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A Saucy Wench
Tonight I got pizza delivery. I answered the door sporting my slick Boston Marathon finisher t-shirt. Conversation with pizza delivery dude:
"Wow, you ran Boston. Hey I have some friends who ran Boston once, Do you know Carla Johnson?"
Uh...no. <attempt to hand him money>
"Or...um...darn what is her name Elaine something. Smithson? Smithwick? Smithwho? She's about my age - she still runs marathons"
Uh...no...there are a lot of marathon runners these days <attempt to hand him money>
"Cindy Lou Who*? - she's closer to your age "
Uh..no..here's your money. <grab pizza, shut door in his face>
*ok yes that wasnt the name he said, but it might as well have been. All names have been changed to protect the innocent
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Oh, you're from Oregon? I have a friend that lives in Bend. She runs (when she plays Ultimate Frisbee). Her name is Shannon. Do you know Shannon from Oregon? (Gotta love cold pizza).
Tonight I got pizza delivery. I answered the door sporting my slick Boston Marathon finisher t-shirt. Conversation with pizza delivery dude: "Wow, you ran Boston. Hey I have some friends who ran Boston once, Do you know Carla Johnson?" Uh...no. <attempt to hand him money> "Or...um...darn what is her name Elaine something. Smithson? Smithwick? Smithwho? She's about my age - she still runs marathons" Uh...no...there are a lot of marathon runners these days <attempt to hand him money> "Cindy Lou Who*? - she's closer to your age " Uh..no..here's your money. <grab pizza, shut door in his face> *ok yes that wasnt the name he said, but it might as well have been. All names have been changed to protect the innocent
That is silly, but could be worse.
For me, the "Oh, you run?" is normally followed with a skeptical "Really?"
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Hey...your log is back! You do run.
Acceptable at a dance, invaluable in a shipwreck.
Except I havent run since I reinstated my log.
But I'm trying.
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mrow
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Hold the Mayo
How far is that Boston marathon thing?
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I visited Boston two years ago over that weekend. The people at the front desk warned me that traffic would be a mess because of that marathon thing. They also told me that it is 13 miles. I suggested otherwise, but they were sure they'd read that in the newspaper, so I deferred to their local expertise.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Depends. Where are you coming from?
Runners run
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They also told me that it is 13 miles. I suggested otherwise, but they were sure they'd read that in the newspaper, so I deferred to their local expertise.
Greatly enhances the chances of a shaving a few minutes off the PR.
Nu-uh Trent. Around here pizza delivery guys are like 60
A few years ago, during a medical "event", parlty induced from a hard run, I mentioned to the health care professionals, half jokingly, that I might now have to give up running marathons.
3 times, THREE times that day, various health care personnel asked me:
"Oh, a marathon, how far is that anyway?"
Yup, 3 times in one day. It was comical.
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
A few years ago, during a medical "event", parlty induced from a hard run, I mentioned to the health care professionals, half jokingly, that I might now have to give up running marathons. 3 times, THREE times that day, various health care personnel asked me: "Oh, a marathon, how far is that anyway?" Yup, 3 times in one day. It was comical.
Reminds me of when I went to a specialist-high-powered doc for something and he claimed to be an expert about running.
He immediately claimed that a big problem of mine is that I'm a mid or forefoot striker. After all, "everyone knows that all good runners land on their heels."
I asked him how many people he knew who had run marathons. He had less acquaintance * marathons than the number I've personally run. I changed doctors after that.
This actually doesn't sound particularly weird to me -- it's just probably not common knowledge to many non-runners that a marathon is 26.2 miles. It's like if I asked someone how long a full Ironman race is -- I know it's a swim, bike, and run, but I don't know offhand how long the swim and biking portions are.
Now, I've heard of people saying things like "a 5k marathon or a 10 mile marathon?", which is more amusing and less understandable.
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