List some unwritten rules and weird quirks runners do.

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

- be obsessed with getting as SCRAWNY as possible

- admiring other mens SCRAWNINESS

- being scared of BIG MUSCLE

- being intimated by big guys like myself and my bros from the box

I could go on, but I think you get the point...

BRO, I COULD RKO YOU IN HALF. I HAVE FUNCTIONAL STRENGTH, BEING SCRAWNY AS A RUNNER iS FUNCTIONAL. XFIT HAS NO FUNCTION.

Xfit's function is to get girls.

hingel wrote:

Xfit's function is to get girls.

FALSE. It's a side effect. A beneficial one though, I admit that.

Quirk: Running with weird quirky form.

Precious Roy wrote:

Otherwise, if you are feeling great at the end of the race and get locked up in a sprint with a woman or a runner who is much older, the classy thing to do is run with them all the way in and help them finish out the race (unless they tank big time and can't hold the pace). The douchey hobby jogger move is to take the win so you can look at the results and see that you beat a guy old enough to be your dad by .07.

Nothing says class like the attitude that women and older runners aren't worthy competitors.

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

The douchey hobby jogger move is to take the win so you can look at the results and see that you beat a guy old enough to be your dad by .07.

Ha. I knew someone would try to call you out on this.

I'm with Roy on this one...this move is even worse than the guys that sprint all-out the final 300 meters of a marathon after walk-jogging 26 miles.

Depends on the time. If the clock says 2:59:30 with 200m to go, you will be sprinting.

To name a few:

1) Stalk all runners seen as competition, knowing their PR's and recent performances.

2) Post/tweet/say "The best kind of pace is a suicide pace and today's a great day to die" at some time in their lives.

3) Read "Once A Runner" and encourage all of your friends to read it.

4) Obsess over everyone else's training, and strongly consider adjusting your training to match or exceed what they're doing.

5) Run twice per day, because that's what champions do.

6) Mope after a bad race or workout.

7) Snapchat pictures of yourself after a run, or the scenic vista you just ran near.

8) Estimate

9) Insist that you can eat whatever you want.

10) Talk about your training constantly, even to people who don't run or care.

11) Hyper-analyze everyone else at the start line of a local 5k

Unwritten rule:

Don't walk in lane one, especially if someone is doing a track workout. For some reason people in my town decide not to follow this rule, so in retaliation when I pass them I enjoy seeing how close I can get to them while passing without actually touching them, and also, if it is a shorter interval, I try to breath hard in their face while I pass to make them angry. Works most of the time, and they get the message and move out to lane 2.

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

- be obsessed with getting as SCRAWNY as possible

- admiring other mens SCRAWNINESS

- being scared of BIG MUSCLE

- being intimated by big guys like myself and my bros from the box

I could go on, but I think you get the point...

I think I'd have to read the back of a gay gangbang DVD to read something which sounds gayer than this. Being scared of big muscle is something you and your bros from the box do on the daily, isn't it? WOD: 50 reps of big creamy shots to the back of the throat for time.

I think you're just butthurt that running's poluarity means less eye candy for ourself. Get outta here. I got better things to do than end up in some obsessive troll's fap folder.

With all due respect, there are psychological and physiological explanations for why you can have paced the race correctly and still manage to sprint in the end.

See Ivuti vs. Gharib in Chicago 2007. Watch the video and read Ivuti's interview. He said he was spent and had nothing left and then when they turned onto Culumbus Dv. and he saw the finish line he somehow manage to catch and then outsprint Gharib.

That's one example in thousands.

Anyone who has raced should not need examples...

Like I said, I am often beaten by older men, well over 50 years old, and sometimes by women.

What is the rational reason for me to enter a RACE and let someone beat me?

If I am a 34:20 10k runner and there are sub 32:00 50+ year olds in the race, why shouldn't I be racing the ones running ni my time range?

"Douchey hobby jogger move"... This tells a lot about you.

PS: When I am over 50 years old and racing and a 20 year old sprints past me, I will try to beat him. If I don't I will still congratulate him after crossing the finish line.

And I am much, much closer to 50 than I am to 20.

Change into a clean pair of socks between warming up and racing.... Like the sweaty socks might slow you down.

hobby jogger33 wrote:Depends on the time. If the clock says 2:59:30 with 200m to go, you will be sprinting.

True. I'll never forget my first sub-3 half marathon. Maybe I'll get down to sub-2 someday.

Jogging the outside track lanes clockwise for warmup/cooldown

Old Man Winter wrote:

To name a few:

1) Stalk all runners seen as competition, knowing their PR's and recent performances.

2) Post/tweet/say "The best kind of pace is a suicide pace and today's a great day to die" at some time in their lives.

3) Read "Once A Runner" and encourage all of your friends to read it.

4) Obsess over everyone else's training, and strongly consider adjusting your training to match or exceed what they're doing.

5) Run twice per day, because that's what champions do.

6) Mope after a bad race or workout.

7) Snapchat pictures of yourself after a run, or the scenic vista you just ran near.

Don't snapchat or selfie

8) Estimate

9) Insist that you can eat whatever you want.

10) Talk about your training constantly, even to people who don't run or care.

Only half the time

11) Hyper-analyze everyone else at the start line of a local 5k

I'm pretty sure most of these are the written rules of being a runner.

what if i am old enough to be your dad and i am a hobby jogger, can i run down some kid? what about running down other old men. what if i'm simply old and not what you would call a hobby jogger (though clearly this is a constant argument on LR).

madmandoc wrote:Unwritten rules: if you are catching up to a female runner who is wearing ear buds, move as far away from her as possible when you pass. This applies to training runs, not races where other runners are expected.

Unwritten rule: If you are catching up to a runner who is wearing ear buds, DO NOT go out of your way to leave room as you pass, and do not make an effort to run louder so you will be heard. If you glide silently by and scare the shit out of them, maybe they will think twice before doing it again. You can think of this behavior as being analogous to a "White Hat" hacker (except in this case your actions are not illegal). You are showing them the possible risks of the behavior with no intent to capitalize on those risks yourself, thus strengthening that person against future attacks.

Critical Thinking wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

Otherwise, if you are feeling great at the end of the race and get locked up in a sprint with a woman or a runner who is much older, the classy thing to do is run with them all the way in and help them finish out the race (unless they tank big time and can't hold the pace). The douchey hobby jogger move is to take the win so you can look at the results and see that you beat a guy old enough to be your dad by .07.

Nothing says class like the attitude that women and older runners aren't worthy competitors.

Yeah giving a half-effort because you think you are above someone is pretty much the biggest dick move you can pull.

Think about it this way: In what context is it normal to let somebody win a race, game, etc?

Answer: When you are competing against a child. A child! It is totally fine to let a little kid win because otherwise they would be sad, and their brains AREN'T DEVELOPED ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU LET THEM WIN. Once they are old enough to understand the difference, you stop doing it. Because nobody likes to be condescended.

When you ease up at the end of a race against a woman or old person, you might as well start talking to them in a widdle-bitty baby voice. Or just slap them in the face. Because you are basically saying they are beneath you (even though, and this is the best part, you were just neck-and-neck with them at the end of a race!)

'cept Lynn Jennings wrote:

If female distance runner:

Must have pony tail between her legs

FIFY ^