"THAT'S why I don't run..." Stupid comments from non-exercisers...

"It's boring and painful"

 Oh wait, that's what I say about it...

The time excuse I never get.  Unless someone can prove they are at the office 60 hours a week plus family time...

The first question I ask, is  how much time do they spend sitting in front of the TV or lounging around?  Or reading books/the paper?  Of course, reading is better than TV, but it's about priorities.

"Right, you're out there pretending to be an athlete"

Hrm.  Okay, that was rude.  Yes, running consistently and entering races means I have some kind of pretension about my own abilities. Ha! I am about the last one to call myself an athlete - it took me a long time to call myself athletic  however - i'll keep pretending if it means I don't end up bitter and jaded like her.

One of my favs:

I overheard a very obese woman on the phone not too long ago saying that she was going to take up smoking to lose weight because her doctor told her that she had a LOT that she had to lose and "exercising is just so hard". 

I wanted to either laugh or slap her, but did neither and just kept walking past her shaking my head.

I am amazed when I start to do the math on what it takes to be a baseball fan. The number of hours to watch even 20% of a summer's worth of your team's games. Unreal. 

And chichitao, that is so going on my facebook wall. Thanks!

Not running, but riding....

I got hit while out on a bike ride back in July.  I then started a new job in August and some lady asked me what happened.  I explained my situation and she said, "Yeah, working out is actually more dangerous than not working out."  She continued on some more before saying that if she hit a cyclist, she wouldn't feel bad because it was their fault that they were out there and she couldn't see them well.  Needless to say I was flabbergasted....and being in a new job, I didn't feel like I could put her in her place.

Unrelated to that, some guy was warning me of the dangers of drinking too much water (you could die from that, you know!) while he was putting chew in his lip just this morning.  I don't understand people...

Laugh, slap her, cry a little ...

Seriously people!

Or a football fan!  My fix?  I'm going to set up my trainer in front of the game tonight to get my 2 hr ride in!

Oh, and DVR is a godsend.

"isn't running bad for your knees?"

i don't know, isn't sitting on your butt doing nothing bad for your heart?

You mean the hyponatremia part or the chew part?

I used to say that from time to time while spending money going out for drinks, ballgames, etc.  Now I turn down free tickets to sporting events so I don't miss a long run or bike early on a weekend morning.

"I don't even like to DRIVE that far!"

You know what? I don't either!

I dunno - the lady who made the particular comment to me was only when we were talking about a park that we both live near and I mentioned running through when the cherry blossoms were out. I am not sure how I was being holier than thou by just mentioning that I was running - as she mentioned that she was walking. 

For me, I don't talk about training unless specifically asked. Does that make me holier than thou?
It's usually something visible that people ask about: a sunburn, an injury, a scheduled vacation day. They ask about it and I tell. I'm not gonna lie...
  

yeah, you ladies sound like total jerks. 

You mean literally?

"How do you find enjoyment in running?"  - Ok, maybe a valid question sometimes?

"Why do you get up at 5:00 AM to run and not just sleep in?"

"How did you lose so much weight?  It wasn't from running was it?"

My favorite:  "There is no way my knees can handle running.  I weigh too much right now."