What's the cringiest thing you hear runners say or have heard a runner say? (about running)

I had a guy tell me his heart rate was better than mine after a race therefore he actually had a superior performance despite finishing behind.

Yes he grabbed my arm and took my pulse right after the finish.

From another thread on this cringe-inducing website:

"After seeing the forecast for Monday, it looks like we'll have yet another Boston Marathon in miserable conditions. I ran the race last year, and for the first time in my racing life, I didn't enjoy the experience, simply because it was too cold and wet to think about anything else. While this year won't be as bad, I still feel for the runners who worked so hard to toe the line.

Having the Boston Marathon in mid April presents so many weather variables that it's impossible to fully prepare for. And it seems that mid-April weather has become increasingly volatile in New England. After watching a few friends bonk from the heat in 2016, I spent a good portion of last winter doing sauna sessions to prepare for another potentially hot day. When you live in a cold climate, as most runners do in the winter, all of your training is done in freezing temperatures (not to mention in the dark, on icy roads, etc.). That makes racing in 70-degree weather pretty difficult.

And it's no secret that the qualification window for Boston is also very awkward. Fall marathons won't qualify you for the upcoming spring, so you're stuck waiting a year and a half to race.

Is it time the Boston Marathon switched dates with the BAA Half Marathon in October? While New England fall weather isn't always perfect, it's at least a lot more consistent. Runners could train over the summer (with more daylight and on roads that aren't icy and slushy), and qualifiers could run fall marathons to lock in for the next year's race. Obviously there would be a lot of logistical hurdles to move such a huge event, but the extra six months the BAA would have to reorganize would at least give them a head start. Tourists love fall in New England anyway -- the race would be that much more appealing."

Pretty much all of Once a Runner.

WOW that is really something hahaahahaha

One time I saw a kid celebrate a PR so hard that he basically turned into a warewolf or some type of goblin. Lets out a deafening screech "YESSSSSSS!!!" accompanied by some interesting facial expressions. Priceless.

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82374632895 wrote:

Starting a thread called "What's the cringiest thing you hear runners say or have heard a runner say? (about running)

Fair enough

Just doing it for a workout.

Vladimir Cringe wrote:

One time I saw a kid celebrate a PR so hard that he basically turned into a warewolf or some type of goblin. Lets out a deafening screech "YESSSSSSS!!!" accompanied by some interesting facial expressions. Priceless.

Hahahahahahaha I've seen something exactly like what you're talking about. Maybe we saw the same guy! (Kidding)

Not something that runners say, but highschool girls collapsing right at the finish line of races.

Warmdown.

If a warmdown is performed after the run, is a "cool-up" performed before the run?

The Great Avocado Shortage of 2019 wrote:

If a warmdown is performed after the run, is a "cool-up" performed before the run?

Yes if you are an ice bath devotee.

(Insert name here) goes home devastated.

Out at a bar with many non runner acquaintances several years after college. This guy had no idea I used to run D1 as well because it doesn't really come up in our work. First thing he did was humble brag about his weekly mileage. "I feel like I haven't accomplished anything if I don't get in at least 9 miles a day" was the exact statement. That made me laugh quite a bit and piqued my interest. He moved on to discussing his PRs from college. I had to look him up obviously, which is insanely easy online because he said what university he ran at. They were all extremely exaggerated. 1:55 instead of the claimed 1:51. Can't remember the mile claim. He recently ran a corporate 5k in 17:30 so still in decent shape. Overall pretty hilarious. I actually like the guy at work but the whole running thing with him is a little too much for me in social settings. I guess I left college running fairly disappointed in myself and don't like to talk about it to my coworkers. This guy loves it. Such is life.

n miles is not long run (for some value of n)

Pre-font-tane wrote:

Not something that runners say, but highschool girls collapsing right at the finish line of races.

Oh absolutely!

Cringe wrote:

Pre-font-tane wrote:

Not something that runners say, but highschool girls collapsing right at the finish line of races.

Oh absolutely!

Not collapsing at the line is cringy. If you don't, it means you were a pansy and didn't go to your absolute max.

If you asked him about it he'd probably say it was a relay split hahahaha