Is it douchy to win a weak 'Trot?

Win. It's fine as you don't give it 100% at the chute and collapse at the line.

Yes. Asssuming you are a runner and not talking about crushing them meaning by running a 17 minute 5k.

Sit and kick, work on your speed. Who cares if people think you're a douche you'll improve your speed endurance to go on to bigger races this way.

not jamin wrote:

So I know my local Turkey Trot is full of hobby joggers but will have a few decent runners. Yes it is a race, not a fun run. If the same sort of crowd shows up again this year, I should be able to win it easily. So is it douchy to plan to crush everyone or should I just go to the track and do a TT instead?

If the decent runners actually consider themselves runners they will be able to recognize that you beat them because you're better at running, not because you're a dick. It's unfair and makes no sense for the fast people to be excluded from their own sport because they're too good at it.

Yes. Winning by too much will make everyone else feel bad.

Have to run one nearest to where you are eating your dinner. Douche move to go to one farther away because the awards are better, shirts nicer etc. turkey trots have a code of ethics different than any other race in the year. You run hard, the guy who runs one race a year runs hard, you socialize with all the runners in your town then go home and eat.

Dude, if you don't say Gobble Gobble MFr's, you have failed us all.

Gobble Gobble wrote:

Win. It's fine as you don't give it 100% at the chute and collapse at the line.

Be friendly to the runners you beat. Give out a few compliments to a few if the runners you crush.

GGMF wrote:

Dude, if you don't say Gobble Gobble MFr's, you have failed us all.

QFT

For the love of all that is holy, give it everything you've got! I'm a total hobby jogger but I plan on busting my giblets and gravy to scrap up a new PR at the local Turkey Trot. If I learned that I lost to some turkey who was sandbagging, I'd be pi$$ed. DESTROY that Turkey Trot and spare no prisoners!

...And, YES, Gobble Gobble MF'ers!!

It's not douchy to crush everyone.

It's not like basketball where running up the score looks bad.

Don't even look back. You can't control how fast others run.

How do you make a decision in your life? Seriously, go run the race. Don't go run the race. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR RUNNING BUT YOU!

luv2run wrote:

How do you make a decision in your life? Seriously, go run the race. Don't go run the race. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR RUNNING BUT YOU!

We all care on letsrun.

Run it! I enjoy competing against "real" runners, although I am not much much competition against someone really fast. It's actually inspirational. You'd have to do something else to be douchy in my book.

First place is less douchy than second place which is less douchy than third place which is....

Butterballz wrote:

For the love of all that is holy, give it everything you've got! I'm a total hobby jogger but I plan on busting my giblets and gravy to scrap up a new PR at the local Turkey Trot. If I learned that I lost to some turkey who was sandbagging, I'd be pi$$ed. DESTROY that Turkey Trot and spare no prisoners!

POD

It's not douchy at all. Sit from the start and see where people string out. If the pace isn't hot for you make a move. If no one comes just TT it. If they respond race accordingly.

My biggest issue with road races is that you often don't know the competition. I've been burned a few times by guys that I didn't think had the goods so I've learned to sit and wait. That said be cognizant; if you're on pace for a 16:45 and you're in 14 minute shape, you probably shouldn't be drafting off the kid in the local high school cross country team shirt.

Run it hard, but make sure you wait at the end to high-rise whoever comes second. Hopefully someone will go out really hard and fade, in which case you give them some bs like "great first 2km, I didn't think I could stay with you".