Rudest thing someone has done to you while running?

If this is actually true...there is no hope for mankind. This is worse than being hit by a car. What hell hole did this happen in so I can make sure to never visit, live, come within 500 miles of this place?

leaning tower of pizza wrote:

Couple years ago on a super hot day i took a water bottle to some trail by my house and stashed it in the bush near the spot where I was starting. Some lady and her daughter saw me doing this and shouted "literbug!". I told them it was my drink and i would be coming back for it then left to start my run. A while later I get back, desperate for my water, and it was gone.....

Was running on Mifflin St. in Madison and old man with a cane stuck his cane out and intentionally tripped me. I fell hard but was so stunned I just got up and kept running. At the time I naively could not believe anyone (especially an elderly grandfatherly person) could be so mean! When I was coming out of the shock I pitifully cried my little eyes out as I ran home.

Good time for the Pre steeplechase-the-car routine if you can catch up at the light, etc. Most would crumple like eggshells these days.

Another BEST thing - I'm running up the Newton hills in the 2014 Boston Marathon. It's hot out, and I'm going through a bad patch. I forget which hill I was on, but up ahead I see people handing out ice in little dixie cups. I grab a cup and let that ice melt in my mouth as I finish the set of hills. Best ice I ever had in my life.

They don't know the rules. Happens plenty.

Been called Forest Gump; had eggs thrown at me.

Had on many occasions someone coming up silently on a bike from behind and yelling at me as if I should have known their retarded ass was coming.

I'd say the rudest was probably falling on a trail near some older dude going for a walk and as he walks by as I tripped he says "not my fault" and keeps on walking.

Badgergirl wrote:

Was running on Mifflin St. in Madison and old man with a cane stuck his cane out and intentionally tripped me. I fell hard but was so stunned I just got up and kept running. At the time I naively could not believe anyone (especially an elderly grandfatherly person) could be so mean! When I was coming out of the shock I pitifully cried my little eyes out as I ran home.

This reminds me about two guys in HS who were sprinting down a corridor. Passing some other guys one of them stuck out his leg and tripped one of the runners. Face plant on concrete in full sprint. "At the time I naively could not believe anyone could be so mean!" He even laughed.

Had a half full bottle of red Gatorade thrown at me.

If cars don't move over a little on county roads, I spit as they go bye. Not at the car but I figure if they are close enough to spit on, they are too close.

nappyxc wrote:

Had a half full bottle of red Gatorade thrown at me.

If cars don't move over a little on county roads, I spit as they go bye. Not at the car but I figure if they are close enough to spit on, they are too close.

Over the decades I've had many experiences similar to those mentioned above and many times I've rifled rocks from my baseball trained arm at the offending vehicle while loudly venting my authentic rage, often inviting the passengers to come back and join me for a discussion about what has transpired.

Over 25 years I have had quite a few run ins with stupid drivers and guys who thought it would be cool to throw something at me, swerve at me or yell some vulgarity at me to show off for his significant other. I have pounded on people's cars, thrown items back, replaced one burning cigarette butt that a driver apparently misplaced, returned thousands of middle fingers and gotten into several near physical altercations which fortunately never quite came to fisticuffs.

in the 90s, at least one person yelled "Run Forrest Run" at me each week.

Doesn't happen much anymore, and I kind of enjoy it when it does.

Generally you should tun against traffic but in some rare cases the safest choice is with the traffic.

If you have a big sidewalk available or if you need to change direction very soon for example.

Common sense is your best guide.

Running in my hometown Sudbury MA, back in the day, a car pulled right in front of me into a side street just as I hit the intersection. The driver looked me in the eye as he cut me off.

I was doing a workout, a 3 mile run right about 5:00 per mile. Without breaking stride, I bounded over the hood of his car, planting my foot squarely in the middle of it, and continued on my way.

Many years ago a fella hit me with a full beer can...it hurt like hell and I yelled at him. He came back stopped his pickup and got out to kick my ass. I was a off duty cop at the time out for a run. He was arrested ( a on duty Officer drove by during the encounter)after going to the hospital for some patch work.

Big Red wrote:

Running in my hometown Sudbury MA, back in the day, a car pulled right in front of me into a side street just as I hit the intersection. The driver looked me in the eye as he cut me off.

I was doing a workout, a 3 mile run right about 5:00 per mile. Without breaking stride, I bounded over the hood of his car, planting my foot squarely in the middle of it, and continued on my way.

Man that had to have looked like something straight out of an action movie, thanks for sharing

Once this very attractive nicely developed woman came riding a bike through the beach park with a some kind of a string t top on, which came untied and fell into her lap. She was coming pretty much straight at me around a curve on a perfect day. She laughed like crazy and tried to grab her beautiful boobs and halter top at the same time, she was such a klutz that it actually made for a pretty good show. It was so rude of her not to have prevented that wardrobe malfunction in the middle of my run and for making me stop to help her. Sorry I didn't get pics.

Good point wrote:

Generally you should tun against traffic but in some rare cases the safest choice is with the traffic.

If you have a big sidewalk available or if you need to change direction very soon for example.

Common sense is your best guide.

Very true. OP explained his situation in a response and it makes sense why he was going with traffic. Didn't mean to get the thread off topic!

Hey Honest Mistake: Your response is a disgusting example of what people like you stand for. Ignorant fool.

Also - you were running WITH traffic? This seems extremely dangerous and is at odds with what every runner that I know does. I am not scolding you or saying my way is better; I am just genuinely surprised/confused. I didn't know any runners actually did this.

I too was surprised and confused by this. Further, I was confounded and perplexed. Later I was mildly amused, but mostly I was simply befuddled and baffled. Shall I go on?

My freshman year at temple university in north philly I was coming home from a run and some dude threw a forty bottle at me, didn't get hit fortunately.

This one didn't happen to me, but we were running back to school on a group run and one of my teammates was clothes lined by this dude hanging in front of a cornerstore with his boys. He was so pissed and convinced he was going to beat the hell out of all of them...had to talk him off that ledge.

Also, cyclists on Kelly drive in Philly can be impressive with their rudeness. I can remember cyclists yelling "move!" or "coming through" and having to make a quick decision to move left or right based on where that shrill voice come from. I think there may be a correlation between body weight and presence of racing singlet/speed suit involved in that.

Also run forest run is just the laziest attempt at being rude to someone running in America. Say something like "East Africans dominate your sport and will continue to do so for decades: quit forest quit!"