Things you see during your run?
BenKnowsFitness
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I regularly run a 6 mile course at a local park. No matter when I go, there is always something of interest along my route. Today it was a woman who was clearly training for a marathon. She was decked out from head to toe in Olympic quality athletic wear and was cruising along at 10mph with no signs of fatigue.
What kind of stuff do you see during your run?
What kind of stuff do you see during your run?
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Since I run on the treadmill at the gym (it's winter and i live in colorado), besides the sweat in my eyes, the row of ellipticals is in front of me and i find myself wondering just how hard the resistance is set on the person going balls out at 60mph without breaking a sweat.0
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I love when I see one shoe...which I have assumed a teenage boy is somehow involved. I love the elderly vigorously...they rock...I love when I see a dad cycling with his kids.....I love when I am marathon training and out for LONG runs and I ...blue ehrons are pretty gangly and somehow royal..observe the wildlife, chipmunks are cuter than squirrels, cyclists wear cool shirts but you can't read them as they are bent over0
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Hate posting from my phone...the elderly couple walking vigorously while holding hands. Oh herons not ehrons0
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Yesterday I ran by a cold, wild and stormy Atlantic ocean. I ran within 15 feet of a spike horn buck who showed no fear and was accompanied on part of my run by a curious red fox who kept pace with me. Simply put...awesome.0
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The wall. I stare at the wall during my whole run. I am too focused on the run and dazed off listening to music.0
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we go to town lake sometimes. i see swans and ducks there and people feeding them bread. they also have a statue of stevie ray vaughn. he is from austin apparently.0
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- roadkill. Possums, raccoons, and cats.
- a Hasidic Jewish family that walks regularly. The whole family.
- an adult walker chained to a bus stop pole
- cops doing speed checks
- old people
- a power line, loaded with pigeons, that goes RIGHT over the sidewalk
- abandoned properties from our mega-busted housing bubble
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saw a woman breastfeeding a baby...(just kidding! in case you missed it, there's two threads with over 600 replies in less than 24 hours about this topic)0
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Mostly just roadkill and cornfields.0
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the beach!!!
people doing yoga in the grass
boardwalk and warf
all the "MILTLL" (mother i'd like to look like) walking their dogs or running
volleyball players
and soo many people still home from the holidays0 -
When my body allows it..... bums, lots of bums. Also lots of cars because I run along the major highway.... well the only highway in Key West, lol. I also get to see people golfing. Oh, and i can't forget my dog's *kitten* either!! Lol.0
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-The lake... I live right down the street from it so all my routes have spectacular views
-People fishing
-Teenagers who have a tendency to laugh at me (fat lady running is funny apparently)
-Drivers who blatantly ignore crosswalks and people in crosswalks
-Kids playing basketball
-Lots of loud dogs0 -
more things…
- A 5 K race coming right at me, everyone acted confused as I ran right through them in the opposite direction.
- Found myself in the middle of a boot camp group that was running a 1 mile run on a 6% grade. They were clapping and cheering for me as I blew past the finish line and continued my run.
- A runner decked out in tea party garb
- 32 degs out, people running a race with crying babies in strollers
- Dog trying to get me
- Dear running full speed across track
- Snake
- Dog Crap with shoe print
- Asian running club (huge group)- they follow up the run with church
- Kid holding dog that wanted to attack me. He did a good job.
- Girls meeting boys in an secluded area near dusk
- Gun shots
- Squirrel fight (it was a good one)
- Turtle
- Stray Cats choking on something
- Kids get out and play event- they had a 0.6 mile run with kids, moms, and dads. Most of them slowed to a walk at the 0.1 mile mark.0 -
i ran to work last year and remember seeing a guy cycling to work. With a broken leg. In plaster. Stretched out in front of him. Was SOOOOO temped to tip him over ....0
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I don't run but I do walk...
