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a dead body - the runner who finished just ahead of me at the 1995 Columbus Marathon dropped dead at the finish line - not sure if this is weird - but it was unusual...
I've always wondered how I would react to that. A guy died just shy of the finish line at this year's Riverbank Run 25k. His predicted finish time would have been right in the ballpark of what I run. I didn't run it this year, but if I had there's a decent chance that I would have been in his vicinity when he collapsed. That's some haunting thing to experience, I'm sure.
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Wow, that tops the stolen stashed water bottle stories by a mile. Hope you didn't need the water. Karma points for you, I suppose.
Fortunately, I was about half a mile from a water fountain that I use as a refill point on this route. I may avoid this area in the future in case he mugs me again!
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Yeah, that one's pretty aggressive.
No, the one to which I refer was quite aggressive, I assure you....
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A whole, uncooked turkey. In the middle of a waterfront trail (near a parking lot).... it was just getting to be daylight when I happened upon it so it startled me and I had to jump over it. There were a few scattered veggies about also - whole potatoes and carrots. Not only was it a weird place for the turkey, but it was still a few weeks before thanksgiving!
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Lots of races mark potential hazards with orange or white spray paint. This weekend I was running the Chicago Half Marathon, cruising down Lakeshore Drive, and there's a roadkilled raccoon on the curb....with a bright orange spray painted strip down its back.
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I saw a container of macaroni salad on the side of the road -- a road that doesn't get tons of traffic. Very odd.
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Dead seal on the beach today. Conspicuously not stinky as I got close to try and ascertain its cause of death. So musta been freshly deathly. A little bit sad, but also pretty cool.
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kid ditching their lunch from home?
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That reminds me of a squirrel right outside my work that is flattened and has a white stripe from the side of the road painted on it. What an ignominious death.
Alright this is my first time ever posting, and it's because I couldn't pass up telling this story:
I was on a short run through downtown one day, and it looked like there was a kids parade coming the opposite direction -- everyone had signs, their parents were walking with them, the whole bit. As I passed the parade, all the kids were looking toward the middle of the street, where a cat must have just gotten hit by a car, because it was mid-seizure -- blood squirting out of it, and looking like a breakdancer.
The kids were horrified, I was shocked, and almost couldn't keep the irony from making me bust out laughing.
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A used condom. (I should say it wasn't in the wrapper. Whether or not it had been used yet... well, I wasn't going to check, but I assume so.)
A few weeks ago, on a long run down a country road, a box of tea bags all scattered on the shoulder of the road. At first I couldn't tell what it was and then I saw the box on the side of the road. What a waste of tea!
*sigh* f'ing Tea Partiers!
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