RUNNERS!!! Observations on the run...
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- I memorize gas prices I see around town and update GasBuddy when I get home.
- I can go an hour or more without needing a drink on the run but 20 mins of the bike: nope.
- I never pass a runner going the same direction-- when I do see someone else running, they're always going the opposite direction I am. Starting my route the opposite direction has no effect.
- when it's warm out, I often have strong desire to jump in a pool somewhere. . . but I can never work up the nerve.0 -
- I never pass a runner going the same direction-- when I do see someone else running, they're always going the opposite direction I am. Starting my route the opposite direction has no effect.
Me too... I don't pass anyone and no one passes me, so I just have to assume that anyone else running is just out of sight and going the exact same pace as I am.
I pass walkers, and runners pass me when I'm walking the dog.
Also, no matter which direction I'm running, the wind is always blowing RIGHT at me. I've never felt a strong wind at my back.0 -
People in the neighborhood will return your greeting, but they'll look at you like you're crazy and probably homeless.
I seriously need some Honeysuckle in my yard. It smells amazing.
I'm can predict with astonishing accuracy whether a house is about to go on the market or be foreclosed on, just based on the front yard.
If you run in the dark, other runners will look warily at you, like they're just out for a morning jog, but you're clearly out robbing houses with your Chihuahua accomplice - I'm guessing the massive amount of reflective gear we're wearing makes that pretty obvious?
People will always ask you "are you sure your dog is okay?"
Of course I'm sure. He's MY dog. Obviously I care whether he's okay to a much greater degree than you care. I've also spent the past two years with him, so I'm pretty tuned in to how he's feeling. If I ever had the slightest suspicion that he wasn't okay, I'd stop running. Obviously, I love my dog enough to take him running even though he's a royal pain in the *kitten* half the time. I'm not going to run him to death.0 -
How I think I look when I run -the Stiffy0
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-You can spot the dogs that are right on the verge of chasing your *kitten*.0
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- when it's warm out, I often have strong desire to jump in a pool somewhere. . . but I can never work up the nerve.
Haha! This reminded me of another:
- When running in the heat of summer, I rejoice at the sight of sprinklers.0 -
The best place I've ever been swerved at was in the parking lot for Calvary Chapel in Melbourne, FL. Really? In a uber-Christian parking lot?0
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wow you certainly notice some ****! I clear my head and focus on my pace-other than paying attention to traffic I am all alone out there-don't notice a thing except my breathing and how good I feel.0
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Living in the back country of South Carolina you are just a likely to get spooked by a goat, opossum or deer as a dog. Goat yesterday...Deer today! lol...and rubber belts (from car/lawnmower) laying on the side of road looks just like a snake ...which I also get startled by. Had to jump over a live snake 2 months ago because it slithered out of the grass right in front of me! Yep..pretty wild round these parts!0
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My observations in 20 years of running:
- Someone always runs faster than me...always.
- When running on country road in Europe, don't assume they won't run you over...they will (experienced this in Italy and France at different times. Truly a survival of the fittest experience).
- When running in most placed in the world, everyone says hi/good morning back to me. When running on the Charles in Boston, 1 in 10 would say hi back to me. Most looked at me very suspiciously...
- Running against traffic is good advice and for years I believed if I saw a car heading my direction, I would leap in the bushes/out of the way. This proved to be a wrong assumption. 10 years ago a Ford F150 was going too fast, lost control and swerved off the road and hit me and my running mate. I had time to THINK "Oh $%&!" (not even to say it) when he came barrelling at me at 35 miles an hour and then wham, he hit me! Now I know, there will be no time to react, just to brace for the hit.
