What is the most BS running story/claim you have ever heard?

Yeaaah....that guy is me enjoy your road bike.

Mo claiming he wasnt quite in shape.

If your story is true, then I don't wanna be right.

I'm a collegiate coach at a pretty good mid-major.

I once had a guy come to me about walking on. I asked him what his beat marks were in high school (I can look This up myself, but I like to see if someone will lie to me, make excuses or if they even live in reality). He told me he once ran 1:23 for 800m. I asked him if he meant 1:23 for 600m. He looked me in the eye and said, "No, for 800m." I asked him if he meant 1:53 or 2:03. He said, "No, 1:23 for 800m." I asked, "Two laps around a track?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Yea!" was his reply.

I rolled me eyes a bit (unintentially) and told him that we weren't allowing any walk-ons for the upcoming year.

Hope you got a good deal on the bike the guy probably won the Tour on.

What are your 800M walk-on standards?

Tell me, please!

53:53

Very good deal on the bike actually. The only reason I bought it was because it was priced stupidly low. I now know why.

That's because you're a real runner, and real runners maintain composure at all times. They don't look down on others, or think little of themselves compared to someone else's alleged accomplishments.

NCAA track coach1234 wrote:

I'm a collegiate coach at a pretty good mid-major.

I once had a guy come to me about walking on. I asked him what his beat marks were in high school (I can look This up myself, but I like to see if someone will lie to me, make excuses or if they even live in reality). He told me he once ran 1:23 for 800m. I asked him if he meant 1:23 for 600m. He looked me in the eye and said, "No, for 800m." I asked him if he meant 1:53 or 2:03. He said, "No, 1:23 for 800m." I asked, "Two laps around a track?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Yea!" was his reply.

I rolled me eyes a bit (unintentially) and told him that we weren't allowing any walk-ons for the upcoming year.

It was a 200m track

The most BS running story is the one Kathy Switzer has been weaving for 50 years - a king size whopper with cheese.

A total psychopath liar from junior high that I run into every few years. Right out college back in mid 90s. He claims he ran steeple chase in Olympics. An Asian guy with a belly looked like he was 6 months pregnant. I recall asking him if he medaled. He said Africans are too fast for him.

Some guy in my hometown who said he set out for a run in 80 degree weather and 30 minutes later it was snowing. He said since then he always carries a backpack with a winter jacket when he runs. 😂

At a hobby jogger event for Nike and the topic of a 5K race came up. A woman chimed in her friend could win any race he entered. Being in socal it piqued my interest because there are some pretty fast people roaming the running scene and a lot of BSers. The girl said her friend ran for Oregon. The dude didn't look he could break 18:00 at the time. I asked the "Oregon" guy what he ran in college. He said the 1500 and his PR was 3:39! I'm like holy shit that's fast you must have been an All American and what were was your mile time? He didn't know. I just kind shook my head and walked away. Next time someone pulls that stunt I'm gonna Google it in front of everyone.

Had this guy come out for cross country at our lower division school (DIII, NAIA, etc). Claimed his HS 5k PR was around 15:30 which was definitely solid for us so we were impressed. Proceeds to do the classic win the warm up but then can't complete the workouts. Don't think he ever broke 30:00 for the 8k. Coach and teammates look him up later and find his PR is likely around 17:30 for 5k but he did run a 15:30 race in HS that ended up being like, 2-2.5 miles or something. We were never sure if he lied on purpose or if his coach just let him believe it was a 5k.

Fat guy at the cafe told me that he ran the 5k sub 13:30. Yeah right. I took his name and checked on the internet.

Guess what? That was true.

Pretty humbling.

From the shadows wrote:

Fat guy at the cafe told me that he ran the 5k sub 13:30. Yeah right. I took his name and checked on the internet.

Guess what? That was true.

Pretty humbling.

Were you at 5 Guys? Was it Alan Webb?

In the '80s, a middle-aged woman came into the running store I worked at and was looking at the shoes on the wall, so I went up and started a conversation--what kind of running do you do, etc.--and she came out with: "Well, I just ran a four-minute mile." The owner, a 2:25 marathoner who ran 100+ mile weeks and really hated people's BS running claims, overhead this and couldn't contain himself. In a voice overflowing with blatantly feigned amazement, he said, "Do you realize that you have the world record by more than 15 seconds?!" A very uncomfortable long pause followed, and then she said in a meek little voice, "It's two times around the ring at the high school, isn't it?

From the shadows wrote:

Fat guy at the cafe told me that he ran the 5k sub 13:30. Yeah right. I took his name and checked on the internet.

Guess what? That was true.

Pretty humbling.

You actually met Mike Rossi! What are the odds of that?