Things non-runners say

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mr d Dec 2019 1:36pm, 27 Dec 2019 3,429 posts	0 mr d Lent trail shoes to my eldest as Parkrun is a mud bath. He got a blister on his heal due to wearing low cut socks. "I thought expensive running shoes were supposed to stop that happening" commented Mrs D.
JCB Dec 2019 2:30pm, 27 Dec 2019 910 posts	0 JCB 🙃
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Oct 2022 8:26am, 18 Oct 2022 19,383 posts	0 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Back to random running supporters signs. "You're running better than the Government' Several different times at the weekend! Although it's a pretty low bar
Velociraptor Oct 2022 8:44am, 18 Oct 2022 60,366 posts	0 Velociraptor That one appeared at Chester two weeks ago too, 3M 😀 Verging on the demotivational, but I'll take any sort of spectator interaction in a marathon.
Steve NordRunner Nov 2022 10:26am, 19 Nov 2022 2,227 posts	0 Steve NordRunner “So what was your marathon time as a fifty-eight-year old?” “Well, it was 3:20”, I replied, with a little pride. “Huh, your son-in-law ran faster than that while dressed as a flip-flop!”
ptr_rnr Dec 2022 7:21am, 6 Dec 2022 125 posts	0 ptr_rnr I was nearly floored by this one yesterday "Wouldn't you rather run on a treadmill, so you don't have to go outside?"
Carpathius Dec 2022 7:26am, 6 Dec 2022 21,897 posts	0 Carpathius Er, no? I'm assuming the person who asked was a vampire.
Bowman 🇸🇪 Dec 2022 8:28am, 6 Dec 2022 2,069 posts	0 Bowman 🇸🇪 What's your issue, really? Can't be healthy doing all that running..
JCB Dec 2022 2:10pm, 7 Dec 2022 3,713 posts	0 JCB I had my hydration backpack on and was about 20 minutes into a long run when a car drives slowly alongside me. “I’ll give you some advice, stop running. I used to run and I had to get [such and some other such] done.” My hearing is poor but I think he said something about hips and or knees. I don’t think that’s the first time he has said that, now that I think about it. A year or more ago a driver did and said similar. Couldn’t be more than one such person on an island of less than 10,000 people?
Carpathius Dec 2022 2:29pm, 7 Dec 2022 21,898 posts	0 Carpathius (About my dog, at parkrun) "Don't you think he probably hates it but can't tell you?" My dog: