Stereotyical Runners - 'GQ Running Guy,' 'Headband Hippie Running Dude, 'Cherry Picker Race Winning Guy' and more

I saw the 'Headband Hippie Running Dude' last year. Twice in one week. Where did he go? He had an American flag themed half shirt. I wanted to ask him where he bought it.

How about, the "I'm so superior to everyone else that I feel comfortable sterotyping people" Running Guy?

"Tool with a 'Hey Look at Me' Blog Running Guy"

One of my favorites is:

"'I'm going to make novice runners believe I'm a running guru' running guy"

So, Gary writes this under the Cherry Picking Race Guy essay:

"“Cherry Picker Race Winning Guy’ is a pretty good runner – he just isn’t one of the outstanding top racers in his area so he is very selective about his races. While top local 5k races might take a time of 15 to 17 minutes to win, he takes his 19:30 speed to the ‘Possum Festival 5k’ or the ‘Run to Repair the Damaged Storm Drain 5k.’ After winning he will show up at a major local race the next weekend just so he can brag about his victory. He won’t be running in the race, just volunteering, so this gives him ample opportunity to let everyone know that the previous weekend he won the ‘Make Line Dancing the Official Dance of Georgia 5k.’ He doesn’t bother to mention his time except to friends and family members who don’t know the difference between finishing in 14 minutes, 18 minutes or 22 minutes. ‘Cherry Picker Race Winning Guy’ gets all sorts of congratulations and high fives from his adoring fans. To them – he is a hero! Darn it – I think he’s smarter than me!"

And then talks smack about letsrunners essentially doing the same thing. Might need to add "Hypocrite Internet Running Blog Guy" to the list.

I think an essay on "Clueless guy putting word documents on his website and expecting other people to download and read them" is in order.

So how is making fun of runners and interviewing has-been contributing to the sport?

Stick to JoggersWorld and Daily Smile. They're more at your level.

I do appreciate the last working geocities site on the internet.

"the one stepper" - guy that always has to be one step ahead.

"the bathroom guy" - stops everyday at least once in the middle of the run to pee.

"the workout hero" - dominates workouts or track sessions but can't race fast.

"the same route guy" - guy that loves to run the same route even though you may have ran there the previous 3 days in a row.

"the heavy breather" - guy that breathes heavy no matter what pace youre going.

"the cut off guy" - guy that will just turn right in front of you with no notice at all because he knows the route and you don't (but a little warning would be nice).

Just a few suggestions.

Btw I read some of them they are quite comical!

What, the exact same thread from 6 months ago is outdated already?

What about the runner who marries a fat wife?

What sterotype is this?

Yes Gary if you think this means YOU, then it does!!

See you out on the White Blaze!

Hey Gary,

What stereotype are you?

Did you "train her" too?

Hide the TWINKIES!

Gary is "Back in the day" guy!

The blog is a joke...I think...

I mean this in the kindest possible way, but why the hell would I want to download a Word document from some guy on the Internet?

How Rude!!

She is just big-boned like me.

He is a "cherry picker" runner!

Ocala Marathon/ Half Marathon?

How many participants?

200 on a good day!

super will wrote:

I do appreciate the last working geocities site on the internet.

Maybe he's also on here:

Yeah, I am going to download Word docs from your shady ass website that f***s up my browser.

What is wrong with you?

Can't you just use Blogger or something? What is this crap, damn?

Gary I know this has been beaten to death already but I just want to re-emphasize how much your site would be vastly improved just by getting rid of the resize and by posting all the word docs as HTML. Letsrun is popular partly because it's so easy to navigate when you're managing multiple windows at work or whatever. Having to go full screen and switch programs just isn't worth the effort when other sites offer the same thing. If you want to compete on the internet you have to appeal to the laziest browser.

Just my $.02 - thanks for posting some interesting articles!