Forums >General Running>If you are passing someone in a race - should you say something or not?
Man in Tights
We're so friendly that even our comments about how friendly and non-competitive ultrarunners are don't come off as condescending even though we really think that road racers are immature and petulant jerks who can't appreciate the camaraderie we feel when moaning "Ghoold Joab, brotha" as we stagger, heaving and marching on, unwilling to bear the shame of a DNF and motivated into relentless forward motion by petty thoughts of the wonder that lights up in friend's and colleagues's eyes when we say, "Yes, farther than a marathon."
I usually say: "You suck, Tanya." Which is really weird if their name isn't happens to be Tanya. MTA: some of that grammar stuff.
A Saucy Wench
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Think Whirled Peas
OK, so here is a situation coming up for me soon. I am running a 10K in a few weeks that is in conjunction with a 50K and 50 mile ultra. We start at 10 am, the ultras can start anywhere between 6 and 8 am. So I will be passing people (I hope - twould be sad if I did not) who will be 2-5 hours in to their ultra. I would assume that since I am in a much shorter race, it would not be patronizing to give a few words of "rah rah" as I pass?
Just because running is simple does not mean it is easy.
Relentless. Forward. Motion. <repeat>
Ennay, say "I'm just a weenie 10K runner...sorry...don't spit on me"
Suspect Zero
Ex-Smoker turned Runner!
1983
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !