I'm the bad guy?

kaos16

I am one of three sisters.  My middle sister is the one who my mom always sticks up for no matter what.  She always has an excuse or a way to rationalize what middle sister does.  Somehow middle sister is always the victim of her circumstances, blah, blah, blah.

Saturday, middle sister posted on Facebook about how she ran over 4.5 miles in 22 minutes.  Now, middle sister just started running in the past 3-4 weeks.  She has been going out for runs a few times a week I believe. Before that she has gone to exercise classes or the gym here and there.  I have never known her to be a runner, but she wanted to lose a few inches and get healthier, so good for her!

When I saw this on Facebook, I texted my sister a joking text saying that she should go out for the Olympic track team and try to get some endorsements.  She responded confused, and I explained that if she can run sub-5 minute miles she has a skill set like few others.  That's a nearly impossible feat.  I was met with texts from her and my mom saying that they checked her app (that she tracked her run with) and it was correct, and why am I so discouraging. . . anytime she does anything at all I can't be encouraging.

Was I wrong?  Should we just perpetuate this blatant lie to the world?  I feel like she looks foolish. . . . I was trying to help her out.

JCbride2015

I don't think you're wrong.  Obviously she cheated her tracking somehow.  Or she should, legitimately, go out for the Olympic track team.

And she brought your mom into it immediately?  Ugh.

bethsmiles

Eh. I don't really see why it's a big deal to you. So what if she's lying about her time or distance on Facebook.

I'm not sure you were necessarily wrong but I also don't know why you care.

theartistformerlyknownas

It was probably measuring in kilometers. So weird that she'd get so defensive over something so irrelevant though.

kaos16

bethsmiles said:

Eh. I don't really see why it's a big deal to you. So what if she's lying about her time or distance on Facebook.

I'm not sure you were necessarily wrong but I also don't know why you care.

I wouldn't say it's a big deal, but I don't want her to look dumb.  I'm just not sure how it got turned around so that I did something wrong but mentioning it to her.

OliveOilsMom

First, you texted your sister separately and privately.  It's not like you made fun of her time on her FB post.  There is obviously something wrong with her app.  If this type of thing with mom & sister always happens, in the future I would just roll my eyes and move on.

kaos16

lolo883 said:

It was probably measuring in kilometers. So weird that she'd get so defensive over something so irrelevant though.

Funny, I mentioned maybe changing apps, or checking to see whether it was set to kilometers instead of miles. . . . and she said it was absolutely not.  Running 4..5 kilometers in that time would be quick for someone without experience, but certainly doable.

bethsmiles

kaos16 said:

bethsmiles said:

Eh. I don't really see why it's a big deal to you. So what if she's lying about her time or distance on Facebook.

I'm not sure you were necessarily wrong but I also don't know why you care.

I wouldn't say it's a big deal, but I don't want her to look dumb.  I'm just not sure how it got turned around so that I did something wrong but mentioning it to her.

I feel like you answered that question yourself in the beginning of your post. "My middle sister is the one who my mom always sticks up for no matter what." I don't think your mom or sister is being rational but if she wants to look like an idiot on Facebook, I'd just let her. 

pinkcow13

I don't think you're the bad guy. I would have texted her something snarky myself (but sometimes I can be a smartass with a big mouth). As someone who runs regularly, and is trying to run different races, maintain fitness and health, and improve my time, seeing that would have irked me to no end. Plus, you messaged her privately, it's not like you wrote it on her wall. Why in the world did she have to go running to your mom (pun intended :P)??

slothiegal

Dude, if she can run 4.5 miles in 22 minutes, forward me her training plan.  I've got a race coming up.

ETA:  Time likes this make me glad I'm an only child.

kla728

Agree with all the PPs.  Also if the app she uses is MapMyRun then she should probably know that thing is inaccurate all the time, and just because it told her she had run X miles in X time doesn't mean it happened.  

Example: I went for a run Monday morning.  I typically run a 9-10 min/mile.  Four minutes in, and less than half a mile, MapMyRun informed me I had completed a mile!  It went on like this for next 20 minutes or so.  I knew it was messing up but didn't want to pull my phone out of my flip belt to turn it off.  Until it started telling me I had finished a mile every minute, at which point I got annoyed enough to turn it off.

So silly.

SBmini

My question is... why does your mom feel the need to defend your adult sibling? She's a big girl, she can handle the world herself.