I was running late at night in December last year and it was like 10F with wind chills below 0. I passed 2 girls walking on a bridge and one of them yelled, "What the f***!" and then 10 minutes later passed this teenager sitting at a bus stop who asked without any apparent sarcasm, "Are you cold, sir?"
I was doing an easy day and this little 3 year old girl and her dad were walking toward me.
She said "Daddy, that man is running really slow".
"Sir, please put your penis away this is a Chucky Cheese." The same guy then proceeded to throw scalding hot butter at my testicles.
The worst thing someone has done to me while running was actually done beforehand -- someone set a booby trap on one of the hiking/running trails. They hung some fishing lines at face/neck height between two trees with several sharp pieces of metal hanging from the lines (fishhooks I think, I can't remember). I would have run right into it, but I happened to stop to wait for some slower runners a few feet away from it. I stood there for a few seconds and stared at it because I thought I saw something strange out of the corner of my eye -- it really took a few seconds of staring at it to realize what was going on. Really close call.
Cyclists have it way way worse than runners though.
One of my friends was riding his bike down a country road (in the US), a car passed him on his left, swerved in front of him, and slammed the breaks. My friend was taken by surprise and swerved to the left of the car to avoid slamming into it, at which point the car swerved to the left as well, into the oncoming traffic lane, and pushed him off the left side of the road. My friend was hospitalized for a long time and suffered brain damage from the crash. We knew what happened because another cyclist we knew happened to be on the road not far behind him (not riding with him) and saw the whole thing. The driver was an older man in his 50s or 60s, and his wife was sitting next to him in the passenger seat!
That reminds me of another time I was riding in the bike lane and the car to my left pulled into the bike lane as it pulled even with me and started slowing (we were going about 20mph). When I yelled at him (because I literally had nowhere to go -- I was breaking but cars can break better than bikes) he told me to "stop being a troll". He had two daughters in the car with him, one a teenager and one a little girl.
Another of my friends was riding down the street and some guy in his car tried to run him over. My friend hopped his bike up onto the sidewalk to try to evade the car, the car followed him onto the sidewalk and slammed into a pole on the sidewalk, wrecking the car.
Last month I was riding down the street in the bike lane and a car swerved into the bike lane about a foot in front of me, hit the breaks, and stopped. I almost slammed into it but got around to the left. There were several other cyclists behind me (rush hour in a big city), so they all started yelling at him, and he waved them off dismissively with the back of his hand. As I went by the driver's window (slowly because I'd hit the breaks to avoid him) I imitated his wave, so he threw open his door at me to try to hit me (the door hit my back wheel and just pushed me forwards a bit), got out of his car, and tried to fight me. I rode off as several other cyclists stood there yelling at him and he tried to push past them to get to me.
Terger wrote:
Someone threw a dildo at me once... I immediately got home as fast as possible to disinfect my body.
I hope this is true. If so, those kids will be laughing about the dude they hit with the dildo for the rest of their lives. Top notch work there.
passing on the left
What's the worst thing someone has yelled/thrown at you while running?
"You're one hot mama!'....🙄
A knife during high school senior year cross country many years ago.
Running near Prospect Park one afternoon a couple of the local hoodlums decided to chase us and, at one point, a blade went flying by us. That accelerated the pace a tad on our part.
aasfsdfsdfasdf wrote:
I was riding down the street in the bike lane and a car swerved into the bike lane about a foot in front of me, hit the breaks, and stopped. I almost slammed into it but got around to the left.
that's impossible unless you were on a trick BMX bike or some shit, you would have to go backwards or at least hop sideways
John Utah wrote:
What is wrong with you people? Do you run in the slums?
Yes...as a matter of fact I do. Btw, what are doing on a running forum when you can't run with that bad knee? You couldn't even run down Bodhi with that knee ðŸ˜
In elementary school gym class during the mile run around some soccer fields, two kids I lapped attempted to kick orange cones at me.
A recently cut ambilicle chord.
I've only been yelled at ones while running at it was "HEY DO YOU WANT A HOT DOG?", a Filipino family was having a get together at one of the fire pits and had apparent;y cooked way too much food. I ended up having a couple hot dogs with them and talking about local fishing spots. They even gave me a pepsi. It was quite nice.
aasfsdfsdfasdf wrote:
Cyclists have it way way worse than runners though.
+1
aasfsdfsdfasdf wrote:
The worst thing someone has done to me while running was actually done beforehand -- someone set a booby trap on one of the hiking/running trails. They hung some fishing lines at face/neck height between two trees with several sharp pieces of metal hanging from the lines (fishhooks I think, I can't remember). I would have run right into it, but I happened to stop to wait for some slower runners a few feet away from it. I stood there for a few seconds and stared at it because I thought I saw something strange out of the corner of my eye -- it really took a few seconds of staring at it to realize what was going on. Really close call.
Cyclists have it way way worse than runners though.
One of my friends was riding his bike down a country road (in the US), a car passed him on his left, swerved in front of him, and slammed the breaks. My friend was taken by surprise and swerved to the left of the car to avoid slamming into it, at which point the car swerved to the left as well, into the oncoming traffic lane, and pushed him off the left side of the road. My friend was hospitalized for a long time and suffered brain damage from the crash. We knew what happened because another cyclist we knew happened to be on the road not far behind him (not riding with him) and saw the whole thing. The driver was an older man in his 50s or 60s, and his wife was sitting next to him in the passenger seat!
That reminds me of another time I was riding in the bike lane and the car to my left pulled into the bike lane as it pulled even with me and started slowing (we were going about 20mph). When I yelled at him (because I literally had nowhere to go -- I was breaking but cars can break better than bikes) he told me to "stop being a troll". He had two daughters in the car with him, one a teenager and one a little girl.
Another of my friends was riding down the street and some guy in his car tried to run him over. My friend hopped his bike up onto the sidewalk to try to evade the car, the car followed him onto the sidewalk and slammed into a pole on the sidewalk, wrecking the car.
Last month I was riding down the street in the bike lane and a car swerved into the bike lane about a foot in front of me, hit the breaks, and stopped. I almost slammed into it but got around to the left. There were several other cyclists behind me (rush hour in a big city), so they all started yelling at him, and he waved them off dismissively with the back of his hand. As I went by the driver's window (slowly because I'd hit the breaks to avoid him) I imitated his wave, so he threw open his door at me to try to hit me (the door hit my back wheel and just pushed me forwards a bit), got out of his car, and tried to fight me. I rode off as several other cyclists stood there yelling at him and he tried to push past them to get to me.
With your imagination, I see a career as a romance novelist for you.
Gobble Gobble MFers!
Oh God, the worst!
Over the last 50 years people have been pretty benign. The most common is, "Run faster." In college I decided to run twice a day. Another student, who wasn't on the track team, angrily said to me, "Who do you think you are, Jim Ryan?" I couldn't get over how mad he was when he said that. It totally mystified me.
Some girls yelled 'we see your 9 inches flopping around!'
I felt ashamed and embarrassed that they short changed me by 3 inches.
Coach J46 wrote:
Over the last 50 years people have been pretty benign. The most common is, "Run faster." In college I decided to run twice a day. Another student, who wasn't on the track team, angrily said to me, "Who do you think you are, Jim Ryan?" I couldn't get over how mad he was when he said that. It totally mystified me.
Hiw do you know he spelled it wrong?
John Utah wrote:
What is wrong with you people? Do you run in the slums?
Are you really unaware of what is being written in the posts? Almost every one is set in a rural location. Rednecks and running don't mix.