Annoying things people do in road races

[Anonymous]

I was finally able to participate / run in this race after a lingering injury had me out for two years. It was so much fun!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of these gripes aren’t a big deal. I signed up late and did what I was supposed to do and started with the last corral. I spent the morning not trying to kill people and still managed to bob and weave (safely) my way to finishing in just over an hour.

The biggest safety issue is the complete lack of any attempt to dispose of water cups at least off the running surface. That’s a rolled ankle or a knee injury just waiting to happen. Glad I didn’t see anybody get taken out by one of those thousands of land mines.

This was my first and last time doing this race I think, unless I’m in one of the first two non elite waves.

The cups are crushable. No one is rolling an ankle or damaging a knee on a dinky paper cup.

Couple of possibilities here.

1) you aren’t aware of the volume we are talking about. It was thousands with the attendant water all over the place at all the water stations

2) you haven’t been doing this very long and have never seen somebody have a bad foot strike because of a carpet of these cups causing an injury

3) you are slow AF so it wouldn’t matter to you because your running gait is more like a fast paced walk anyways

You listed a few things, not a couple. Calling someone slow as F uck is belittling someone that you disagree with rather than engaging in the discussion. But, I'm pretty sure I'm faster than you. When was the last time you BQd, ass hole?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Impressed we got this far without arguing about earbuds

They don’t annoy me generally, and I could not have gotten through marathons without listening to music, but some runners clearly don’t pay attention to their surroundings while wearing them.

NP - wearing earbuds/headphones is my biggest pet peeve during road races. I sort of think of it as cheating, probably a holdover from XC and treating races as actual races. But many runners who wear them aren't paying attention to their surroundings. I've been nearly tripped many times by someone fiddling with their playlist or whatever. To me, being in a road race is exciting enough. I get that I'm in the small minority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of these gripes aren’t a big deal. I signed up late and did what I was supposed to do and started with the last corral. I spent the morning not trying to kill people and still managed to bob and weave (safely) my way to finishing in just over an hour.

The biggest safety issue is the complete lack of any attempt to dispose of water cups at least off the running surface. That’s a rolled ankle or a knee injury just waiting to happen. Glad I didn’t see anybody get taken out by one of those thousands of land mines.

This was my first and last time doing this race I think, unless I’m in one of the first two non elite waves.

The cups are crushable. No one is rolling an ankle or damaging a knee on a dinky paper cup.

Couple of possibilities here.

1) you aren’t aware of the volume we are talking about. It was thousands with the attendant water all over the place at all the water stations

2) you haven’t been doing this very long and have never seen somebody have a bad foot strike because of a carpet of these cups causing an injury

3) you are slow AF so it wouldn’t matter to you because your running gait is more like a fast paced walk anyways

You listed a few things, not a couple. Calling someone slow as F uck is belittling someone that you disagree with rather than engaging in the discussion. But, I'm pretty sure I'm faster than you. When was the last time you BQd, ass hole?

+1. I am a fast runner (BQ many times) with lots (20 years) of race experience. Tripping over cups isn’t a thing.

I do agree with PP about ear buds. I get why people like them, but it makes you less aware of your surroundings. I have been cut off by many spaced out people with ear buds.