Unspoken Rules Of Running
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ZenInTexas
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I was thinking about this the other morning when I was running and yet another duo of old women wouldn't move over and share the sidewalk. What would you add to the list?
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that is the biggest one... many trails have lines now, and people with their dogs or strollers will take up both sides.0
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I was thinking about this the other morning when I was running and yet another duo of old women wouldn't move over and share the sidewalk.
I found that some of the older walkers don't hear so well and you have announce yourself very loudly. I scared some old lady the other day when I came up behind her and said "On your left". I thought she was going to have a heart attack. :frown:0 -
I was thinking about this the other morning when I was running and yet another duo of old women wouldn't move over and share the sidewalk.
I found that some of the older walkers don't hear so well and you have announce yourself very loudly. I scared some old lady the other day when I came up behind her and said "On your left". I thought she was going to have a heart attack. :frown:
Not just the older ones........ I came up behind a younger walker the other day who was so engrossed in her smartphone (texting or whatever) I thought she was going to crap herself when I said "on your left"! :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I almost got run over the other day by a girl on a bicycle, on the sidewalk, listening to headphones and texting!! No joke, I had to yell at her to get her attention.0
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I wish our trails had that sign up! Luckily I run on some pretty quiet roads/trails as of late and don't have to deal with much of it. I stopped running with headphones because I just find it safer to do so, that should maybe be a rule on certain trails as well depending on the terrain.0
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Be careful where you spit/blow snot rockets - at least do a courteous 6-o-clock check. Same with farting.
The fast looking people are probably slow, and the slow looking people are probably fast
Don't be running with jingly crap in your pockets - it's annoying
Don't lie about PRs (looking at you, Paul Ryan)
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2 of my pet peeves are runners with headphones blasting loud and oblivious to their surroundings. The other is the groups or even just 2 people hogging the whole trail.
To the guy with music blairing in his ears so loud he cant hear anything else and runs in the middle of a 5 foot wide trail, i say this is not your private trail where your pace is the perfect pace for everyone. Stay right at least!0 -
Be careful where you spit/blow snot rockets - at least do a courteous 6-o-clock check. Same with farting.
Ha!! QFT!0 -
I run early ams before the sun comes up but it's along a trail that backs up to a main road so there's usually some kind of ambient light from streetlights or businesses or sum such. It NEVER fails that a bicyclist heading towards me will have those flashing headlights and/or a headlamp with what feels like 150 lumen right in my retinas.
Walkers not moving over when someone is coming either up or back.0 -
To the guy with music blairing in his ears so loud he cant hear anything else and runs in the middle of a 5 foot wide trail, i say this is not your private trail where your pace is the perfect pace for everyone. Stay right at least!
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This past weekend, as I'm doing hills some guy on a bicycle passes me on the uphill so he can get to the top to find a signal for his phone. That wasn't the bad part - he stopped at the top of the hill right in my path so I literally had to run around him while he's trying to find a signal. I had to do that not once but twice :mad:0 -
I always like when I yell "On your left" and they then move to their left and then get defensive when I correct them.I was thinking about this the other morning when I was running and yet another duo of old women wouldn't move over and share the sidewalk.0 -
Don't lie about PRs (looking at you, Paul Ryan)
This gave me some serious lol's.0 -
Leave the perfume/cologne at home
There is a house near the trail I run that has to use a entire box of fabric softeners in the drier when they do laundry. On more than on occasion, I have run by and the smell downy is SO strong it gags me. It is unbelievable!0 -
I was thinking about this the other morning when I was running and yet another duo of old women wouldn't move over and share the sidewalk.
I found that some of the older walkers don't hear so well and you have announce yourself very loudly. I scared some old lady the other day when I came up behind her and said "On your left". I thought she was going to have a heart attack. :frown:
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To the guy with music blairing in his ears so loud he cant hear anything else and runs in the middle of a 5 foot wide trail, i say this is not your private trail where your pace is the perfect pace for everyone. Stay right at least!
That reminds me of a trail race I ran last weekend. There was a guy not far in front of me and he came up behind a woman running on the left wearing headphones. (There was plenty of room to pass on the right if we wanted) He politely said "On your left!" but nothing happened. Then a little louder "On Your Left!" Nothing. Almost screaming now "ON YOUR LEFT!!!!" Nothing. Finally "OOOOON YOOOOUUUR LEEEEEFT!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of his lungs and just a couple of inches behind her head. She jumped a little and moved to the right. I laughed about that the rest of the race.0 -
How about if you're driving don't honk at a runner. Not only is it gross and sketchy, but it scares the crap out of me and I end up sprawled out on the road. Ugh.0
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Be careful where you spit/blow snot rockets - at least do a courteous 6-o-clock check. Same with farting.
Don't lie about PRs (looking at you, Paul Ryan)
Bwhahahaha! These two slayed me. Seriously.
I wish people would be a little more friendly when running - sometimes I'll pass someone who makes a point of not acknowledging me at all... like a foot or less away! I try to wave, say hi, good morning, good afternoon, give a little wave if I'm just DYING... but I guess that's pretty minor in comparison to some of the other more serious infractions listed here.0 -
How about if you're driving don't honk at a runner. Not only is it gross and sketchy, but it scares the crap out of me and I end up sprawled out on the road. Ugh.
Definitely this!0 -
For me, its those walkers chatting and blocking the path. So annoying its hard enough already to run without having to negotiate that too.0
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Here is a good article on running etiquette!
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-running-blog/2013/may/28/running-etiquette-10-commandments0