- Bike riders are usually pissed if they have to share the road which ticks me off as I'm a bike rider when I'm not running! We all need to share the road (of course, if there is a sidewalk that is where I run!).0 -
I run in a country park behind my house that has lakes, LOTS of geese,ducks, swans and other wildlife and beautiful tracks for cyclists,walkers,runners and anyone who wants to enjoy it...but the thing I see the most are tons of dog turds littered every 10 yards and dogs who are so out of control they are incredibly aggressive to the wildlife. i saw a pitbull bite a sawn and it's owner insisted that '' he's only playing and wouldn't hurt a fly'...time to find somewhere else to run, i think.0
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...Buzzards circling. Hubby said this is not a good sign.
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I'm a regional airline pilot; by regional I mean that we don't stay in the glamorous spots. I've started running only in the last few months, but here are my observations:
In Atlanta, folks wave back if you're in a residential neighborhood. On the city streets, they think you're a suicide bomber.
In Detroit (really Romulus), if I kick my Vibrams off and run barefoot along the road passing a corn field, people stop and stare like I'm the village idiot.
In Jackson, Mississippi, folks check to make sure you aren't a prison escapee - there is no other justifiable reason to be running in Jackson.
In Stamford, Connecticut, people won't make eye contact and smile.
In Memphis, you can go run along the cobblestones on the banks of the Mississippi.
In New Orleans, you can dodge puddles of puke while jogging along the banks of the same river.
In Destin, look out jogging along the beaches at sunrise. You're liable to interrupt spring break-ing college students right as they reach "the moment" on the beach.
The hotel I stay at in White Plains, NY is on an island bounded by major highways on all sides. Got used to running in circles there. Ran through the parking lot of the U.S. Tennis Association there. There isn't a practice board in the parking lot, but there is a basketball hoop.
I really should start a photo gallery on my blog of the odd stuff I find on the road side while jogging.
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I don't run per say but I do notice a lot when walking and I think we are all guilty of a lot of the stuff
- Not making eye contact - I try to say Hi, but I always feel like people are so anti social that I come across more like "Hi I want to kill you hide your body in the bushes and eat your eyeballs"
- That whole "Pedestrians have the right of way in most traffic situations" law in California is more like "suggestion" to all drivers in California -
I hate it when I am crossing a crosswalk and cars are just turning one after another in front of me, behind me etc. The law states you have to wait for the person to cross the crosswalk... At least wait until your side mirror isn't going to clip me...
No one ever stops and looks making a right turn on a green light- that flashing red Go or stick figure sign is a foreign symbol....0 -
running on grid (dirt) roads at dawn in Canada, means you may get almost run over by a deer.
I could smell him, I could see the change of color on their hair. I almost had a heart attack.
People thing you are CRAZY for running in the winter .
People can not fathom why you would ever get up at 5 am to run.
people cannot understand why i want a big dog and not a small one. I tried running with my friends teacup terrier, i ended up carrying her.0 -
Dead deer do smell rank - especially in summer
Drivers in Canada (B.C.) swerve so far around you that they're driving down the other side of the road (watch out for the on-coming cars guys)
I had a an older guy walking along towards me, stop, literally right in front of me and tell me how bad running was for me - move buddy
I've found a couple of really cool signs - one telling me where to pick up my baggage
Drivers are also considerate at stop signs and wait to figure out where you're going (I usually gesture - nicely - with all five fingers)
I agree - starting in the rain sucks, but finishing in the rain is great
Running in the snow is so peaceful - it's surreal
Peoples dinners always smell so goooood0 -
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In Southern Cali - beach
- Moms with double twin strollers that take up most of the running lanes
- People on bikes will keep honking their little horns if you are running in the bike lanes
- There is always at least ONE guy in speedos, with headphones, running, skating, or riding his bike
- Everyone is pulling out wedgies
- Every makes appoint to say hi to me when i run....But then I make an appoint to say hi to people too lol
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walkers/runners with dogs never clean up the poop, NEVER!
Not true... if you ran by me, you'd often see me running with a bag of poo. It's gross but I do it because it's even grosser to step in it. I buy scented bags and I double bag as needed. It helps a bit, but it's still not fun. I will admit that if I'm running trails with the dogs off leash and they go in the brush off trail, I don't dive in after it though.
