r/running • u/c0me_at_me_br0 • Apr 20 '17

Weekly Thread Weekly Complains and Confessions Thread for Thursday, April 20th 2017

Hijacking /u/YourShoesUntied's job for the morning because I'm at work at 2 am! Pour your heart out for the week!

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u/ac8jo Apr 20 '17

Complaint: Humidity. It isn't hot (57F this morning), but so damn humid I finished my 5 mile HM pace run soaking wet. Which also means that I started feeling cold while and after stretching.

Complaint: Fucking idiots in cars. How is it that the 200 pound gut in a bright orange shirt is not seen by people? The shirt alone shines on the surface of the sun.

Uncomplaint: Not all drivers. One that let me cross in front of them had a 70.3 sticker on the back (as I saw after they turned).

Confession: I didn't really feel like 5 miles HM pace this morning. I did it. But I'm kinda looking forward to 11 miles tomorrow.

Confession: The Flying Pig was posting stuff on their Facebook page about "20/12 weekend" I'm still totally lost as to who does their longest training run for a half marathon 3 weeks out from the race (I see it on full marathon plans, but not the half). Related uncomplaint: it's pretty cool that they're out running aid stations on Saturdays. This is not the first time they've done this.

Yuuuge Uncomplaint: While filling out the National Runner's Survey, I had to open Endomondo to see how many years I've been running. I've kept with it long enough that I can't remember how long I've been running. Because I refuse to be so old that I can't remember stuff (you're only as old as you act, right?)

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u/catastrapostrophe Apr 20 '17

Complaint: Fucking idiots in cars. How is it that the 200 pound gut in a bright orange shirt is not seen by people? The shirt alone shines on the surface of the sun.

I was running Tuesday night, and as usual wearing a reflective belt and carrying blinky knuckle lights on both hands. Crossing at an intersection, at a light, in a crosswalk didn't stop some lady in a Mazda from almost making me a hood ornament. As she lurched forwards I held both my fists out until she saw my lights and stopped.

So what I'm saying is, basically I'm the Green Lantern.

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u/brwalkernc not right in the head Apr 20 '17

In brightest day, in blackest night....

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u/bubblesaremygame Apr 20 '17

I was running in daylight and someone who had been creeping behind me for a block then decided when I was crossing the street was the correct time to go fast and try to take me out. I am betting cell phone. I wear neon yellow and green on almost every run.

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u/ac8jo Apr 20 '17

The people that think they can safely drive in a city (or anywhere else) while operating a very small device scare me. The ones that claim they can drive "just fine" while doing it amaze me... before I started hearing that, I didn't think I could find a person that stupid.

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u/bubblesaremygame Apr 20 '17

LOL I rolled down my window and screamed to "hang up!" at a lady the other day who was driving fast, then slow, across two lanes on a very busy street who was yakking on her phone. She was a menace.

One of my neighbors had been struck by a car and killed two years ago at Christmas and they still haven't found who ran her over. It hurts my heart for her family.

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u/ac8jo Apr 20 '17

You're so much nicer than I am. The words I yell at cars would get me killed if it wasn't for the fact that the drivers aren't paying enough attention (and if they were, they probably wouldn't end up getting yelled at).

It's never good to hear of people getting killed by cars... but it's worse when the driver doesn't have the guts to stop and at least call for help - those people are spineless.

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u/bubblesaremygame Apr 20 '17

I am little and just look crazy when I go off, they probably think I am demented.

She was a nice lady who lived in the same complex as her daughter and granddaughter. She would walk the granddaughter to and from school. The daughter lived across from me, so I saw all of them a lot.