Rude People (Read 867 times)

It is so not worth getting annoyed by that. You took a few steps off the pavement on the dirt/grass/sticks whatever. This paved path surrounds a buch of athletic fields and is a multi-use path. It is not, specifically a running track, no? If these folks were standing in Lane 1 of an actual track then you should have, politely at first, said something to them. I have done this many times. But this was not the case here. They were rude and obtuse to stand on the path. You handled it appropriately to just go around them. Now let it go, life is too short. You had a good run. They stood still being miserable. You should feel sorry for them. You won, they lost.

Yell "TRACK!!!!!!!!" really really loud every time you come up to them.

I had a similar experience at a local park. There is a one mile trail that traces the perimeter of the park so, like you , I pass the same people several times. Maybe it helps that I'm a big guy (read "fat") because when they see me they quickly move out of the way for their own safety. If they aren't walking towards me I shuffle my feet real loud to let them know I'm coming through. If that doesn't get their attention I yell "On your left!" or "TRACK!" After getting spooked a few times they get the idea. On the opposite side of this topic, where people are overly friendly, I equally detest the person who has to wave and say "HI!" EVERY TIME I pass them...

You took a few steps off the pavement on the dirt/grass/sticks whatever. This paved path surrounds a buch of athletic fields and is a multi-use path.

Well now I need to justify why it bothered me so much (I'm like that)...First thing, to step off to the right of the path at that point, put me on a unstable rocky section of a small hill, yes with dirt and some clumps of grass and lots of sticksl. To step off to the left put me where people were actually standing OFF of the track. If these people would have moved over and up (with the rest of the people watching that particular t-ball practice), there wouldn't have been an issue. Oddly, where they were standing put them behind other people blocking their view, so their intention wasn't even to really WATCH the practice entirely. And, no it isn't a track as in with lanes and such, but it is marked of with and a start and finish line. I didn't complain about the little boy peeing into the grass from the edge of the track (he at least stood at the very edge), besides, he was like 3 years old and the port-a-potty was like a mile away for his little legs. I smiled nicely at the mom who was letting her toddler push the stroller along the trail, that didn't bother me, looked like a good way to keep him entertained, I don't blame her. I was a little annoyed with my daughter after the 9th time of my running by her team and hearing her yell "HI MOM!"...I was annoyed that she wasn't giving her coach her attention each time she yelled to me. What felt great was at the end of practice I picked up my pace to get to where the team was and when I stopped a bunch of the girls ran up to me and all at once they were asking questions...how many laps was that?? Are you tired?? Do your legs hurt?? How fast were you going?? How many miles was that?? Very cool! So did it ruin my run? Nope, not at all. I wasn't expecting to get to run yesterday so I was happy with simply getting the chance (the soccer team I'm assistant coach for rescheduled practice till Friday). Am I seriously bitter about it. Nope...just wanted to vent with a topic that was actually running related since I haven't done any races recently, and don't have any other running type of questions.

It does tend to fuel the fire!

just run em over I am usually pretty good at stepping aside, but sometimes i after long runs and i'm tired, i'm not stepping aside for bunch of people running side by side hogging the road, i plow through em...it doesn't ruin my day, maybe it ruins theirs.

You never know when you are going to meet an explosive loon (or loons), so I just run around them. Running in the neighborhood, I sometimes move from the sidewalk to the street and people have still messed with me. The last time this happened, a big guy strolling on by yell at me, "What you looking a *****?" I just ran on by. Reading this other post about when dogs attack really got me lit up.

I often move from the sidewalk to the street so I don't bother kids playing, or adults walking...etc. Nobody has ever said anything to me yet, at least not negative. One guy once yelled, "what are you running for, you look fine just as you are!!" Then he smiled and waved. I smiled, and then ran a little faster.