If you are passing someone in a race - should you say something or not? (Read 1608 times)

Why would untra runners look down on a 10k runner?

Because they're up on a mountain trail. Duh.

I apologize if my earlier posts on this thread set people off. Really I was trying and obviously failing to be funny. I hoped that the high-toned language, the self-referential remarks, and the long-winded rationalizing would clue people in to this. I was also hoping to indicate the ways in which innocent remarks can be misconstrued by gesturing towards a similarity between message board posts and in-race remarks. They are often brief interchanges between strangers ad therefore subject to vast ranges of interpretation. Post at your own risk. Make race remarks at your own risk.

I apologize if my earlier posts on this thread set people off. Really I was trying and obviously failing to be funny. I hoped that the high-toned language, the self-referential remarks, and the long-winded rationalizing would clue people in to this. I was also hoping to indicate the ways in which innocent remarks can be misconstrued by gesturing towards a similarity between message board posts and in-race remarks. They are often brief interchanges between strangers ad therefore subject to vast ranges of interpretation. Post at your own risk. Make race remarks at your own risk.

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This is a TOTAL comet topic. And, based on 1) the other posts the OP has made elsewhere, 2) the number (aka, very few) posts the OP has made, and 3) the participation by the OP in this thread (aka, none), I think the OP posted this specifically to stir shit. Now, does that mean that this topic should not be discussed? Not at all. Carry on. My opinion: everyone is different and there are no categoricals. If you are offering up a "good job" to someone, understand that they may not take it the way you intended it. If you receive a "good job" from someone, understand that they may not have meant it in the way that you took it. Bye now.

This is a TOTAL comet topic. And, based on 1) the other posts the OP has made elsewhere, 2) the number (aka, very few) posts the OP has made, and 3) the participation by the OP in this thread (aka, none), I think the OP posted this specifically to stir shit.

Probably. But it was kind of a weak effort, and the responses have been friendly and amusing. Mostly. Although we almost got off on a good tangent with the "ultra runners are snooty" stuff up there. Which is just silly, of course, since they're really joggers. Not runners. Know what I mean?* * Now that's some good trolling.

My opinion: everyone is different and there are no categoricals.

But you just made a categorical statement.

You can tell a race is for weenies if it has water stops or aid stations. Look at the Olympic 100m -- how many of them stop for water partway down the track, or pull out their water bottle, or stuff a gu down? That's what I'm talking about -- real races are fast enough to hold the attention span of an MTV generation viewer.