Runners.......what BUGS you?
NurseCarolyn2014
Posts: 142
I'm out on my run this morning, it's a beautiful day, I felt great and then on about the 5K mark a pesky BUG kept flying around my face. No matter what I did it stayed with me :grumble: ......I know bugs are attracted to sweat and granted I had some going on but it made me wonder what other stories do you runners have........bugs or anything else! :happy:
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I had one go right into my mouth recently, EW0
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sometimes I get 'bugged' by bugs when I am fishing- horseflies are the worst. but I can usually 'outrun ' them LOL0
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My favorite is when you run into a gnat with your eye.0
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Pet owners who don't keep their animals on a leash!
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Drivers that honk at me when they go by and scare me so badly I jump... HATE when they do that! :mad:0
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When I run past someone and smile, or say hello and they are suddenly really interested in whatever is on their phone. I know I look like hell, but would it kill you to say hello?0
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bees!! I am allergic so if I see one while running I suddenly spaz out LOL and other runners that run the exact same path as me like they are following me but we have never even met..makes me nervous!0
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My favorite is when you run into a gnat with your eye.
This! Happens around mile 7 usually. Ugh!0 -
Drivers that honk at me when they go by and scare me so badly I jump... HATE when they do that! :mad:
^^^^THIS!!! Totally. It is so rude!! Tempted to keep a brick handy . . . chuck it at them!0 -
A few years back on a 5am 10 miler, half way through I had a hawk make a "deposit" mid air that landed on my face...in my mouth. It was hot. I dropped to my knees heaving.
That's a taste you just cannot forget.0 -
A bad "bug" run might be more miserable than any other conditions out there. From the little swarms of gnats that get in your eyes, nose & mouth, to the big flies that bombard my head like i'm running in a hailstorm, they are terrible. And once they get on you, I've never been able to out run them.0
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When I run past someone and smile, or say hello and they are suddenly really interested in whatever is on their phone. I know I look like hell, but would it kill you to say hello?
Some of us are anti-social and freak out.. before we recover you're gone...0 -
Pet owners who don't keep their animals on a leash!
^^^THIS!!!^^^0 -
A few years back on a 5am 10 miler, half way through I had a hawk make a "deposit" mid air that landed on my face...in my mouth. It was hot. I dropped to my knees heaving.
That's a taste you just cannot forget.
omg i'm literally crying........sorry LOL0 -
When I am in a 5K race, I wish slower walkers/joggers would move to the side. I also wish they would start further back at the start line.0
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I run in my neighborhood and sometimes there's creepy men (or a group of them) and they all stare or smile really big and awkward. I hate it...wish I had someone running with me so I didn't feel like I was going to get stolen while I'm out one morning!0
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dog walkers who don't keep their dogs close. on a run a couple months ago, i saw one runner get completely tangled by two dogs' leashes (one owner), another runner who ended up jumping over a dog to avoid collision, and during that same run, i was tripped by yet another dog (owner was on her phone, not paying attention). this was at a park with paved paths that are used by runners and walkers, and that has a very nice dog park in it. i'm not saying that dogs can't be at the park, but it is common courtesy to keep them from tripping people. the guy who got tangled up, i am surprised he didn't get hurt.0
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A few years back on a 5am 10 miler, half way through I had a hawk make a "deposit" mid air that landed on my face...in my mouth. It was hot. I dropped to my knees heaving.
That's a taste you just cannot forget.
OK, you win. Other than being run down by a moving vehicle, this is probably the worst running experience I've ever heard of! ICK. I'm gagging thinking of it. :sick:0 -
A few years back on a 5am 10 miler, half way through I had a hawk make a "deposit" mid air that landed on my face...in my mouth. It was hot. I dropped to my knees heaving.
That's a taste you just cannot forget.
You win0 -
When people are running behind you and they don't announce that they are passing you. Usually, I let people know I'm close by saying "on your left". I was running one morning and before I knew it some guy was right on my heels!!!
Another issue is when runners don't speak. At least throw your hand up or say Good Morning, good evening etc. Sheeesh 0 -
People yelling at me in Spanish as I run by...WHAT ARE YOU YELLING ABOUT?
Ha ha, the joke will soon be on them. I'mma learn Spanish and yell back one day soon! :laugh:0 -
When you run past someone who is just walking or whatever and their perfume/cologne takes your breath away.0
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Pet owners who don't keep their animals on a leash!
YES, I was running on a beautiful Sunday while in the country visiting my family and approached a house that sat near the road when three huge alaskian malamutes came out on me.:noway: I thought the one had me b/c it got up to me then Thankfully the owner came out and grabbed it and dragged it back in the yard... Needless to say now when I'm out visiting my family I don't run past that house anymore. I start out the other way, which I hav'nt ran into any animals yet.:happy:0 -
When people are running behind you and they don't announce that they are passing you. Usually, I let people know I'm close by saying "on your left". I was running one morning and before I knew it some guy was right on my heels!!! Another issue is when runners don't speak. At least throw your hand up or say Good Morning, good evening etc. Sheeesh
I love when I call out on your left and people turn around to look then move to the left!
Also I only sometimes say good morning, but I almost always give a nod. Even to cyclists.0 -
Running through spider webs. Ick.0
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One time, i was running past a trailer park and some girl who was sitting with a group of others in a cloud of cigarette smoke on a trampoline yelled out "nice legs" (to be a b*tch, and amuse her friends, i assume). I said "yep. thanks." as i ran past but grrrrrrr i was really pissed off. I tried to congratulate myself for not reacting, but i spent the next mile+ of that run thinking of what i should have or could have yelled out. Then of course, alternating with feeling the better person for not being b*tchy back. So what bugs me is HECKLERS! :explode:
Oh, that and the sudden, urgent need to use a restroom 5 miles into a long run and being smack dab in the middle of a residential section with NO PLACE to duck into bushes. At. All. :noway:0 -
A few years back on a 5am 10 miler, half way through I had a hawk make a "deposit" mid air that landed on my face...in my mouth. It was hot. I dropped to my knees heaving.
That's a taste you just cannot forget.
Ding Ding! We have a winner! LMAO!!0 -
Oh, that and the sudden, urgent need to use a restroom 5 miles into a long run and being smack dab in the middle of a residential section with NO PLACE to duck into bushes. At. All. :noway:
^The worst!^0 -
Guys making comments about my *kitten*. Or about anything. Even compliments. Just leave me alone to run in peace!
Large family groups spread out over the track, completely oblivious to anyone around them.
Also, I'm obviously easily irritated but yesterday I had to speed up to get away from a fellow runner with the most annoying jangly keys in her pocket...0
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