Things seen:
deer
elk
coyotes
turkey...lots
scat
cows
Things I don't want to see:
Cougers
Wolves
Which we have both of...thank goodness the bears are sleeping.0 -
I use a treadmill, so I'm either watching Netflix on the computer in front of it, or closing my eyes and listening to music.
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There is a squirrel who must be fed or something. I always encounter him at the same house and he ain't scared. He'll just stand there in the middle of the sidewalk until the last minute or run alongside me for a few steps before he goes up the tree. He never fails to freak me out. :noway:0
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My kids riding their bikes in my driveway.
My youngest running with flowers she picked from my precious Morning Glories, hibiscus, and Freesias.
Birds.
The street number of my neighbors across the street.
The other day I ran at the Marine base. Apparently everyone is getting ready for physical fitness testing. :noway:
Holy crowded track :grumble:0 -
Cows, and the occasional deer. I can run 5 miles and never see a car. Simply awesome!0
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saw a woman breastfeeding a baby
bahahahaha.....
that was good...
was she drinking milk too?0 -
In Charlie Daniels Park here in Mt. Juliet, a very strange man - turned out to be a prison escapee from a couple of counties over. He was captured, sent back to Perry County, where he was wanted on assault charges. Too, too creepy. Back to the treadmill this week. Anybody run with mace?0
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I run on a very rural farm road, I pass a single shoe lying in the same exact place nearly in the rut for over a week. You know the rut, where car tires have worn a pair of trenches in which grass never grows. Today I found on the same 1/4 mile stretch two matching socks about 10 yards apart. Some teenager needs to get a different PE school bag. Very soon, I want to bring a stick with a nail in the end of it and start picking up water bottles from the ditch on each side. It offends me that people are such slobs.0
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Can't get mace here, but I run with Bear Spray, which is a cayenne pepper spray. Huge canister, you can't get them in those cute little canisters like in the US. I had a guy following and harassing me, so I don't run alone without phone, personal alarm, and bear spray.In Charlie Daniels Park here in Mt. Juliet, a very strange man - turned out to be a prison escapee from a couple of counties over. He was captured, sent back to Perry County, where he was wanted on assault charges. Too, too creepy. Back to the treadmill this week. Anybody run with mace?0
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Right now my weekday runs are all in the dark. I run in the city, but have seen a fox and a coyote, as well as the usual birds and squirrels. Menaced by an off-leash dog (huge thing - Burnese Mountain Dog) in the on-leash park.
I don't see a lot of people in the morning, mostly just people going home after night shift or heading out for early shift. Some truck drivers honk to say hello. I rarely see other runners. A few cyclists and dog walkers.
Have run in -25C, middle of a blizzard, etc. I'm sure everyone else thought I was crazy. Have run through some nice parks.
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Mostly just roadkill and cornfields.
Sounds like my long runs
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I love running at night or at dusk, and when I can see in the windows around the neighborhood, get house color/design ideas. (Wait, does that sound creepy? LOL). Now that I've had to get used to a treadmill when weather doesn't permit outdoor running, I especially appreciate everything I can see when I get to run outside.0
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I run on a beach so I see sand, water, islands, lots of ships/yatchts/boats, houses/condos/apartments, the horizon, restaurants, the peers and docks... And beautiful people. Very nice scenery for me
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This is a hilarious post! I don't have anything too funny, but lots of beauty. I live far away from large cities. But I see Victoria Canada across a salt water straight, 4 bed and breakfasts on high sea cliffs, the Olympic mountain range, a lighthouse, woods, creeks, rivers, lavendar farms, dairy farms, bays, sailboats etc.0
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Anybody run with mace?
No. A knife and a bullmastiff.0 -
- Kids try to torment my dog, begin chasing after us and faceplanting off their scooters.
- Other dogs that make my dog go all angry/protective/warp-speed
- A woman standing on her porch wearing a pink fuzzy robe and cowboy boots while smoking a cigarette
- A plane flying too low
- The police...the police again...the police again...and finally I just started waving!
- A man lurking in the shadows (bring it on, Kermit. If you're feelin' froggy...by God, come on and leap)0
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