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The Bible Belt...
William XC wrote:
http://youtu.be/qxiSe4iwwGE
No commercials please
She was just afraid that her buff bi-curious boyfriend would take one look at your shirtless body and drop her like stack of droopy pancakes.
Shirtless Runner Boy > Bitter old hag
Are you really hairy?
"could you put your mask back on? I find your face offensive too."
Send in a fighter jet, and blow up her tunnels.
Israeli Tactician wrote:
Send in a fighter jet, and blow up her tunnels.
Or we could just use anti-aircraft missiles. It might seem like overkill (pun recognized) but hey, why not make a statement?
Put your shirt back on, but drop the shorts. Everybody wins on this one.
Giver her the classic
"GOBBLE GOBBLE MOTHERF*CKER"
in mid-400 interval.
My shirtless body is offensive wrote:
What happened a bit later now makes me wonder if she was looking to start a "fight". Because about 10 minutes later, her boyfriend or husband shows up at the track. He was about twice my size and muscular.
Obviously this is a troll post because you're telling us that you're afraid that some woman was trying to start a fight because her husband could tear you in two.
But I wanted to tell a story that actually happened to me.
I was working out on a track in the Florida panhandle. Shirtless. I was 5'11", probably 125 pounds. Hot and humid as hell, sweat dripping off my finger tips. There was a couple on the track, this really cute petite girl and a huge guy, must have been a football player. I have no idea how much he actually weighed but it was easily over 300 pounds. I was doing my workout (a few strides at the end of a tempo run) and noticed that they were kind of watching me. I didn't let that affect me, just kept going. As I did a stride towards them I noticed him pointing at me and kind of smirking, and I figured they were probably making fun of me for being scrawny, being able to see my ribs, whatever, blah blah blah, so I just put on my game face and went into my own head. As I passed them I heard him say something, and figuring it was probably a taunt I just tried to ignore whatever it was he was saying. So it took me about 40 meters for my brain to actually process what he said: "That's my goal."
J.R. wrote:
Tell her "it's too hot."
Did she stay out of lane one at least?
Post of the thread.
osm wrote:
Most beta thing I've read all day.
Even if her boyfriend had started a fight (which would be the dumbest reason for doing so I've ever heard), I'm sure you could easily run away from him.
I honestly can't stand people acting like they have the right to censor something because it offends their delicate sensibilities, especially something as trivial as an exposed torso on a 90 degree day. The correct response would be to ignore her, or politely tell her to f*ck off.
No freaking kidding.
I would have ignored her and done my workout.
Codependent to a stranger or what?
I'm all for being kind to strangers, but can you imagine this woman walking along Venice beach? She sheet her breeches.
Okay I'll give you 7/10 simply for the high number of serious responses and for choosing a topic that most, if not all runners have had an experience with - the conflict of shirt on vs off and your inner decency.
Not too far fetched nor too mundane....just right.
Well done.
old guy 68 wrote:
I wouldn't have responded at all. Just keep running like you didn't hear her. If she continues, just continue to ignore her. She isn't entitled to a response.
This is a terrible answer, wimpy and ineffectual. If you don't show clearly that you're not going to take sh|t from someone, they will just try to figure out what to say or do next in order to get some kind of reaction. These people don't really care about the matter in question, they just want to push you down. However, nobody respects a wimp who don't have the guts, wits or social responsibility to stand up to social aggression. No need to be rude, a simple "no" is enough.
Your reply should have been "why?"
I have to say, I'm in my 50's, and have been running without a shirt for over 30 years, and never have I once heard anyone every tell me to put my shirt on. This is a very unusual situation.
newname wrote:
When the husband came along, if he gave me grief about any of it, I usually say, "Tomorrows headline: Large man found laying face down in a pool of blood at Middle School track. Think about it you guys?"
What a hardass
She might be one of those people who thinks she's religious- you know like the Christians who want to send all those kids back to oppressive regimes to get abused and killed?
I prolly would have done what you did.
She's a nut case.
Nice piece of fiction.