You seem to have very low self esteem. Look into this.
You seem to have very low self esteem. Look into this.
Grammar Man wrote:
i am curious wrote:You are not welcome here but your 100 mile coworker is. Get some; accomplishments under your belt and come on back.
Why did you put a semicolon in the middle of a sentence? Are you some kind of stupid idiot?
Isn't "stupid" redundant? Has there ever been any other kind of idiot? Have you met a clever or brilliant one?
newname wrote:
Grammar Man wrote:Why did you put a semicolon in the middle of a sentence? Are you some kind of stupid idiot?
Isn't "stupid" redundant? Has there ever been any other kind of idiot? Have you met a clever or brilliant one?
Rain man was an idiot savant
newname wrote:
Isn't "stupid" redundant? Has there ever been any other kind of idiot? Have you met a clever or brilliant one?
I've met many useful idiots, a.k.a. 0bama voters.
Just explain how gay ultra guys are, they will get it its pretty obvious.
After reading some of the other ultra posts on here recently, I have been thinking about this.
It's too bad some of you have disrespect for ultrarunners. I am a (mid-pack) ultrarunner, and I have nothing but respect for those of you who go out and run hard marathons, halves, 10 and 5Ks. And track! In fact, one year I went out and I did every track event I could at a local all-comers series, over a few months. I have never experienced so much pain in my life. Ultras are a different kind of pain and mental fortitude, but you have to at least trust me I get where you are coming from.
It makes me feel uncomfortable when lay people applaud me for my 100 milers (especially when, as you note, I do do a lot of walking), over, say, my friend/co-worker who runs a 3:18 marathon. I think she's a better athlete than I am, and it's too bad that lay people don't get that speed and intensity are important factors as well as distance. I try to point this out, but the co-workers are just dumb and they don't get it. They think a 100mi is more impressive than a 10k any day. I do not agree with this.
If you run for the admiration of your co-workers, you aren't running for the right reasons anyway. It's frustrating when someone who runs 100 milers gets more attention even though they are not as good as an athlete, but run for yourself, your own goals and I guess that is all you can do.
Well, happy running to all. (even if it's 16 min pace walking i guess) :)
Balian wrote:
Why you are bothered by this is beyond me but since you are bothered I am in total agreement. Go out and beat him in a hundred miler. Get back your 15 minutes of fame between meetings.
Years ago I was the fastest runner in a fairly large company. Other runners at work kept telling me about this other guy in the company who could beat me. I didn't know him but I found out that several years before he had run a 2:27 marathon.
The company sponsored a three mile race. He showed, I showed. When the gun went off I went out at a five minute pace. I figured if he could beat that then he was faster.
I ended up beating him by a over a minute. That shut everyone up.
2:27 is legit, and it's a lot better than a 15:00 three-mile. Maybe he wasn't in top shape, but I wouldn't exactly have people in the office think I'm a better runner than Jim Ryun because I can beat him in races now.
Ice wrote:
2:27 is legit, and it's a lot better than a 15:00 three-mile. Maybe he wasn't in top shape, but I wouldn't exactly have people in the office think I'm a better runner than Jim Ryun because I can beat him in races now.
2:27 is legit, but so is a 15:00 3-mile. Maybe slightly, but not "a lot" better.
In fact, referencing Daniels' VDOTs, we see a 15:29 5k equals a 2:28:40.
Both seem pretty good. Of course, we don't know if the hero of our story maintained a 5:00 pace for the showdown race.
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m- wrote:
I run marathons, and I used to be a big deal in the office. But, a few years ago, a trail runner got a job here and, ever since, he's been running one 100-miler per year and he gets all the attention I used to get!
A few logical routes to go here:
1. Step up to 200 miler.
2. Create an office "Track & Field" record board in the break room, determine and post the office record for every track and field event in great detail, include women's and handicapped times too, so you don't run afoul of HR. Given his training, I can assume you can beat him at most distances 100M to Marathon. To be fair, you will have to post his office record for the Ultra, but people will quickly see that you are a stud with multiple office records. You might also get some takers in the dash or throws, so better hit the weight room.
3. On casual Friday, where ALL your marathon finisher medals around your neck all at once. He'll probably quit on the spot.