What annoys you about other runners and running in general?

HS3

About running...cyclists on the footpath coming up behind you without warning, so you've no clue they're there. You go to cross a road, take a look at the traffic ON THE ROAD....spot a break and decide to go for it. Only for the cyclist to finally make their presence known with an OOOOOOPS, crossed my path a bit suddenly there. Wtf???!! I'm on the PATH!! I glanced over my shoulder to investigate traffic and didn't spot you. Did you not see me looking and think...she's thinking of crossing???!! I'm not wearing earphones, I'm not impaired hearing wise...if you're that close to me that your wheel skims me leg...LET ME KNOW YOU'RE THERE BEFORE YOU EVEN GET THAT CLOSE!!!!

*ahem* What's a virtual race?

ThisRegard

davedanon wrote: »

At least that's free. And I'm sure most Strava users just ignore them.

Nothing wrong with chasing Strava segments.

Can I add runners unable to use the quote functionality correctly on internet forums?

Butterbeans

ThisRegard wrote: »

Nothing wrong with chasing Strava segments.

Can I add runners unable to use the quote functionality correctly on internet forums?

No

nhunter100

Butterbeans wrote:

Bizarre. I know off topic, but do they give you a 'virtual time' for said race also? (I'm not considering it by the way )

Not as far as I know.

nhunter100

ThisRegard wrote:

You mean like Strava segments?

No.

nhunter100

ThisRegard wrote:

Can I add runners unable to use the quote functionality correctly on internet forums?

Start a thread. ;-)

joesoap5

Don't know if anyone doing the 3/4 marathon seen the guy with the towel wrapped around his head who jumped into an ambulance to get treated and then jumped out again to finish the race.

He kept saying to runners passing him how bad he felt, then getting them to stop their race thinking he was going to have a medical emergency.

He ended up slowing up at least 10 runners and then asking them if he can run with them. Of course being decent all of them did and then after he'd get his bit of sympathy he'd let them off.

He ended up finishing faster than a few of them as well. Such a bloody actor he was.

For some strange reason he was around me for the whole race

nhunter100

joesoap5 wrote:

For some strange reason he was around me for the whole race

Was it your towel and you just wanted to keep an eye on it?

davedanon

ThisRegard wrote: »

Nothing wrong with chasing Strava segments.

Can I add runners unable to use the quote functionality correctly on internet forums?

This board is so abominably designed and hard to use that I have made the bare minimum of effort in finding out how it works.

ThisRegard

You give Tallaght a bad name.

Puibo

People who's feet have never seen the inside of a running shoe giving seasoned runners advice on running.

Just because you saw the second half of a soccer match back in 1990 doesn't mean you're going to get a call to coach the Kenyan Olympic long distance runners!!!!

UM1

tunguska wrote: »

Runners who had the

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Fock sake tunguska..

IvoryTower

i cant remember him saying anything that would need to be snipped!



Runners who won't push themselves in training. I know we're all in it for different reasons blah blah, still annoys me

Oops69

Chewbecca/ yak -like hairy shoulders and backs in singlets , shave or get lasered or don't wear the singlet ----gag !

Murph_D

Oops69 wrote: »

Chewbecca/ yak -like hairy shoulders and backs in singlets , shave or get lasered or don't wear the singlet ----gag !

Big eyeroll to this. Don't be a fashion victim.

tang1

Murph_D wrote: »

Big eyeroll to this. Don't be a fashion victim.

+1, I always comb my back and armhair before a race so as not to upset anyone!!!

Gavlor

tang1 wrote: »

+1, I always comb my back and armhair before a race so as not to upset anyone!!!

Sure it's the only use that you get out of your comb

tang1

Gavlor wrote: »

Sure it's the only use that you get out of your comb

Fellow runners who slag bald men, like I asked to look like an egg before i'm 40!!!

Gavlor

tang1 wrote: »

Fellow runners who slag bald men, like I asked to look like an egg before i'm 40!!!

