Quote Originally Posted by Sharla
I have a few funny stories about this - most of the time nice smiles etc but there are always the freaks .....

1 - Middle aged woman outside sweeping her verandah sees me running and says to me "That looks like hard work - (then angrily) BUT THIS IS HARD WORK TOO!!!"

2 - Middle aged man drives past me and my old running group and shouts out "My chickens have got better legs than that!" Little did he know he would be stopped at the next traffic lights and one of my slightly feminist friends went and blasted the crap out of him while the rest of us nearly pissed ourselves laughing at him being caught out - especially since this particular friend managed to flash and abuse him at the same time - "How do you like them apples you asshole!!!"

3 - Freaky guy at the pool - "you must be cold" - another ancient one that taps me on the shoulder and interrupts me in the middle of a hard session to say "BTW you look fantastic in those bathers" - Seriously FOff can you not tell I'm busy!

4 - Motorists that hate cyclists - theres the usual insults - "get a car" and the freaky ones "show us your c**t b**ch!" when I'm wearing winter clothes and suprised he can tell I'm female and then from a different car "you cycle like a girl" ......yessss - plus the projectiles - bottles, rocks - sooo glad I wear a helmet. Also many a freak who yells suddenly as he drives past hoping I'll get scared and fall off.

5 - Random young females yelling sarcastic comments about my training clothes - as if I care what I look like when I sweat! the idea IS too exercise enough to look ugly!


Most of the time people are pretty good though - I guess some people are just bored and bitter.
One of our neighbors passed away recently,when his kid came up to take care of the house,I was talking to him and I mentioned Feur,he said "Oh yeah dad talked about her,said she liked to run alot"