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

Anytime you mention a distance event and every girl assumes Usain Bolt is the record holder or that they don't understand that he probably can't run a marathon well or any distance event well.

QOTD wrote:

Sarah Sellers:

". … Nothing against full-time runners... but it seems like they have a lot of Netflix time.”

I didn't think this was cringey but it was certainly ignorant. Sellers would obviously have the potential to be a faster runner if she wasn't obligated to stand up all day for her job. Your running career will not last long, you can always go back to being a nurse when it's over.

AverageJoesGym262 wrote:

“Is it time the Boston Marathon switched dates with the BAA Half Marathon in October?” Is the cringiest thing I have heard a runner say!

T and to switch it to any other day would be sacrilegious, in my humble opinion. Besides if you start changing race dates due to weather, you would always be doing it. If you moved it to October and it had a 80 degree race weather, people would complain about it and want it moved again. People need to accept any weather is possible and deal with it. It is apart of being a runner.

The Boston Marathon is apart of Patriots Day? You might want to check the difference between apart and a part.

LOL dude - you sound like the cringiest loser here... You're upset he MAY have lied about an irrelevant PR?

Guy is running 40-70 mile weeks, recently ran a 5k at 5:40 mile pace and has a listed 1:55 800pr. He's in the 99th percentile anyway you look at it. If you're gonna put in the work, you should be able to 'humble brag' about it.

Sounds like you're a bit jealous that he's the runner of the office. You are the..... what? No the runner... ouch...

Slripe122 wrote:

Runners are uncouth narcissist, we don't need words to be "cringe-worthy"

True dat!

Example: had a guy at a local road race tell me he shaved his legs to help him run faster. Barely knew the guy. Too much personal info.

Darwin’s Crazy Aunt wrote:

Taking running seriously after high school (yes, that includes D1 runners).

Does this include olympians too?

David Rudisha wrote:

Darwin’s Crazy Aunt wrote:

Taking running seriously after high school (yes, that includes D1 runners).

Does this include olympians too?

If you’re 1) spending more than you’re making on running 2) giving up opportunity cost with another career to maintain your level of running and 3) take your running seriously, you are CRINGE. That means all but maybe 5-10 runners per event in the country who take it seriously.

Darwin’s Crazy Aunt wrote:

David Rudisha wrote:

Does this include olympians too?

If you’re 1) spending more than you’re making on running 2) giving up opportunity cost with another career to maintain your level of running and 3) take your running seriously, you are CRINGE. That means all but maybe 5-10 runners per event in the country who take it seriously.

I’m a D1 runner and it costs me nothing financially to be on my team. It is also paying for my education, so it’ll help me eventually get a career. So yes, I do take it seriously and I think that most collegiate runners would also be in the same boat as me.

I think that the people who don’t take it seriously at the D1 level are truly the cringiest. They are the ones wasting their time.

Darwin’s Crazy Aunt wrote:

David Rudisha wrote:

Does this include olympians too?

If you’re 1) spending more than you’re making on running 2) giving up opportunity cost with another career to maintain your level of running and 3) take your running seriously, you are CRINGE. That means all but maybe 5-10 runners per event in the country who take it seriously.

I guess this has become an unpopular opinion thread.

Sounds like 1 and 2 don’t apply to you, so not really cringe. But a D1 runner who is not making up anything spent on gear by getting some kind of scholarship is operating at a deficit, and depending on the program there’s definitely an opportunity cost in terms of time spent training that could be used on professional development rather than a hobby.

AverageJoesGym262 wrote:

It is apart of being a runner.

This.

The whole point is that bragging is lame as s#it. It's even more lame if you're lying. Even more lame if your times aren't all that impressive. And humble bragging is even more lame than outright bragging. But none of this is as lame as you are.

-Most of the responses on this thread

-"My PR is xxx but I was in shape for yyy."

-"It was worth a..."

-Most posts on LRC

My favorite thing is when people lie about a workout via strava.

They magically have a "dead watch" or a "watch error" and upload the splits as a separate manual entry run. The best is when they do a workout with a friend who knows they clearly lied about said workout .... Pretty pathetic/cringy if you ask me!

”Running on pure hate”. Tragic.

Takinadump wrote:

QOTD wrote:

Sarah Sellers:

". … Nothing against full-time runners... but it seems like they have a lot of Netflix time.”

I didn't think this was cringey but it was certainly ignorant. Sellers would obviously have the potential to be a faster runner if she wasn't obligated to stand up all day for her job. Your running career will not last long, you can always go back to being a nurse when it's over.

How is that statement ignorant? Full time professional runners do have a lot of down time.

Not a criticism. There's just only so much training and ancillary stuff you can do in any given 24 hour period. The do and should have "a lot of Netflix time."

yepp wrote:

"Bowerman Babes"

"Healthy fats like butter"

"One Mo ..."

"The 800 is the hardest race"

"What time did you get?"

"Crushed it."

Bragging about their time at the hobbyjogger olympics (Boston).

Cringe wrote:

Subject says it all. Anyone have something that sets off your cringe alarm?

Pretty much anything a "runner" says when talking about running.

ignorant? wrote:

Takinadump wrote:

I didn't think this was cringey but it was certainly ignorant. Sellers would obviously have the potential to be a faster runner if she wasn't obligated to stand up all day for her job. Your running career will not last long, you can always go back to being a nurse when it's over.

How is that statement ignorant? Full time professional runners do have a lot of down time.

Not a criticism. There's just only so much training and ancillary stuff you can do in any given 24 hour period. The do and should have "a lot of Netflix time."

Then they should be working when they are not running. It could be argued that American running took a dive once runners became "professional" and stopped working day jobs. It could also be argued that the fortitude Sellers displayed was because she has a real job that requires her full attention and can be very stressful. She didn't just bow out due to some rain drops or "tummy trouble."