelled at while running

Show them the goat!

Once I was on the bike lane and a lady told me "this is not a running lane" while passing me by. I replied "would be easier to pass if you weren't so fat".I'm a built 180lbs so don't get shit often, even though I run shirtless and barefoot, with short shorts, so people are just confused. All they can think is WTF. Most of the time I get funny jokes about my shoes. Why don't you have shoes? Why not, wolves don't need shoes. Where are your shoes? I lost them. It's dirty! I can wash it. Watch out, there's glass on next street! Thanks, I'm fine, there's glass everywhere. Does it hurt? Sometimes after 20 miles.If I don't know what to say, I just give a peace sign to whatever comment. I once ran with a stick, I wanted to practice pacing a marathon and I got lots of olympics flame comments. That was great!

SC Runner wrote:

The girl yelled "Put a shirt on...thats gross". So I yelled back "Put a mask on...thats gross"

Great one! I'll use that one for sure!

And awesome post from Pat the Cat!!

Bumping.

I realized how runner-friendly my current hometown is after staying a night in hotel in southern Ohio - and attempting to run at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon in 2-inch split shorts through a few busy intersections and residential streets.

A mere 3 minutes into my run I get "hey queer!"

10 minutes later it was some middle-aged redneck yelling "f--ing fagg-t" while driving past me 40 mph in his beat up truck.

30 minutes later it was another "fag" from a couple of teens on their bikes in a poor suburb.

I cut the run short because I was just pissed off and the route was lousy anyways.

I am fortunate enough to live near a D1 school where it isn't uncommon for you to see the XC/TF teams training at all hours of the day. I've also got miles of dirt roads that where hardly anyone lives, so I'm at peace most of the time.

Hats off to those who still continue to train in the poor/redneck areas.

Not having read the whole thread, I have a few things I want to say:

1) I have no idea if Rupp and Farah are clean. Yes, the thyroid thing gives me pause, too. On the other hand, no, I don't think Rupp's progression is suspicious. He ran 3:34 last year, so this mile PR was a big jump on paper only. As for running sub-13 and sub-27, well, I think those breakthroughs were overdue. They certainly didn't come after years of "struggling." Rupp's college years saw huge consistent development, and now I think he's showing the strength that comes from years and years of uninterrupted training.

2) I think it's one thing to "ask the question" about an athlete's cleanliness. Making vague accusations based on your personal inability to believe a time without any real credible evidence is bullsh*t, however. Looking an athlete like Solomon and saying "He had a breakthrough season, what's he on?" is the same thing Glenn Beck does when he says "Oh, well I'm not SAYING Obama is a Manchurian candidate out to destroy us all, I'm just ASKING what if he Is?" "Asking the question" can be a veiled personal attack and any adult should know that.

Are there suspicious things about athletes? Maggie Vessey tested positive for a banned diuretic- was it an innocent mistake or something more sinister? That's a good question to ask. I don't have any insight. When Tegenkamp, a few years ago, mentioned he was having blood-spinning done to help a tendon heal, was he doing something that's banned? Good question. Does Rupp's asthma/thyroid medication have an effect similar to banned substances, allowing his TUE to cover his use? I don't know either, but it's a good question.

Saying "Rupp couldn't run sub4 in the mile until 2009, now in 2013, he's faster. WHAT'S HE ON?!?!" is not asking a valid question, it's nothing more than a attack.

3) These boards are disgusting. The Brojos do a horrible job moderating, and seem to think elite athletes and coaches quitting the board in disgust is fine, and even evidence of "real dialogue" or something. Jack Daniels used to post all the time and answer questions and foster substantive debate. He was open about his research and his experiences with athletes most of us only got to read about. He also got run out of town on a rail. Lots of other great posters dealt with the same poisonous atmosphere and got shouted down by a mob of trolls. I don't know why the Brojos don't at least try to do a better job, instead of lauding anonymous people launching personal attacks and justifying it by saying so-and-so is a "public figure." As much as I find ADuck personally annoying, I largely agree with his points about this board being less and less civil and useful.

4) I don't think the Brojos understand that being a jerk and fostering "controversy" isn't doing squat for the sport. TMZ and Entertainment Television doesn't elevate journalism, the Sunday pundit bitchfests don't elevate political discourse, and the bunch of mean posts and pseudoarticles meant to attack athletes (I'm thinking the feature on Webb being mad after a race) certainly don't elevate running as a sport here.

Anyway, those are my 4 cents. Troll me as you willNot having read the whole thread, I have a few things I want to say:

1) I have no idea if Rupp and Farah are clean. Yes, the thyroid thing gives me pause, too. On the other hand, no, I don't think Rupp's progression is suspicious. He ran 3:34 last year, so this mile PR was a big jump on paper only. As for running sub-13 and sub-27, well, I think those breakthroughs were overdue. They certainly didn't come after years of "struggling." Rupp's college years saw huge consistent development, and now I think he's showing the strength that comes from years and years of uninterrupted training.

