Why are people on running/athlete forums such assholes when you ask for advice??? Third time this has happened to me, third forum, third training-related question I've asked. I know, fool me once, shame on you...blah blah. I guess I'm done asking anyone in the online running community for advice. EVER.
Seriously....all I wanted to know was how to plan my remaining long runs/taper. And responses I got included "FAIL." "You're (sic) marathon is going to suck." <---to which I replied with equal snark that my marathon would not suck worse than her English skills, and that I am not, in fact, a marathon. Umm...someone said that I have low pain tolerance (HAHAHA and WTF)...basically a lot of unhelpfulness.
Asshole runners can suck it. OVER IT.
Which forum?
ReplyDeleteUgh - that blows. The internets are sometimes good, sometimes horrible. Sorry it was the latter.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I want to say. It wasn't BT (this time), but I don't know that I want everyone to go find the thread and view all the snark that I returned. Ya'll aren't supposed to know I react like a caged animal when cornered. :) It was a pretty well-known running site though, and apparently, unbeknownst to me, I ventured into the area where they RACE and look down their noses at people who do a marathon to finish, because grandmas and guys with prostheses can finish. (The last part of that sentence is exactly what someone told me.)
ReplyDeleteI think it probably struck some nerves that there are people who complete marathons on less than 80 hours a week and take longer than 4 hours to do it. Suddenly they're not such special snowflakes anymore.
The thread actually did get a bit better and more productive and helpful, but I'm done surfing any online triathlete/running forums for quite a while. I know I'm letting them get to me more than I should, but honestly, my ego's got a stress fracture and I need to rest it. :)
LMFAO at your reply! I love intelligent snark.
ReplyDelete"grandmas and guys with prostheses can finish"
WTF? Someone needs to be taken down a peg. Finishing is a freaking awesome goal.
Totally have seen this in action before... on person was asking how to train for a marathon now that they started a new full-time job... they were looking for a 3-4 day plan. Anyway someone jumps on their and is makes some jerk comment about how "everyone has full-time jobs" and if you can't hack it than get out now. ... umm.. that's rude!
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