What are the beat and worst things that you've heard yelled at a race?

Best thing: Looking good!

Worst thing: You're almost there!

CUUUUUUUUUUUCHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Cracked me up.

I wasn't there to hear it, but my college XC coach apparently told a teammate he'd "rip [his] nipples off if he let the guy from XXschoolXX pass him in the final 400m."

I don't think he let the guy pass him.

The same coach told me to not let anybody pass me in the final 2 miles of an 8k because I'd "already embarrassed the team enough as it is."

at a recent girl's XC meet I heard a coach yell: "NICE FOOT PLANT!" I've also heard "USE YOUR LEGS!" a few times. The funniest is the coaches just screaming at some poor kids: "RELAX!!!"

Best thing: not said but on a sign, roughly mile 18 of the Green Bay Marathon. Little kid holding a sign listing major cities like Chicago, Boston, London and their distance from Green Bay and at the bottom it said "Finish line- 8 miles. It's all about perspective." Made me laugh.

Worst thing: I hate it when people say "keep going." I always think, really? Do I look so bad that I might quit right here?

A common phrase from my college coach was "You're running with the garbage!" It wasn't appreciated by anyone.

Albeit to another teammate, he once yelled "You're running like f***ing donkey." Not sure where he was going there.

He had quite a few on-liners. While not in ear-shot of the women's team, he would frequently say "It's like watching the grass grow" while watching the women's 10k on the track.

In high school one of the officials at a cross country meet heard our team cuss and then cited us stating that cussing could disqualify our team and then cited us again for not wearing shirts. When we started the race we all yelled "SHIT!" at the same time. Other times we scream and mumbled "Where's the bus?" which sounds like something else.

Increase cadence, land on the forefoot!!!!!!

As I ran the Chicago Marathon a great sign read:

Hurry up, Honey! DA BEARS play at 3:00pm.

Run like a sprinter. I immediately got way faster.

Phones from Obama wrote:

Other times we scream and mumbled "Where's the bus?" which sounds like something else.

What did it sound like?

DWIGHT SCHRUTE wrote:

at a recent girl's XC meet I heard a coach yell: "NICE FOOT PLANT!" I've also heard "USE YOUR LEGS!" a few times. The funniest is the coaches just screaming at some poor kids: "RELAX!!!"

Why is that funny? Running relaxed makes you run faster.

The last mile of the men's Ivy League 5k is by far the greatest cheering I've ever witnessed.

Many of the schools do this thing where they clap twice and then say the school name. Since the camps are setup in different parts of the track, the cheering blends into on another as you move around the track

It's like:

clap clap U PENN clap clap UPEN...

...clap clap CU clap clap CU...

Brown does this thing where they just clap three times

clap clap clap...clap clap clap...

As you fly around the track in that lead pack, passing the different team camps, it's just awesome

The way we said it: a mumbled "what the Fvck!?

Punch Brother wrote:

Phones from Obama wrote:

Other times we scream and mumbled "Where's the bus?" which sounds like something else.

What did it sound like?

I'll admit I'm dense, but I'm not getting it either.

"KEEP BREATHING'

Best and most inspiring:

Mile 9 at NYC Marathon, a giant black dude

steps out of crowd and yells in booming voice in my ear,

"There's no question!!"

Precisely what I needed to hear at the time.

Most discouraging:

"Dad, catch the guy in the gorilla suit!"

By my son, GG Park, Bay to Breakers.

With 200 to go in a HS 2-mile dual-meet with our main rival: "Come on, xxx, beat this @sshole!! (me)"

a. I'm not an @sshole

b. It didn't work

be running high school 3200m

PR is only 10:52 from year before

gun goes off, first 200m in 29 secs for leaders (10:0X guys btw)

I was dead last in 35 secs.

As I'm running by where my team was sitting in the stands all I hear them saying is "Go faster!!!!!!" and "Catch up to those guys!!!!"

(stupid sprinters)

Stayed in last until 1200m to go and ended up getting fourth in 10:28 while beating those guys who sprinted the first 400m

another one that i hated is when people would cheer for a runner from their own school by yelling out "Go (insert school name here)!!!!"