people yelling at you while running (Page 3)

As a woman I do get the occasional catcall or comment about my rear end. Eh, whatever. Yesterday I was passing a guy who was in his 70s at least and a passerby made a comment about not letting me take him. Now, that's stuff's funny.

I have had a teenager suddenly scream in my face before, but, amazingly, my first response was to scream right back. So, whatever he was trying to accomplish didn't happen.

I've joked with my husband that women should encourage overweight men out jogging by lifting their shirts. If you needed to get in shape and had the possibility of seeing that, wouldn't it encourage you to go running more often? Positive reinforcement!

I get yelled at pretty much every time I'm out on my bike or running, depending on where my route takes me.  I would kill for a running trail close to my house for this very reason.

Though, I'll take the yelling over the one woman who drove alongside me on a winding, country road while trying to take video of me thorugh the passenger window with her smart phone while she was driving.  When I realized what she was doing, I slammed on my brakes and forced her to pass me.  She was scaring the crap out of me!  She stopped and clearly considered waiting for me but then moved on when another car came along.  She had yelled something to the effect of "you're supposed to be in the shoulder" (where there wasn't one!).  Afterwards, I came to the conclusion that she was trying to catch video of me doing something she assumed was illegal.

I'd like to see her explain that video to the cops.  "So let me get this straight...you were driving on the wrong side of the road, shooting video with your phone through the passenger window to show me a cyclist who was following the law?"  "You do realize that it is illegal to use a phone while driving in this state, right?"  "I'm going to have to cite you...idiot".

I like the way you think...   We need more good people like you to make this world a better place. 

Why are they looking at your A$$ and how would they know what a "gay" one looks like.....

I will show you! 

Nah, I got a penny thrown at me one time. How do I know it was a penny? Because it left a penny-sized welt on my arm where it hit me. They were probably going about 35 mph or so, but being hit by a 35 mph penny is not fun.

Conversely, I have gotten plenty of encouraging things yelled at me to including, but not limited to marriage proposals and dinner plans. 

Wow. Just wow. 

I would pay money to see this stupid woman get pulled over for that. 

On a regular basis. I know that  when I'm not riding with my boyfriend, I'm going to experience some kind of comment yelled at me or cat call. I had one  guy even slow down trying to get my phone number.  If I could find a good group of cyclists in my area to ride with I'd be so happy.

Seriously, this is why I have started driving to the air force base to run.  I have never had once incident running there since it is a military base.  EVERYONE is out running to pass PT tests, etc.  Also, they don't yell at anyone or throw anything because they never know what rank they are making these statements too, so could be trouble for them.  Also, they are military, and I know there are bad apples in every bunch, but I find them to be much more civilized.  

Plus you get some nice pace booty out there.

Skinny guys need positive reinforecement too!  Jus sayin!

Never have had any problems except once,

About two month ago I was riding my bike way off to the right of the shoulder, not any where near the actual road. When this redneck @$$ hole in a big jacked up diesel truck slows down to 20 mph and gets next to me and then guns it and his truck makes some black smoke and lots of noise. I quickly gave him the number one salute and I was hoping so bad that he was going to stop becasue I was so super pissed off and I was ready to kick some @$$. But, he kept on going, I never could see who was driving, probably a guy with a really small weiner!

I've only been yelled at once at it was from a bunch of kids driving by.  Startled me a little but I just ignore them.

The only time I honk and yell at runners is when they're wearing bibs and its usually just me cheering them on.

I think Australia and in particular Melbourne and Sydney so sports minded that mostly when I'm yelled at it's inspiring and motivational!

I run along Beach Road in melbourne (IM Melbourne run course) and it's packed with cyclists at the weekend - they always shout out "keep it up gorgeous, nice work etc"  Never had bad insults or anything thrown at me!

Generally when people yell out at me it makes me smile!

I get yelled at occasionally, which sucks. Luckily nothing thrown at me, although I've heard stories of beer bottles, and such..

A long time ago, I had someone blast me with a fire extinguisher out the car window. Now that was scary!

I'm moving there. 

Pretty constantly here, from youths and construction workers, but I don't understand much Vietnamese, so I don't know what it is. Frankly I don't give a s.....  When I'm feeling irritable (bricks or PMS) I wear an MP3 player (in a traffic-free area) so I won't hear it the hoots and howls.

In Beijing, where I lived for nine years, I DID understand and it was often suggestive or hostile (anti-American or misogynist stuff); had a few beer bottles thrown at me. Exactly what it was about an average-sized, modestly attired woman running on a public road that bothered people so much, I never figured out. Not like it was a conservative Muslim country, or anything. I do speak Chinese fluently so I had some comebacks--some not printable on a public forum; for the leering construction workers, "I'm old enough to be your mother, you little hooligan!" in Mandarin usually shut them up. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't--just like I was a performing panda--"Look, the panda speaks Chinese."--they'd just laugh and repeat the words back to me. This happens in China to all foreigners, though, not just running ones. Often it worked best just to check watch/ HRM and look really hard-core. At the time Olympic fever was big, so if you looked like Olympic material, they might cut you some slack.

This is why I love running in the woods.  The deer never throw beer bottles at me.  The wild turkeys don't buzz me.  The squirrels don't holler at me.  The birds sing no derogatory songs.  I've been on 2-3 hour trail runs and not seen a single human being the entire time.

The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep

-Frost