I saw a fatty crying at a 5K today This afternoon I ran a New Year's Eve race at a local park. It was about 40 degrees and felt colder because of wind. Most people were wearing long sleeves and running tights. Upon lining up at the start I noticed a giant fattie. She was maybe 5'4" and somewhere between 270 and 300 lbs. BIG. Unlike everyone else, she was wearing shorts and the world's biggest t-shirt. I sensed trouble brewing. I run this route often since it's near my house, and there is a steep-ish hill in the middle where the wind really gets going and it feels about ten degrees cooler up there. But fat insulates, so maybe the giant t-shirt beast will be fine, I thought, then the gun went off and I promptly forgot about it. I was running the 10K, and a little past mile 4 we passed the 5K turnaround, which happened to be at the top of the hill. Fatty, having waddled an entire 1.5 miles, was now standing still in the middle of the trail CRYING ON HER PHONE, telling the other person that she couldn't finish because the hill was "just too steep" and had taken everything out of her. The 10K runners were forced to dodge her as they went by. She continued to weep and wail as we passed her. On the way back in, I passed her again. She finished the 5K about 15 minutes after I finished the 10K. And I am not fast. My time was exactly 59:00. She waddled a 25 minute mile. Then when she finished, she had her husband (??) take a pic of her with her medal. She unfortunately saw the Disney half marathon tech shirt I had on under my jacket and informed me she'd run the same race last year. I said, "OH REALLY" and she corrected and said she'd done the 5K. No kidding. Anyway... that's my exciting fat people story for tonight. My daughter and I have an album of Disney fatties we keep meaning to post so I'll have to get on that soon.