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

I once ran a 7 mile trail race. Course had about 1000' of gain and drop, not too crazy. After a long cooldown, I was near the finish line as the 2nd-to-last place woman was finishing in ~2.25 hours. She was walking, and as soon as she saw the finish, she started sprinting. She was filming herself via a go pro on a selfie stick and sprinted across the finish screaming something about "Endurance Tourism!" I wish I were making this up, but I'm not. It was really awkward.

Cringe wrote:

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

i'm using this race as a workout

excuse maker#2 wrote:

Cringe wrote:

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

i'm using this race as a workout

Salazar does it with his athletes.

DramaContest wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-Z5fFbB84

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!

Zante wrote:

Cringe wrote:

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

People pooling around the finish line of a road 5K comparing Garmin measurements and complaining that the course was long by 0.0x miles, which is why they didn't PR or something like that. Gets even better when they go raid the race director with their foil blankets and fuel belts to tear them a new one.

First, why are you genuinely angry about this, and second, don't you realize you probably didn't run the shortest route?

Because it's never MY fault when something doesn't go my way!

“I love my job” - the pro runners that barely make above poverty or the kids that mommy and daddy fund their running.

A friend of mine told me this book was worth reading.

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.

Sh!t. That was me (or easily could've been). That's actually a perfect description of what I did after setting a 10-second 1600 PB. I was so happy I actually felt no self awareness whatsoever until about 15 mins later when I began to realize how cringey that must've been for everyone else at the finish line. Fvck.

Leagelyze it wrote:

When anyone mentions runners high. So corny

Or when people use "the wall" to describe getting tired late in the race.

Or when they says people only have enough carbs to run 20 miles.

indeedd wrote:

Leagelyze it wrote:

When anyone mentions runners high. So corny

Or when people use "the wall" to describe getting tired late in the race.

Or when they says people only have enough carbs to run 20 miles.

Exactly...”How much fuel and sports drink do I need to carry with me on this 5 or 10K?

“thon” or “half mary”

"I run 6 miles a day." Could also be someone talking about someone else.

(For the clueless, NO you do not!)

-Training through today

-Just a workout

-Tempoing or tempoed race

-peaking at “meet in distant future”

-Today was just to see where I’m at

-Could of gone faster but We were working on team tactics/pack running

Pretty much all of the replies and posts on this site have become cringe worthy over the years...too bad.

I cringe when some nobody hobbyjogger who happened to have been a college runner describes himself as "elite."

"Work smarter, not harder." I've never understood why the two need to be mutually exclusive. I've always just viewed that as a cop out for lazy people when they don't want to work hard.

When a slower runner tells a faster runner, he would be better off doing less junk mileage and more quality.

Jamin...I’d like to date him.

I realised I wasn't interested in running faster just further.

Seen several times on ultra running sites.