Runners - have you ever?

Please don't let that bother you or stop you from running. It happens all of the time. People that do this are usually trying to make you feel bad about yourself because they can't feel good about themselves. Good for you for getting out there and doing something to feel good about yourself. In the end, that's all that matters!

Cycling- we'll sometimes get stuff like that (rural redneck areas). Running (city)- usually encouragement/thumbs-up and catcalls.

Unless someone tries to grab me (it's only happened twice, years ago), I just laugh it off. If I think of something creative quick enough, I'll yell back at them...if not, they may get blessed with a curse word or I may just ignore them.

I live and run in a city and I pass lots of traffic/pedestrians, so I get this kind of thing a lot. It's like 20% jeering and 80% gross sex stuff and I'm pretty immune to it now.

A drunk guy did try to chase me once while he yelled about my body last summer at 5AM, but he was stumbling-drunk, I was on a fairly busy artery road, and I was only a couple kms in, so it didn't seem especially threatening as I could easily outrun him.

I dunno, I feel safer running with people yelling at me from their cars on well-trafficked streets than I do in empty parks or trails, since it feels much more likely that I would have a physical altercation with someone if there aren't lots of other people around (whereas running down an active street, yelling is about as bad as it's going to get since there would be so many witnesses were something to happen), so I just deal with it and know that it has nothing to do with me really, as people who do this don't really discriminate as to whom they're yelling.

I've had a few dumb comments thrown my way like "Run Faster" or "Run Forest Run" while running in an urban environment. In the VERY rural midwest where I was running during a family vacation, I had someone honk at me while his friend stuck his junk out the window of his truck at me... actually felt sorry for the guy. Clearly he's repressed and he doesn't have much to work with.

And honestly although people yelling is annoying it's just words. My biggest worry/pet peeve in terms of safety as a runner is folks who turn right without looking left/in front of them for pedestrians or see me but don't yield the right of way in the crosswalk and come close to hitting me. I've already been clipped once by someone turning right.

I've had people yell at me, but couldn't tell whether they were yelling encouragement or disparagement. I assumed the best, but the other wouldn't bother me because it has nothing to do with me. Same with honks. I assume it's a fellow runner saying, "WTG!" but it could be something else. I'll never know, so I don't care. Strangers in cars don't know me well enough to hurt me (unless they run into me). I know what I look like when I run, and it's not a pretty picture. If someone chooses to make fun of that, oh well. I'm doing what I enjoy doing, and a random stranger isn't going to stop me. When I do understand what they are saying, mostly it's something inane like, "So who's chasing you?"

I would ignore the ignorant. Karma!!!!!!!!

I've had people shout things a few times but I usually can't understand what they're saying and it doesn't bother me. What pisses me off is when some *kitten* drives by and honks. Damn near makes me piss my tights! My wife did that once thinking it was cute. I was not amused.

I believe that people like that are jealous of what you are doing and lash out as a result. Don't worry about some *kitten* with feelings of inadequacies!! Just keep running, you're amazing!!!!

Now I didn't get shouted at this morning, but I was running on a 4 lane road at 5am. Very little traffic and the truck coming at me made no attempt to move over and laid on his horn as soon as he got to me. I waved at him with my middle finger!