SAD! This Runner Has Perfect Form, But Nobody Ever Notices
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A local runner has perfect form and is increasingly despondent because no one has ever mentioned it, Dumb Runner has learned.
Fernando Lamas, 31, has been a runner for about eight years, according to a source, developing virtually flawless running form during that time, with a conscious effort to optimize things like foot strike, stride length, posture, and arm swing. The result, said the source, is “something close to poetry in motion.”
Yet not once, the source said, has anyone remarked on it.
“It’s said,” said the source. “Fernando has spent so much time and effort to look good when he runs, and no one notices.
“Or if they do, they keep it to themselves. I mean, how hard is it to say, ‘Hey, man, great form!’ or ‘You look great’?”
The effect has been devastating for Lamas, the source added, noting that he’s grown depressed and discouraged.
“It really gets him down,” said the source. “He’ll be, like, ‘What’s the point?’ And I can’t say I blame him.”
Lamas did not respond to several text messages reading, “Hey, man, great form!”
