Weirdest thing you've ever seen on the ground during a run..?

fillyrunner

posted: 11/30/2011 at 12:48 PM

Looking at the white line on the side of the road I often see shapes of unpainted areas, usually they are leaf shaped but sometimes they are dead frog or feather shaped.

brerfootbill

posted: 11/30/2011 at 3:48 PM

Quote from fillyrunner on 11/30/2011 at 12:48 PM:

Looking at the white line on the side of the road I often see shapes of unpainted areas, usually they are leaf shaped but sometimes they are dead frog or feather shaped.

That's an art form, you know. Smile

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MissPratt

Back off!

posted: 11/30/2011 at 7:12 PM

not the weirdest per se but today these wild turkeys were swarming the street & barely moved when I ran by! They just nonchalantly glanced at me ... OK u freaky birds - I guess they saw I didn't have an axe so they weren't worried!

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 11/30/2011 at 7:21 PM

Quote from MissPratt on 11/30/2011 at 7:12 PM:

not the weirdest per se but today these wild turkeys were swarming the street & barely moved when I ran by! They just nonchalantly glanced at me ... OK u freaky birds - I guess they saw I didn't have an axe so they weren't worried!

Ha, they cause traffic jams here. They just mill about and won't budge.

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

MissPratt

Back off!

posted: 11/30/2011 at 8:09 PM

OMG - LOL ... that's nuts!!!

jules2

posted: 12/1/2011 at 1:39 PM

I wish I could post that last night I saw a lorry tyre when I was running but I only saw it when I rolled over after it had fetched me down so technically I wasn't running at the time I first saw it. I skinned and battered both knees and one elbow,and today feel like I've been run over by a tank. What makes it worse was that I didn't notice it because I was distracted by an ambulance going by.

Old age is when you move from illegal to prescribed drugs.

LedLincoln

Food

posted: 12/1/2011 at 3:40 PM

Sorry to hear it, Jules. Sounds like the ambulance should have stopped for you! Hope you heal up quickly!

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 12/1/2011 at 4:24 PM

Owie, Jules...was it dark? This is one reason I don't have much interest in running after dark. I have a hard enough time staying upright when it's daylight. Blush

Today I didn't run with my phone (no pockets and I hate carrying it in my hand)...so of course I saw 2 interesting things. A pair off maroon plaid boxers and <100 yards away nearly a dozen free-range chickens pecking about in the same ditch.

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

LedLincoln

Food

posted: 12/1/2011 at 4:32 PM

Yesterday there was clothing strewn along about 100 yards of the trail - shirt, pants, socks. It's really too cold for any outdoor hanky-panky (I think), so i hope there's nothing bad to the story behind it. The stuff was gone this morning.

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BeastieRoy

posted: 12/1/2011 at 7:27 PM

A few weeks ago someone ditched a couple of porn magazines on my daily route along a highway. since then they have been hit by the tractor mower spreading the pages to a bigger area. When the winter winds showed up they were blown into the fence so now there's a couple sections of fence wallpapered with porn.

LedLincoln

Food

posted: 12/2/2011 at 1:33 PM

Quote from BeastieRoy on 12/1/2011 at 7:27 PM:

A few weeks ago someone ditched a couple of porn magazines on my daily route along a highway. since then they have been hit by the tractor mower spreading the pages to a bigger area. When the winter winds showed up they were blown into the fence so now there's a couple sections of fence wallpapered with porn.

Ha - it spreads like the pink stuff in The Cat In The Hat. You can't get rid of it. Surprised

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srlopez

Eye of Sauron

posted: 12/2/2011 at 1:36 PM

You're darned tootin the pink stuff spreads.

And once again Mr. Wizard (aka: Stevie Ray) explains the internet.

himantura

posted: 12/5/2011 at 12:24 PM

_{An audio cassette tape} a few weeks ago. First time I have seen one in 15 years.

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CliveF

posted: 12/5/2011 at 12:56 PM

Quote from srlopez on 12/2/2011 at 1:36 PM:

You're darned tootin the pink stuff spreads.

Now I feel all dirty.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 12/5/2011 at 1:06 PM

Quote from himantura on 12/5/2011 at 12:24 PM:

_{An audio cassette tape} a few weeks ago. First time I have seen one in 15 years.

How'd you do that with the text...between tape and a your post superscripts... Confused

The last time I saw audiotape was a cassette that had been unraveled all along the road. Amazing how many yards of tape are in one small plastic rectangle.

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

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