The striped running shorts
Whoa!
The striped running shorts
Whoa!
Dogs on leashes that automatically extend and aren’t locked
Things I hate to hear the must during a run:
1. What's my mile pr?
2. Am I training for a marathon or some marathon deviation of that question.
3. Run Forest run. And worst of all it's kids who were born well over a decade after that movie came out that say that.
4. Little kid asking me why I'm shirtless, I don't know probably because it's a hundred degrees outside.
5. Kids forcing themselves to laugh at me while I run by in my 1" split shorts.
Things I like to hear while running:
1. When a car comes from behind to cat call me or yell wow. This is funny as from behind with my long hair they probably think I'm a chick running. Jokes on them I'm a dude.
2. When someone ask about my mileage.
3. When a woman says or waves hi to me.
4. Dead silence
5. Wildlife
"Running is bad for your knees."
I can't believe we're on page two and nobody mentioned that yet.
Running a "Full."
Non-runners saying they hate running. SO MANY times I have heard "Oh you're a runner? I hate running." Imagine how stupid you'd sound if someone said they enjoyed learning how to cook and your only response was how much you hate cooking. Or playing piano, learning a new language, or any other hobby.
Also how serious people are about the label "runner".
"You're doing a marathon ... how far is that?"
unequivocally wrote:
Long long long Timer wrote:
Let’s hear what you got.
Any time a 4:00 or slower marathoner or trail/ultra “runner” of any variety speaks to me about running.
Yes, it´s ridiculous that a 4:00 marathoner thinks he can learn an 18 minute 5k runner something.
People running with shorts over their tights.
Ditto the leashes
What’s the point then not even under owners control!
Dogs chasing me while I run growling baring teeth biting me etc
The word
‘Thon!
No it’s a marathon.
And Mary!
No again it’s a marathon.
Endemic doping by elites for nigh on half a century; collusion by coaches, physios, doctors, trainers and sports governance bodies; denial by media and fans.
I hear you wrote:
unequivocally wrote:
Any time a 4:00 or slower marathoner or trail/ultra “runner” of any variety speaks to me about running.
Yes, it´s ridiculous that a 4:00 marathoner thinks he can learn an 18 minute 5k runner something.
I hate when lazy runners slower than me try to talk to me about running
I also can't stand the doping douches faster than me
People freaking out when I run past them and yelling and screaming about that fact (flicking me off, cursing at me, etc.). Also, cars not listening to traffic lights. I have almost been hit 5-6 times by cars
The color runs, the Ragnar runs, the spartan thing, etc. + most road 5k/10k's; yoga too.
Social media side of running (all the instagram crap).
1. That random guy at work who always talks to em about Ultras and the gear even though I tell him everytime that I've no interest in going more than 10k for a race.
2. People who pull their car past the cross-walk so they can get a three-second head start at the light. Almost got hit/forced into the intersection multiple times because of this.
3. People who purposely interfere with the run (once had a kid pop a wheelie while biking right towards me to try and scare me, I pushed the bike and flipped him over).
4. My coworkers when they act like they only reason I would run is to punish myself/lose weight. Extends to being told I need to "eat more" by an office full of middle-aged, 250+ lb, out of shape employees.
I hate when I pass someone who is clearly breathing heavier than me and then heavy breather speeds up to run behind (or even attempt to pass me back). I just hate the sound of the heavy breathing and struggling right behind me. If it was the last km of a race or so that’s different, but I’m talking about training runs (although I also hate it early on in road runs). It’s a certain type who hates to be passed. I also don’t understand it. Can’t they hear that they are struggling much more than me? What is the point of trying to stay with me? I hate the sound of the heavy breathing right behind me and getting in my personal space. It’s just not something you would do in any other circumstance, so why is it ok because we happen to be running the same loop?
Chariots of Fire theme, by far. I don't get the other stuff that much, but here in Albuquerque it's like every day and sometimes twice that some lowrider comes cruising up and slows to my pace, ups the treble and lowers the bass, and blasts those piano bars from his system. I grin and look at them like "what, am I running in a barefoot group on a beach here?"
Long long long timer wrote:
The word
‘Thon!
No it’s a marathon.
And Mary!
No again it’s a marathon.
That reminds me ... people pronouncing it ... mara-THON ... as if it's two words with the emphasis on the 2nd part. It's just one word pronounced marathun. That's how Paula says it and she will know best ;-)
Oh and people who call it a Progressive run ...
Kids that line up at the start and take off sprinting only to stop right in the middle of the road 100 meters later. People in open races that don’t line up in the appropriate areas, people that walk side by side across the entire track or trail and don’t move over, cars that come near you and honk like it’s funny, runners you pass that race in front of you only to slow down again