Is it safe to say that 10k OTQ guys can get outsprinted over short distances by off the couch 40 year olds?
Was out-kicking the faster runner even a feat? Or are those guys so gassed at the end that they're vulnerable? Or, are they just rally good over distance, but nothing special at full throttle?
zeus2011 wrote:
This must happen from time to time when races of different distances share a finish. Close-up on the faces for the thrill of victory and agony of defeat.
https://cloud259.com/2017/12/26/half-the-speed-twice-the-glory/
LMAO this is comedy gold
Fast Ash wrote:
zeus2011 wrote:
This must happen from time to time when races of different distances share a finish. Close-up on the faces for the thrill of victory and agony of defeat.
https://cloud259.com/2017/12/26/half-the-speed-twice-the-glory/LMAO this is comedy gold
Funny story. The 5k runner seems like a lovable immature goofball.
How can he be that slow? That is just pathetic.
Pretty funny actually. 10K runner had to laugh or he is the douche.
I loved this story!
That was hilarious. 10k winner knew he had won so was probably just cruising in to the finish.
The douche was the lead bike guy. How wide was the road?
"Specialty running gear" Ha ha
Otherwise known as a tank top, jersey, or sleeveless shirt......
People seem to go really out of their way to "other" others sometimes.
Fun times wrote:
"Specialty running gear" Ha ha
Otherwise known as a tank top, jersey, or sleeveless shirt......
nope, none of those. in UK it is called a "vest", in US it is called a "singlet", mmmkay
It's a shame the writer didn't start the story with his final sentence. Would change most people's perspective on the story.
Best line of the story wrote:
This is a hilarious story. I doubt Mr 10k winner cares. Hopefully he has a sense of humor and further hopefully he’s won several races in his life so getting a winning picture at a local Christmas race in a slow time shouldn’t mean much to him.
Anyways the best line of the story is this:
“There were also a number of steely-faced serious “runners” around. Stretching, hopping, running little sprints and looking altogether unfriendly in their specialty running gear.”
I know Ryan Cosens. He is a great local runner, wearing his Cal Coast running wear proudly. He does win his fair share of local events. He’s so good he can win in his training shoes, if that is safer on his body come race day. This is actually common in local so cal races, when many times in a 10k you are running around 5k finishers. Of course, some of the 5k finishers with lots of energy left...will race you at the end. This is just a “cool” pic for this 5k guy....not really a story. I only checked it out because I saw the phrase “hobby jogger”, and then saw Ryan. I imagine someone has told Ryan about his clever way of achieving LR fame. I had never heard that expression “hobby jogger”until I saw it on the latest “Frank Meza” thread on LR. Maybe it is in one of Pete Magill’s great running books.
Just read the story, and a great story it was....outkicking Ryan Cosens is a big deal. Congrats!!! I just realized this story is from 2017. Hopefully I ‘ll see Ryan at a race soon, so I can kid him about it...
Some of you are so full of yourselves it's disgusting. So what if he can only muster a 32 minute 5K? At least he got off his ass and did something.
As far as him photo-bombing the 10K winner, it's kind of comical in a way. He's just having fun and if you can't see that then, I'm sorry. Not everyone takes this as seriously as the hardcore runners and if they don't like it, they shouldn't be doing public road races.
zeus2011 wrote:
This must happen from time to time when races of different distances share a finish. Close-up on the faces for the thrill of victory and agony of defeat.
https://cloud259.com/2017/12/26/half-the-speed-twice-the-glory/
TL; DR
This is an amazing story and epic photo bomb. Great to get insight on how the running sub culture is viewed from the outside.
What a photo this would be, if the 5k runner would have a official letsrun.com shirt.
Crying Game wrote:
What a photo this would be, if the 5k runner would have a official letsrun.com shirt.
Too dang funny.😁
as a hobby jogger just like the protagonist of this story, it is well known [to me anyways] that the finishing chute/last 300m or so in any road race is an area prone to shenanigans
I'm a ~20 flat 5k'er on a good day but you bet your arse I'm chugging through the last 2-300m below 6:00 pace even without some ahole trying to pass me in the chute. Per my gps watch I will frequently go sub 5:00 pace in this region to hold onto a spot. In fact, I expect it. I've
Every hobby jogger [gobble gobble m'fer, indeer] knows this by their second 'race' ;)