2) I think it's one thing to "ask the question" about an athlete's cleanliness. Making vague accusations based on your personal inability to believe a time without any real credible evidence is bullsh*t, however. Looking an athlete like Solomon and saying "He had a breakthrough season, what's he on?" is the same thing Glenn Beck does when he says "Oh, well I'm not SAYING Obama is a Manchurian candidate out to destroy us all, I'm just ASKING what if he Is?" "Asking the question" can be a veiled personal attack and any adult should know that.

Are there suspicious things about athletes? Maggie Vessey tested positive for a banned diuretic- was it an innocent mistake or something more sinister? That's a good question to ask. I don't have any insight. When Tegenkamp, a few years ago, mentioned he was having blood-spinning done to help a tendon heal, was he doing something that's banned? Good question. Does Rupp's asthma/thyroid medication have an effect similar to banned substances, allowing his TUE to cover his use? I don't know either, but it's a good question.

Saying "Rupp couldn't run sub4 in the mile until 2009, now in 2013, he's faster. WHAT'S HE ON?!?!" is not asking a valid question, it's nothing more than a attack.

3) These boards are disgusting. The Brojos do a horrible job moderating, and seem to think elite athletes and coaches quitting the board in disgust is fine, and even evidence of "real dialogue" or something. Jack Daniels used to post all the time and answer questions and foster substantive debate. He was open about his research and his experiences with athletes most of us only got to read about. He also got run out of town on a rail. Lots of other great posters dealt with the same poisonous atmosphere and got shouted down by a mob of trolls. I don't know why the Brojos don't at least try to do a better job, instead of lauding anonymous people launching personal attacks and justifying it by saying so-and-so is a "public figure." As much as I find ADuck personally annoying, I largely agree with his points about this board being less and less civil and useful.

4) I don't think the Brojos understand that being a jerk and fostering "controversy" isn't doing squat for the sport. TMZ and Entertainment Television doesn't elevate journalism, the Sunday pundit bitchfests don't elevate political discourse, and the bunch of mean posts and pseudoarticles meant to attack athletes (I'm thinking the feature on Webb being mad after a race) certainly don't elevate running as a sport here.

Anyway, those are my 4 cents. Troll me as you will. I hang around here for the weekly training thread and the occasional gem. They get tougher to find each year.

You should be put to death for trying to hijack one of the all-time great threads. Shame on you. You're a disgrace to mankind.

If a fat guy ever says anything to me i just give him a cold stare and say, "Nice tits."

During a run in high school I heard someone yelling at me from a car that was coming up the street behind me. I didnt live in the greatest area so I tensed and waited for whatever would be yelled/thrown at me as they passed by. As the car drove by me I looked over and to my surprise the driver had his head, shoulders, and most of his upper body out of the sunroof of the car(no idea how he was driving as he was the only one passenger in the car.) He looked at me and yelled "I'm the tallest man in the world!" before continuing off. Idk why but something about this has always cracked me up.

One time when I was running, some guys yelled "Why AreYou running" I then proceeded to go home and summon demons to possess them. Let's just say I never saw them again

Usually yell "shut up, democrat"

this is so true! I always think of the very best com backs when I am too far away from them haha! With that said.. I have ran back a few times ;)

Dennis wrote:

"The best comebacks are usually the one you think of a mile later."

isn't that the damn truth.

I treat the hecklers much like a stray dog. Firstly I do my best to completely ignore them. If they invade my personal space I pick up a rock to throw in case of emergency. Works pretty well.

When I was in High School XC, my little brother was in Jr. High XC. One practice, the coach had HS kids ride in a van to BF Egypt and then run back into town. As we were leaving town, the Jr. High kids were warming up. I saw my brother and with my arm out the window, but so no one in the van could see, I discretely flipped him the bird. He went full on mental, and gave me both barrels--running into the middle of the lane, and excitedly flipping off the van with both hands. My coach simply said, "What is your little brother's problem?"

Epic.

You are right.

I never show them any emotion.

I live in a Republican state so I just take out my gun and calmly shoot them in the head with a big smile.

It works every time.

Just point and laugh at them, works every time for anything they say. No one likes being laughed at.

I usually yell racial slurs at passing cars.....even if the passengers are the correct color, white.

MORE! MORE!

this is so funny! bump

sometimes people yells things at me but like the other guy said I either can't understand what they are saying or it's something really unoriginal and not worth responding to.. if it were something creative that took some effort to think of then I may take some effort responding.. but most it's just people honking or for some reason they rev their engine as they are driving by, I'm not really sure what they are trying to insinuate by revving their engine.. That they are in a car and can drive faster than I am running or something? It's not like I am incapable of driving a car and revving an engine, I'm just choosing to run at that specific moment of time for some greater good for myself.. it's like dur dur dur lol