So i went on my first solo bike ride tonight after work. I was nervous on the country roads and didnt make it too the top of the hill with out getting of and walking..but i felt good that i had got out on my own and was heading home still pumping away riding into a strong wind. A group of 5 male cyclist were coming up behind me and i heard one say 'fatty alert' then as they got up behind he said ' shes at least giving me a good slip stream in this wind' ! I might be over weight but i am out there trying to get fit only to have some ( i won't say what i want to call them) intimidate me! I am trying so hard not not let them bother me but this is why i run on a trendmill at home and dont go out! Some times people are so mean!
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It says far more about them than you. I have cycled over 150 miles in a day and up the famous Tour de France climbs. However I am not the slimmest nor the fastest but full respect for getting out and enjoying it. I’ve been overtaken by people like that in the end it’s just you your bike and the road! Enjoy it’s the greatest!
Omg that’s so awful. I’d have sworn at him and said “I can lose weight. Nothing you can do about your looks though pet”.
Oh that's horrible! Bless you. Good for you for keeping going. The best response to people (would call them something else but not in polite company!) like that is to ignore them & prove 'em wrong - which you will and already are! Keep going. You're doing great. I can't even cycle to the end of the road so good on you.
I totally understand how that must have felt, but good for you to not let them intimidate you. Shame there is no app for 'ignorant to considerate' to help these lost individuals. Keep going, don't let their toxic attitude shade your positivity and determination 🏃🏻♀️🌈🌞
Actually last week a teenage lad and his girlfriend laughed at me and said go faster! I said I’m going faster than you- they were sat there doing nothing. Last night I think 2 girls laughed at me. I now turn my music up louder so I can’t hear. People are so mean.
In the 2 years I have been running I have encountered hundreds (literally) of these numb skulls, unfortunately every single one of them was male (including a 10 year old boy, who I insulted back - not my proudest moment but I'd been heckled several times that run and I hope it taught him a lesson). The way I see it is I am overweight and I am doing something about it. I suspect I can outrun the majority of the people that have heckled me. I am doing it for me, and me alone. Sometimes the heckling gets me down, other times it doesn't get to me at all. Shouting fat arse at me is not telling me something I don't already know, so it's not a surprise. They are just sad little people that get a kick out of putting other people down. That says more about them than it does you.
Some people are just plain rude and ignorant! Don’t give them another thought. Brush their words off like irritating flies and don’t let them stop you doing your bike rides. You keep going and while you’re at it if you want to run outside run outside and blow what other people think! And this is the polite version of the post I would like to write 😬
I will never understand people like that. They don’t realise that by trying to insult someone doesn’t make them any better. I’ve been lucky so far that I’ve only had positive responses whilst I’ve been out, the first one that does will get a short sharp shock 😂 Keep on going, your doing it for you!
I would just like to say that you ought to try running outside at some point. The views and fresh air make it quite a lovely experience - even if the view is just noseying at other people's gardens as you run past
People who have nothing better to do than point out "faults" in others are often so full of faults themselves that they only feel better if they can find someone else to push down.
I've not come up with the best way to handle that kind of abuse, but pointing this out, or saying "did that make you feel better" usually shuts them up really fast. Not something one can just reply really quickly though.
Take the support here to heart and keep being you. You are doing great! Happy running and cycling!
People can be mean but you don’t have to take notice of the ones who are idiots. You are doing brilliantly. I remember the first time I took a bike up a hill (I was 46) and was huffing and puffing away, some guy aimlessly walked faster up the hill than me on my bike. I felt terrible but a few months later I completed my first and only Triathlon. We all have our own personal journeys and never let thoughtless individuals rob you of yours. You are going to accomplish more things than you imagined you would this time last Year so keep that at the forefront of your mind.
Tonight you will put your head on your pillow knowing you have done something again today to move you forward and be better. They will not. I think you are winning.
A group of men making comments to a lone female.....That is totally out of order. There is strength in numbers and I bet not one of them would have made a comment if they had been on their own. Rise above it and just carry on being brilliant, you are 100 times better than those losers x 🙂
Don't allow the opinions of those who mean nothing to you to set you back or put you down. What you are doing is for yourself, not to please anyone else, particularly not some rude strangers with seemingly, very questionable morals.
For what it's worth, i think you are amazing and inspirational! Xx
With all due respect to kinder cyclists (there are some I know) any tw@t in Lycra can ride a bike for 30 minutes. You are going to run for 30 minutes. You’re in a different league and don’t you forget it.
Hi! Sorry you had to endure such ignoramuses.. a teacher told me long ago: Sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never harm you... ! Be a duck and let those nasty words wash write off your back.. you deserve to be out cycling as much as those @£@@! . Good luck and enjoy your rides..
I know that saying also, sad fact is though name calling does hurt you
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It does hurt you. I'm always being told I'm too sensitive- does that make it OK for people to insult me then! I think some days you can shake it off & other days it really gets to you. People r a*******s sometimes!
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