This is a bush league move but I tend to do it when faced with a little competition. I apeed up a little to let the oncomer know that my easy pace is faster than anyone elses easy pace. I'm willing to drop all the way to tempo pace to make my point. It may be childish but I don't take this lightly.
There has to be a name in the running lexicon for this speeding up.
Etymologist wrote:
There has to be a name in the running lexicon for this speeding up.
Insecurity. Freud might have said it stemmed from dick envy.
A desperate and pathetic plea for attention stemming from being ignored as a child.
The word is not apeed that's for sure.
Just curious; How is it that you determined that your easy pace was faster than anyone else on the planet?
Smrtrthnu wrote:
The word is not apeed that's for sure.
Or perhaps it is. The OP "apeed" in his pants when another runner came up on him.
How about virile-erate? Or acceler-achismo? Testicul-eration? The SmallBall Hotfoot?
A runner came on him while he apeed his pants?
Eurapeen
Dentoning?
I believe, "Slurge "is the word you are looking for. Don't confuse this with, "Splooge".
Does this happen to you often? I can't remember the last time I had a chance encounter with any runner going faster than 9:00 pace.
Husker wrote:
A desperate and pathetic plea for attention stemming from being ignored as a child.
Hey, don't you remember when Steve Prefontaine was doing that charity run and he wouldn't even let a little kid beat him?
racism?
Oh, come clean everyone. We all do this. For me the term is "antisocial". Everytime someone catches up to me when I am doing 7-7:30s, they want to chat or will run alongside me huffing and puffing as they try to hold the pace. If I want to chat on a run, I will meet up with training partners. Otherwise, my run is my quiet time--no kids, no wife, no co-workers, etc.
I literally never change my pace if someone is approaching me. I'm not insecure.
Then Bob Deines must have been one of the the most secure runners on the planet. When that man went for 15 miles in
two hours, he would not pick up the pace for anything.
Then Bob Deines must have been one of the the most secure runners on the planet. When that man went for 15 miles in
two hours, he would not pick up the pace for anything.
We call it "purging the taint." (No sexual innuendos, I think it's a legal term.)
victor donelli wrote:
We call it "purging the taint." (No sexual innuendos, I think it's a legal term.)
This is what I'll be using to describe the OPs scenario until the day I die - thank you Mr. Donelli.
For reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taint_(legal)
I know a guy who does this. His name is Dork Boy. Not sure whether it's involuntary or voluntary and I don't care. He's still Dork Boy.