Ok, I know this isn't cycling related, but it is training related, and I think some of you will appreciate this.
So I'm out on my long run this morning cruising through the neighborhoods near my house. I come upon and older women walking her two Collies. I say hello to her and even greeted the dogs with a "hello pretty puppies". She smiles and says "Is it working?"... Umm, what is she talking about? So I say "excuse me?" and she replies "Is it working. Is running helping you lose weight?". Excuse my french here ladies but I was like WTF??!! So I replied with a rather snotty "I'm training for an IRONMAN". She replied "oh" and turned and walked down another pathway. Now I KNOW my reality, and reality is I am carrying around an extra 25-30 lbs, but who is she to make a comment like that? I've never seen this woman in my life! She may have well asked me if I was pregnant! I passed her again and I just glared at her. But it sure got my adrenaline going! I looked down at my gps and I was running a 9:50 min mile- OOPS! This is a LSD run kid, not speed work!
Anyway, I just had to share. People can be soo freaking RUDE sometimes! Oh- and BTW while she wasn't fat per se, but she had a few extra lb's in her trunk as well. I should have told her "yeah, maybe you should take up running to get rid of your extra baggage".. HA HA HA!