RUNNING PET PEEVES - LIST THEM HERE

A running website operator who can't write coherent sentences, starts threads with unsubstantiated information and is about as mature as a 14-year-old boy.

Shame on them for wanting to see where they're going and for others to see them

Shame on them for wanting to prevent a collision. Runners are always aware of their surroundings and always act completely predictably.

Surely he wasn't doing a fartlek workout. Surely he should have loved your creepy company.

I'm sure your pale sweaty bare-chested body is worthy of a magazine cover shoot and everyone who sees it is privileged.

Couldn't have anything to do with those bikers are always shouting "on your left" and ringing their GD bells

The dogs are probably just trying to get close to that pale, sweaty, bare-chested piece of human perfection

Shame on shoe manufacturers that don't put out the exact same shoe over and over again.

Incredible. If you don't realize how douchey this one makes you sounds then there's not much hope for you.

You sounds like fun

Have had a Garmin 220 for 2 years without issue. Sounds like user error.

[quote]16. Running websites that are littered with way too many advertisements or have prerequisite surveys before you can read content. Really? Yeah, we all want to monetize our website but is advertising really the only solution? I canceled cable tv for the same reason - got tired of watching commercials.[quote]

A true feat of the human spirit. Perhaps you should start your own running website which provides premium content to viewers at no cost without ads or any other inconvenience

My track coach who won't let us run shirtless.

I know none of these are a big deal, but that's the point of pet peeves, right? Little things that bother you a little more than they should?

1. The race number stickers that you are supposed to stick on your left hip and right chest for track races. They were always falling off of me mid-race. I would do my best to stick them back on when they started flapping, but I'm busy racing here. Then in the rare cases that they *didn't* fall off, I'm so used to them being gone that I'd sometimes forget to remove them until the end of the night, at which point they have totally bonded with the fabric and are a huge pain in ass to remove. You'd think this would be a relatively easy problem to fix, I think the problem is that the people who buy the race numbers aren't the ones who have to deal with their suckiness.

2. People who run low mileage telling me I'm 'doing it wrong'. I've dealt with two forms of this - first, the fragile but super-talented teammate who skates by on 20 mpw and some cross training, then runs 4:10. That's great, but don't mock me by saying that I should run less, that all it takes to be fast is a couple great workouts and the right mindset, and that all the miles I'm doing are just burning me out and risking injury. Yeah, maybe it's that easy for you! The second form of this pet peeve is less serious, less informed runners trying to explain to me that I should run less, based on some article they read in runner's world. For example, an older guy who just started running who thinks he knows better because I'm 'just a kid' (I'm 28) warning me about wearing out my knees or having a heart attack at age 50 or whatever. Okay, yeah, thanks...

3. All the hating on ultra-running around here. I used to indulge in that hating myself, but now I think it's a lazy and non-representative over-generalization. What changed is that I met a bunch of ultra-runners in real life, and the ones I met anyway were actually all really humble, interesting people pursuing their own personal quixotic dreams. We should be able to relate to that. I think I had a bad taste in my mouth from Karnazes etc, and the self-serious self-promoters that you see who are obviously the worst. But they really aren't representative of the slice of the ultra-running community in my area, anyway.

4. Finally, I have a really sh*tty mile PR, and I wish people would ask about my 3k or 5k PR more often. Lol.

not mentioned yet (I think) wrote:

4. Finally, I have a really sh*tty mile PR, and I wish people would ask about my 3k or 5k PR more often. Lol.

What are your 3k and 5k prs?

Splits Guy wrote:

I was running a 3 mile tempo on the track the other day and these 2 ladies were walking in lane 1 and 2 and no matter how many times I passed them they never opened up lane 1.

That and people thinking they are funny/original for yelling "Run Forrest Run"

A cool thing that works is communicating with them like they're human beings. When this situation occurs I normally approach them politely and ask if I can borrow the inside lane for 20-30 minutes. This has worked 100% of the time and people respond well when you address them like a human. I've heard yelling "track" works but does anyone really expect a non-runner to understand what this means?

Empathy works wrote:

I've heard yelling "track" works but does anyone really expect a non-runner to understand what this means?

Nope

Maybe I'm just a bitter person, but people that train a ton while having given up on racing much or even trying to improve. Like guys that run 90+ mpw without any real goals or structure. The pursuit of faster times is the only thing that keeps me working hard.

29nineteen wrote:

Maybe I'm just a bitter person, but people that train a ton while having given up on racing much or even trying to improve. Like guys that run 90+ mpw without any real goals or structure. The pursuit of faster times is the only thing that keeps me working hard.

Why do others' goals or lack thereof bother you?

Snow

Yeah it really shouldn't. But it just seems like a ton of time and energy to put into something without really cultivating any skill or improving yourself in any way.

When you are taking it easy...and ahead of you is the perfect lycra clad bottom...all you want is a nibble...but no!!

Geese on the MUT. Shouldn't you be migrating? North or south, I don't care, just go.

Oh boy. Well done Mr. Big Whiner!

This is one reason of many reasons why you are not a Team USA Flagstaff Olympian.

Does Molly Huddle complain all the time like you?

No. She does not.

She also never has bikers pass her because she is faster than all bikers.

Molly Huddle is Irish...and for some reason does not complain like all of the other big Irish complainers always do (Shelby Houlihan, Colleen Quigley, Shalane Flanagan, Amy Cragg, and her Irish leprechaun big complainer husband Alistair Cragg).

People who use "at least" X time to mean X time OR FASTER. If you run AT LEAST X time, that means that you are running X TIME OR SLOWER.

Wake up early, haul myself out of bed, get dressed, warm up, drink some water, take my pre-run piss, lace up, out the door...

0.75 miles down the street and my stomach announces that it's time for a dump. Back home, ruin all flow and rhythm, feel like crap (no pun intended). God damn it.

1. people walking 3+ abreast, who see you coming their way and they make you step into the road/yard to get by them

2.Young triathletes... AKA trust fund babies

3. people checking their garmins every minute to see their pace on an easy run. if we are running too fast and your tired we can slow down... its just an easy day

4. How it PC to run really early in the morning, but not at night

5. Newton running shoes

6. Low mileage distance runner. They are either more talented than me, or they are too "busy" aka lazy to run high mileage

ur all backwards. BACKWARDS!!! wrote:

People who use "at least" X time to mean X time OR FASTER. If you run AT LEAST X time, that means that you are running X TIME OR SLOWER.

Does your caretaker know you're using the computer?

I've seen this guy do this for several years. I had never thought much about it except it was nuts to run on the asphalt of a boulevard that is 45. He runs with traffic which is also stupid. I overheard some neighbors talking about this runner and how he messes up traffic in the morning. One of them joked that they could fix that real fast. Adn everyone laughed.

There are a couple of tight spots on my runs where I have to get on the edge of the road for a little bit. It already makes me nervous for those short stretches. I don't want someone swerving at me when they're mad at some other runner for doing something stupid.