I run lots of local races, mostly 5Ks, and your typical entrant would not be what i would call your former Army Ranger, SEAL, or para military gym rat type! Its mostly the environmental crowd or an event supporting some liberal fundraiser. I love wearing my Air Force Academy garb to these events...
I fell utterly isolated form what one might call the normal world at large here in Marin County....where everybody and his brother is an enviro-weenie greenie, and so I may from time to time misjudge the general sanity and common sense of those elsewhere in the Nation.
Ill bet the Air Force “vibe” drives em nuts!
You're right about that. And the real runners are self absorbed pretentious @-holes. I run races but I'm not a runner, I only starting running in races to shut up the runner f@gs who talk about how great they are running.
I run and bike I get weird looks when I show up at the local bike ski shop in my hunting gear.