Keeping up the Stereotypes

[Perry Winkle]

The only ones I've come up with for myself:

As an ultramarathon runner (however poor at that I am) I will suggest that you train for an ultramarathon no matter how fit you are. If you are training for your first 5k I will earnestly insist that if you train for another month or two you can run your first ultramarathon.

As a trail runner I am baffled that people run on roads as anything other than a means to get to the trailhead. A road marathon is almost incomprehensible, though I have run one out of a sense of perversity.

(My wife's friend is a pretty fast runner. She does half-marathons. Has never run trails. I convinced her to go run trails with my wife. The poor woman fell and got 11 stitches. Woops.)

[Lamplighter]

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(My wife's friend is a pretty fast runner. She does half-marathons.
Has never run trails. I convinced her to go run trails with my wife.
The poor woman fell and got 11 stitches. Woops.)
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but alternatives that are neither popular nor superior quickly go extinct."

PW, is your sig line coincidental, or did your wife write that for you after the fall ?

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

PW, is your sig line coincidental, or did your wife write that for you after the fall ?

It's coincidental.

What's the eye roll for? I'm not sure I'm catching the conclusion you've drawn.

I related that anecdote to poke fun at the reality distortion field that some crazy runners project. The same reality distortion field that pulled me into ultras in the first place. It's basically a cliche. Wasn't intending to judge or laugh at anyone, except maybe myself.

The stitched woman is already raring to get back on the trails. I've no doubt she'll adjust quickly and become one of the best tail runners in town if she wants to. She's a personable, super driven and successful person.