Hate running. I am a swimmer and the only way I can/will run is with a couch barking at me from behind, which is a pity because I can go at a pretty good clip.
I have a plethora of respect for runners though.

No way, what's the point?

i've only lied when i tell people that i'm slower then i actually am so i don't feel pressure to be faster lol

I actually have. I don't run, I jog...so instead of saying I jog 15 min miles, I've said that I can do 10 min. I'm very slow, my endurance isn't so great...but at least I try!!

I don't really understand the point either. Clothing sizes and weight can be covered up but that person is going to know how fast you run if you go together!

I did, but I can explain!
The starbucks worker that was making my latte kept on trying to make small talk while all I wanted was my coffee. I don't remember what I said exactly when he asked how many miles I ran, but it wasn't so far off from my usual milege and it shut him up.

i don't know how fast i run - so i can't said that i've ever fibbed about it. i may at one point known how fast my mile was - but not anymore since i don't time myself at all.

I wish I ran a sub-9 minute mile, but the reality is that I don't. Why lie about it?

I don't see the point of lying about it. I run how I run, and that's that.

i did, by 0.1 or 0.2 of a second though...

i do see the point i lied in high school, wanted to be faster = cooler.

Hee to the first post - just imagined me tearing down the road with my sofa chasing me, barking! Actually, I swear that was once a TV advert... ^_^

Haha soapbox-- anything to shut those Starbucks's baristas up.

I was dating a tri-athelete! I told him I ran about a 45 min - 50 min 10 km...which was true...like a year ago! Luckily we broke up before I ever went on a run with him (NO WAY!)...I run closer to a 55 minute 10 km now.

I'm short and squat, so I don't bother!

I hate running ..

I hate running

My knees don't allow me to run, so I don't know how fast I run. One of my friends lies though, because no one else runs with her. We've gone to the gym together though, and I see her speed... She is one of those people that always needs to one-up you.

And P.S. the girl in the picture is grossly skinny.

i always tell people i'm slow, so they're not too shocked when they run with me