I realize that for the most part road runners have ego's. When it comes to running its usually about us. But for the most part road racers keep the ego's under wraps. However most trail runners I know seem to have this huge ego about them. This 'I run trails so that makes me a bad@ss' mentality. I don't get it, whats so special about trail runners that gives them this sense of cockiness that they possess.
"egos", not "ego's"
plural not possessive
In all honesty, they went to the trails to dodge real competition anyways. They had fragile egos to begin with; all of the huffing and puffing about trail badassery is phoney. If you want to see for yourself go to a trail race, sit on a trail runner and kick him down. Boy will he be mad!
Have you tried running any trails. There hard. If you get good at them you have really done something. Myself I am not good at them...Yet. It is harder on a trail,run 5 miles on road no big deal. Run 5 miles on a good trail,now thats a workout!
Learn how to use an apostrophe. It's pretty easy and people will be less likely to reflexively dismiss anything you've written. Good luck.
xcvzxc wrote:
In all honesty, they went to the trails to dodge real competition anyways. They had fragile egos to begin with; all of the huffing and puffing about trail badassery is phoney. If you want to see for yourself go to a trail race, sit on a trail runner and kick him down. Boy will he be mad!
And you gotta love when the seemingly fast road guy goes and tries to hang with the slow trail guy for a few more miles than he is used to (but hey its just joggin, ya know, and you can do that forever, right?) and then after awhile fast-road guy gets dropped like an f-bomb, and what is cool is the road guy never gets pissed.
Instead he just says running trails is stupid and only arrogant people do it... and on and on
Now THAT is a big ego.
So maybe you know a bit about what you are posting here.
I agree with the previous guy. "Egoless" road "distance" runner goes on a 30-miler with an ultra dude at a slow and conversational jogging pace, and he/she is completely destroyed after only four hours of running.
30 miler and "only four hours in he is tired?" so what you are talking about 10 min/mile (assuming 5 hr run)? So you are talking about walking.
10 min/mile is not walking. Go for a five-hour run. Let us know how you fare.
"road racers keep their egos under wraps"
that was funny
It's only 30 miles, why should he have to do it for 5 hours?
stick with match.com wrote:
I realize that for the most part road runners have ego's. When it comes to running its usually about us. But for the most part road racers keep the ego's under wraps. However most trail runners I know seem to have this huge ego about them. This 'I run trails so that makes me a bad@ss' mentality. I don't get it, whats so special about trail runners that gives them this sense of cockiness that they possess.
Note the editorial corrections:
Road runners have egos. Life and running is about us. Road racers maintain a fairly healthy ego. Most trail runners have huge egos and believe: "I run trails and trail running makes me a badass." I don't get it? Why are trail runners so cocky?
Your logic and ethos is almost as bad as your writing style. We all have egos. They just vary in size. You are an arrogant person with a lot to be humble about.
And that's why I am The Smartest Let's Run Poster.
Milton wrote:
Have you tried running any trails. There hard. If you get good at them you have really done something. Myself I am not good at them...Yet. It is harder on a trail,run 5 miles on road no big deal. Run 5 miles on a good trail,now thats a workout!
"They're hard", not "there hard." Seriously, people, bad grammar like this just makes you look stupid. You should invest some time to learn simple rules like the difference between there, their, and they're, and when to use apostrophes (Hint: you don't use them in plurals... ever!).
someone else wrote:
Milton wrote:Have you tried running any trails. There hard. If you get good at them you have really done something. Myself I am not good at them...Yet. It is harder on a trail,run 5 miles on road no big deal. Run 5 miles on a good trail,now thats a workout!
"They're hard", not "there hard." Seriously, people, bad grammar like this just makes you look stupid. You should invest some time to learn simple rules like the difference between there, their, and they're, and when to use apostrophes (Hint: you don't use them in plurals... ever!).
Maybe I'm wrong but you don't need the period after the apostrophe.
That's great that they may able to handle 5 hour runs while the road racer can't. So what? I could probably smoke them in a mile or in a 5k on the road. But you don't see me boasting about that all over the internet and at races. There is another thing about trail runners that's really annoying. This whole 'if you're not part of us then you are an outcast' By that I mean if you don't wear the expensive trail gear with the expensive trail gear then you might as well not even talk to me attitude. Get off your high horse trail runners.
Should people that run marathons at the south pole also have large egos? Yes, it's possible that the road runner might not do well running in the south pole. Yes, it's possible that Dean Karnazes could beat Haile at the Antarctic Ice Marathon because Haile would probably drop out because he'd be freezing. So what? Go run a normal race, who cares about the "extreme running."
I run on the roads and the trails. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. If you run a tough course, you are a badass. If you run fast on the roads, you are also a badass. You people are so petty.
To the poster above....what does expensive trail gear look like? Don't you just need shoes and shorts? That's what I use at least along with just about every other person I've raced with on any surface.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wrote:
someone else wrote:"They're hard", not "there hard." Seriously, people, bad grammar like this just makes you look stupid. You should invest some time to learn simple rules like the difference between there, their, and they're, and when to use apostrophes (Hint: you don't use them in plurals... ever!).
Maybe I'm wrong but you don't need the period after the apostrophe.
I think you meant "exclamation point", and not apostrophe.
A better question is why do trail runners have such big penises! Been there, done that!
I don't find trail runners to be any more or less egotistical than road runners, but I will say that there is more of the attitude of "finishing is the goal" where just the challenge of completion is seen as impressive. But you get it on the roads with the marathon too (and sometimes even with the half, the 10k, and even the 5k). I think that's the attitude you're referring to, and yes, that does exist.
Also, I'll agree that the road are far more competitive, but as someone who has done a fair degree of trail racing, I will also add that it's easy to underestimate how difficult it can be to run fast. I'm a mid 15 minute 5k, low 32 minute 10k guy, with a history of decent mileage on trails. I did a trail half marathon that went down, up, then back down a ski slope, and I thought I could just waltz in and clean up... the previous winners had only averaged 8:00 miles or so. I went two years ago and was runner up, and was wiped for the next week or two, came back this year and won, but both years only managed a little under 7:45 pace. The paces don't sound that fast, but on that terrain and for that distance, it catches up, especially on technical tracks.