Has anyone had a woman compliment you while you were running?

Because of this thread I ran shirtless today. But I didn't get any catcalls from hot chicks. You're all lying.

Flagpole wrote:

Uhhh no wrote:

This never happened.

INCORRECT!

I can verify that we indeed printed this, thus it must be true.

Get a tan, work on the shoulders and chest, do every thing else the same, and you'll get the attention.

Kenneth Davids wrote:

It should be okay to comment on someone's appearance positively and not seem like a creep.

Even if you don't seem like a creep, that doesn't mean that you aren't a creep.

good guy wrote:

not to sound conceited but ive always gotten calls here and there from passing women regardless of if im running or not. Im certainly not muscular or anything at 155lbs but i guess im fit and i was blessed with a pretty face. Im still bad with women cause im awkward as hell but it feels good to get hear at least

Sounds like you hang out in the red light district.

Truthier than Thou wrote:

My experience is different than most posted here: mostly, no one notices that I am there. But when they do, I hear mostly insults.

I attribute this difference to the fact that I am telling the truth, rather than making sh!t up, like almost everyone else here.

We now return to your regularly scheduled program.

OP here. I was not making it up. However if it makes you feel any better i got called "gay as f u c k" yesterday.

I was once complimented by a woman within 12 hours of a run.

"Nice power point presentation. Keep up the good work!"

Balian wrote:

I was once complimented by a woman within 12 hours of a run.

"Nice power point presentation. Keep up the good work!"

It really sucks when you don't get a clear answer from a power point proposal.

Two stories:

One- Rounding a bend I came upon a woman who stopped in her tracks, bent her knees slightly, placed her hand on her collar and stared wide eyed at me. I believe she whispered something just loud enough like, "ooh yeah." Totally threw me off as I only expect to be berated when I'm running down the street nearly naked.

Second story- I was on a major road in the summer time (shirts off) and a car full of high school girls cat called. The distraction led their car to plunge into the one in front of it, which hit the tow truck in front of it, the car on the flatbed was apparently loose enough to then smash into the back of the cab of the tow truck. And to put the icing on the cake, the car behind the girls also plowed into them. Five cars. I figured it was best to keep on my way.

runken wrote:

During the summer about 5 or 6 years ago when I was 60 years old, I was running shirtless (like I always do) along the Truckee River bike/running path between Tahoe City and Squaw Valley. A woman was riding her bike in the opposite direction. And just as she passed me, she smiled and said, "Thanks for the great view!" It pleasantly startled me. I continue to get compliments, catcalls, etc. where I live and run without a shirt. The temperature is 40F-70F all year long.

Wait ... you don't know whether it was 5 or 6 years ago that you turned 60?

Summary of my running compliments in a nutshell:

Running top 30 in a major 15k race with no shirt and sub-4 shorts. Two 20 something female spectators remarked as I passed by them: "Oooh, that one has a nice body."

Running down Sorority Row in college one co-ed remarks to the other: "Oh....my....God! Did you see how skinny that guy was!"

I get run forest run everytime i pass a school bus lol. But ive also gotten "run from the plantation owners" or "release the dogs" I dont care tho because its just a bunch of bratty kids from my school.

Good point! Talk about poor sentence construction on the spur of the moment without proofreading it twice. I am 66 1/2 years old now. So, it was 6 years ago. Incidentally, I ran 2 consecutive weeks of 90 miles per week at Lake Tahoe when the woman spontaneously gave me the compliment.