yep lesson learned!  I guess there's no point in running 50 miles if you're not going to learn something along the way.  I'm glad I learned it prior to jumping into a hundred. 

As for that guy, who knows.  He was definitely the type of person that doesn't mesh well in society, worked in a male dominated environment, lacking social skills.  I didn't want to hang around and learn if he was a sociopath or just enjoyed trying to get a rise out of people.  I think he was going for the shock factor.