That would be the donughts.....











Oh wait, you didn't mean shape-wise??

tang1

Gavlor wrote: »

That would be the donughts.....











Oh wait, you didn't mean shape-wise??

I can dig that picture up from the Stook 10 mile last year if you like........

Mind you I'd say your far more svelte now.

davedanon

Oops69 wrote: »

Chewbecca/ yak -like hairy shoulders and backs in singlets , shave or get lasered or don't wear the singlet ----gag !

Metrosexuality infecting amateur athletics. Whatever next.

UM1

Runnerz /ppl who txt speak
Burds who are sexist
Entitlements

seamus

Cartman78 wrote: »

More of a trivial annoyance than anything else but find it amusing how some people guard their race times/PB’s as if it’s some sort of life-defining secret….

“So how’d the race go for you on Sunday?”

“Ahh…not too bad”

“Cool…what kinda time did you do?”

“Ehh…it was in and around my target”

“Ok….what was your target?”

“Ahhmm..was aiming for a PB”

“Nice…what’s your PB again?”

…..(Silence)

I can be bad for this depending on who I'm talking to. Like if I know someone's 5k PB is around 25 minutes and I'm unhappy with my 20-ish minute run, I don't want to come across as braggy or arrogant by saying "awful, terrible time", I'll just downplay it by saying, "Ah, I did alright".
I'm not an elite running for a place, so I don't want someone else to feel bad about their time by me saying mine was crap.

Maybe I'm overthinking it and people don't care.

joesoap5

seamus wrote: »

I can be bad for this depending on who I'm talking to. Like if I know someone's 5k PB is around 25 minutes and I'm unhappy with my 20-ish minute run, I don't want to come across as braggy or arrogant by saying "awful, terrible time", I'll just downplay it by saying, "Ah, I did alright".
I'm not an elite running for a place, so I don't want someone else to feel bad about their time by me saying mine was crap.

Maybe I'm overthinking it and people don't care.

Don't feel bad, sure it's all relative...some guys clocking 16 to 18 mins probably do the same to you.

HS3

I have a run hijacker. I don't know how it happened. I tried to explain how slow I am, but apparently his issue is heading out too fast so he thinks running with me might slow him down and be of benefit. At first it was grand to have the company, but now he's downloaded Strava and I get an update every two minutes on the distance we've done so far.

When we get back to the office he's all 'yeah we ran three miles today. Twas fairly slow so handy enough anyone could do that pace'. Yeah...That's why you stopped 5 times to tie your lace and HAD to stop to reply to a text half way.

May the running gods have mercy on my coldheartedness but the only reason I'm sticking with him is, he's a competitive mo fo and I'm a wuss with sessions, so when I start them again, I'm hoping to use him as a sparring partner

dwayneshintzy

Gear packs/gels for a 5km

dwayneshintzy

IvoryTower wrote: »

Runners who won't push themselves in training

What do you mean by this, actually? Runners who self identify as not pushing themselves? Or runners who some observer would consider are not pushing themselves?

Puibo

A few weeks ago I heard a guy saying that where he trains he knows where the Strava segments are so between segments he holds back then really goes for it.

Surely this is not proper training. Unless he uses it as fartlek. The way he described it, it sounded like he was just trying to move up in the rankings. Quite sad IMO.

walshb

With the recent weather runners still running when it's clearly quite risky with icy footpaths. Fook them....very little sympathy should they break a leg. Would it kill you to wait, or find a safer area to run in?

Ceepo

walshb wrote: »

With the recent weather runners still running when it's clearly quite risky with icy footpaths. Fook them....very little sympathy should they break a leg. Would it kill you to wait, or find a safer area to run in?

Of course you are right. They could just train inside, maybe something like mmmmmmm..let see...a boxing ring and get the head boxed of them and maybe end up getting Dementia pugilistica...
I'll take my chance on the footpath...😉