Share your running peeves

Mine too is cars getting too close!

Running pee is my peeve. I can't even do jumping jacks anymore. Doing spinning now instead, much safer.

Elderly drivers - the most dangerous time to be a pedestrian isn't on a Saturday or Sunday morning after the bars close, it is running around lunch time when there are a lot of elderly drivers who can't see clearly or drive well. Yesterday I had to jump into the grass as an elderly lady headed straight for me and was not going to give me clearance - she didn't even look at me as it happened, she just stared straight ahead with both hands clutching the steering wheel (that is why I run against traffic, if she was coming at me from behind I would have likely been struck).

Last year I was in a triathlon that had to be canceled when an elderly man ran past a crossing guard and killed someone on a bicycle on a closed road course. Yeah, I know it is a difficult situation to lose your freedom and it is also difficult to intervene when you know that a parent or grandparent is driving unsafely, but it is even more difficult to have them hurt or kill someone.

cyclists who don't announce themselves. and then pass too close.

^You're a distance runner then? Some people use tape or body glide to keep that from happening.

Right now, my biggest peeve is that I'm not doing it due to bursitis in my foot.

So a peeve is definitely that we're (runners) more prone to over-use injuries.
*Hate it when vehicles actually swerve toward you (I don't htink most do it on purpose - more their cars heading toward what they're eyes are looking at)
*Hate it when I'm really into my run and a driver honks to say hi... and I nearly have a heart-attack.
*Hate it when my kids steal my earbuds and I can't find them when I'm heading out to run.

LOVE it when I'm out and the run makes me feel energized and like I can fly.
I miss running.

I guess my peeve would be with other people on the trails. It's only happened a few times, but after I ran a while and stop and walk, I've had a few times where other walkers that saw me initially running say something like "are you too tired to run anymore?"
I suppose they weren't trying to be rude, but why say something like that to anyone?
On the flip side, after my last ACL surgery, I hit the paved trail a lot to practice the whole walking normally thing again, and was out walking in my ACL brace one day when one of the other walkers passed by me and said I was doing great and getting out and walking was a great thing for me to do. I thought that was sweet of him to be encouraging like that, especially at a time when I was pouting a lot for being sidelined from a lot of the stuff I wanted to be doing.

Another is when people are walking in the middle of the trail, see you coming at them on a bike or running, and just sort of slouch and stand there. Do you need to be in the middle, we are in the Western Hemisphere, how about moving to the right and I will move around you the left. Especially when it is a group of people walking shoulder to shoulder who are put-out that they have to share the trail.

Another time a lady had three little dogs pulling in all directions on leashes blocking the entire path - she saw me coming 50 yards away and just kept walking right along. I came to a complete stop "Excuse me?" - she looked startled, smiled and moved the dogs off to the side. I'm not sure what she thought was going to happen when she saw me coming, maybe she thought I had wings and would ascend above her when I drew near?

Trailer hitches!

samtarlyonadiet wrote: »

My bleeding nips

I started using KT tape for that. I have a hairy chest so band-aids were too painful so I cut small squares of KT tape. Now my pet peeve is when I take my shirt off and walk around wit little red pasties

Tendonitis literally takes forever to heal. Forever 🥺

Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »

I guess my peeve would be with other people on the trails. It's only happened a few times, but after I ran a while and stop and walk, I've had a few times where other walkers that saw me initially running say something like "are you too tired to run anymore?"
I suppose they weren't trying to be rude, but why say something like that to anyone?
On the flip side, after my last ACL surgery, I hit the paved trail a lot to practice the whole walking normally thing again, and was out walking in my ACL brace one day when one of the other walkers passed by me and said I was doing great and getting out and walking was a great thing for me to do. I thought that was sweet of him to be encouraging like that, especially at a time when I was pouting a lot for being sidelined from a lot of the stuff I wanted to be doing.

Yesss this!but I hate the “words of encouragement “
Like “good job keep going”
Blah blah blah

MrsDan1667 wrote: »

JustSomeEm wrote: »

Right now, my biggest peeve is that I'm not ...
So a peeve is definitely that we're (runners) more prone to over-use injuries.

monkeefan1974 wrote: »

Tendonitis literally takes forever to heal. Forever 🥺

This! Ankle tendonitis is ridiculous. I did 8 weeks of rest+icing+massage+stretches. Tried a super small 1/4mile walk. Nope, my ankle felt itchy on the inside of my skin. Trying another 8 weeks on Monday😔

Try wearing an ankle compression sleeve when you exercise. Works wonders for me.

I have a few.....people who let their dogs loose in a public Park area (with posted leash law signs). People who don't clean up after their dogs. Peeps who feel the need to walk shoulder to shoulder and take up the whole path, even when they see you coming. How hard is it to share the path?!?? Oh, and forgetting to start my watch.

Running itself is a peeve. Lol. I hate it. But it's necessary. So I love it.