Other things I've seen / noticed:
Also amazed by the numbers of condoms / condom wrappers in residential areas.
Have never seen roadkill that got lane-striped, but now I will be looking.
One time there was a huge mess of glitter in the bike lane on my normal path. Seriously, someone had dropped 2 or 3 jars of glitter and it'd gotten run over. I caught glimpses of it for months.
There is silverware smashed into the pavement at one of the intersections nearby... two forks and a spoon.
Once saw a wig lying in the gutter. How do you lose your wig and not go back for it?
Lots of baseball caps. Similar to the wig. Don't you notice when you lose that?
On the trails near my house... lots of dog collars. Most have tags with addresses. The collars are usually torn, so I take the tags and mail them back.
Full set of house and car keys on a trail. No other cars in the lot. That's gotta suck.
Saw a cool black and white fuzzy caterpillar the other day.
I disagree re: the geese. In Denver, they are aggressive toward runners. Now I live in COS and we don't have as many here.
Wild Turkeys really don't like runners in my experience.
The deer in my neighborhood are so tame that they are the ones who get annoyed when you have to move over and run around them on the sidewalk. I swear, one actually sighed at me the other day.
And, unfortunately, Lilac bushes make me sneeze. So does Pinon Pine. And a lot of other things I have yet to identify.0 -
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Honeysuckle smells awesome. Most people's perfume and cologne do not.
I have no problem crossing the road if there is shade to run in.
Not a fan of saliva and snot, but during a run, I regularly spit and wipe my nose on my shirt or arm.
Arranging the order of the songs on my IPod is a precise science dependent on my run route.
It's surprising how many people are doing their laundry before 7 a.m.
Acquaintances who know you run ask you if you are running the 'such and such' race this weekend every time you see them.0 -
Obviously, I love my dog enough to take him running even though he's a royal pain in the *kitten* half the time. I'm not going to run him to death.
lol so true.
Also, I notice this more when walking, but why are there always so many of those handheld dental floss picks on the ground? I live in a city and they're everywhere, especially around bus stops. I am grossed out at the idea of people flossing (and also clipping their nails...) in public settings.0 -
Too funny. I was told to be careful running by a pond because some dude in a huge truck just ran over a rattle snake but didn't kill it. I thanked him for the tip. I don't think he got my sarcasm. I live in rural South Carolina. 0
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Running in the Central Savannah River Area (Augusta, GA)...
Most people working in their yards will wave as you run by
Humidity is my enemy and running May-September is almost punishment. You have to really want it to get out in the heat/humidity, even early-early in the a.m.
I have saved a turtle (put it back in the grass and pointed it toward the creek), a daschound (back in the yard and locked the gate) and lots of earthworms (I hate to see them flopping around in the street, lol)
Some people shouldn't have a license
Kids stare
Dogs bark and scare the poop out of me when they run up behind me and and do it
If I run on a dirt path I will get a free facial exfoliation when I wipe off0 -
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today was interesting I saw 2 homeless guys sleeping under the bridge that the trail I was on runs under.
I also saw some ducks, geese (which means watch out for huge goose droppings on the trail!!), and a river, too.0 -
Yesterday morning while running on traiI beside the canal:
I saw my first snake beside the trail, it was brown/black with yellow bands, freaked me eat. And then my boys pointed out another one swimming in the canal
Also found a salamander in the middle of the trail, he wasn't moving so well, so I helped him closer to the river. Now he either made it or became turtle food.
Heard two owls.
Got ran down by a petite musclar bundle of energy and then enjoyed the discovery that she caught my husband too 0 -
Race-running on sidewalks instead of pavement just SUCKS the life out of your legs. And I often run on sidewalk, but I don't run that HARD on sidewalks.0
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Observations:
1) People BBQ too much in China (terrible amount of smoke)
2) It feels better to run on the street
3) Beijing is not as flat as all the guide books says it is.0
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