I just checked out the route for the Ottawa Marathon/Half-Marathon and it goes right by my house. I am not running this year due to an ankle sprain but my wife and friends are and I am going to be there to cheer them on…from the comfort of my home.
I want to make some signs to surprise them and hang from my balcony and have a few ideas but wanted to hear what others can come up with or have seen before.
Here are a few that I have come across and like so far.
You are NOT almost there.
Your feet are hurting because U R Kicking so much ASS
LADIES: Shoe sale ahead!
Run like and Angry Kenyan
Think of the 1 beer you will get drunk off of at the finish line
Nipple chaffing…turns me on!
Free KISS if you PR today!
Great Stamina! Call me…
Be a man…pick up your Uterus and run.
Run faster or I’ll spank you (I’ll be holding a frat paddle)
Ride to Finish line: $20 (hung on my car in my driveway)
At IMTX last year, the parents of one of the racers (named Brent), placed a ton of signs around the 3-loop run course. All mentioned Brent and all of them were funny, but I thought the best was, “You, know, Brent, making all these signs wasn’t that easy, either.”
Seen at the Rock N’ Roll DC Marathon: “You run better than M(etro)” which is only funny if you live in the DC metro area and you understand the overall unreliability of the Metro subway system. At that point, you start feeling sad that you have to deal with Metro if you want to get around the city without getting stuck in some of the most horrendous traffic known to man.
At AZ last year there was a whole series of Ricky Bobby signs that cracked me up every time I passed them. I wish I could have thanked who made them because they really helped me keep it all in perspective while I was suffering.
At IMTX last year, the parents of one of the racers (named Brent), placed a ton of signs around the 3-loop run course. All mentioned Brent and all of them were funny, but I thought the best was, “You, know, Brent, making all these signs wasn’t that easy, either.”
Plus, if you can space a message out over a few hundred feet it keeps people guessing. This was popular in the 50s on fence posts - when cars were not going as fast. I’d do it on the run.
On an 11% to 13% climb on my commute there is a rock about the size of a grapefruit. You are climbing real slow at that point so have lots of time to see it and notice that something is written on it. But you can’t read it till you are within about 10 feet or less. Then you read “Lard Ass”. Cracked me up the first time I saw it and still does even though I know it is there. And takes my mind off the climb.
