RunningAHEAD - Topic: Weirdest thing you've ever seen on the ground during a run..? (page 18)

Batensmack

Beware, batbear...

posted: 5/15/2009 at 8:27 PM

Dead opossum always look so weird. Sometimes I have to stop to really check them out... they're all grinning and squishy...

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Buffalo Gal

Buffalo Gal Rides Again

posted: 5/16/2009 at 11:38 PM

Saw a dead possum on my run today being eaten (well..picked at) by a wild turkey. Just nasty.

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rvelich

Another Passion

posted: 5/17/2009 at 12:02 AM

This:

Rick
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mamaofthree

Best Present Ever

posted: 5/17/2009 at 7:35 AM

douches. several years ago, there were about a dozen by the side of the road. I would see t hem and wonder why they were there. They were eventually picked up with other trash. Just last week, in the same place, 2 appeared again.

xor

posted: 5/18/2009 at 3:33 PM

The douche thing. Uh... do you happen to live in/near a neighborhood known for prostitution? I'm not trying to be mean with that question. I live a couple miles away from something called Aurora Ave, which for years was the strip known for the stereotypical 'skanky streetwalker hooker'. The stuff I find on the ground there includes condoms and a lot of douche. YIKES. HOWEVER. Check this out. Today on my run, I got chased by a dog for the first time in years. I also spotted a possum in a tree (not on the ground). What I did NOT see... but read about after my run... was the 250 pound black bear that may be roaming the area immediately around my house: http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_051809WAB-AP_black-bear-ballard-roaming-JM.1586829c.html The intersection noted in that story is 2 blocks away from my house. YIPE!

shadow runner

The Shirtless Wonder

posted: 5/20/2009 at 8:13 PM
modified: 5/20/2009 at 8:13 PM

Not on the ground but I did run with a deer once during an early morning run a few months back. Surprised

Guy on bicycle startled him and he started running down the road. The deer apparently didn't notice me. But then I didn't notice him until I looked around to figure out where the clicking sound [from hooves] was coming from. The deer was close enough to pet. When he finally noticed me, Shocked

he skidded to stop and ran other direction.

Joe Suder

_{Nulla camisia et nulla problematum}

mamaofthree

Best Present Ever

posted: 5/20/2009 at 8:20 PM

Quote from xor on 5/18/2009 at 3:33 PM:

The douche thing. Uh... do you happen to live in/near a neighborhood known for prostitution? I'm not trying to be mean with that question. I live a couple miles away from something called Aurora Ave, which for years was the strip known for the stereotypical 'skanky streetwalker hooker'. The stuff I find on the ground there includes condoms and a lot of douche. YIKES. HOWEVER. Check this out. Today on my run, I got chased by a dog for the first time in years. I also spotted a possum in a tree (not on the ground). What I did NOT see... but read about after my run... was the 250 pound black bear that may be roaming the area immediately around my house: http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_051809WAB-AP_black-bear-ballard-roaming-JM.1586829c.html The intersection noted in that story is 2 blocks away from my house. YIPE!

Prostitution? You'd giggle if you saw where I live. I can run 10 miles in the morning and not have more than 10 cars go past. I see cows and hear little birds singing and roosters crowing. I never get chased by dogs on my road (just happenstance that my nearest neighbors don't let their dogs run loose), but haven't seen a bear. There's a run I do about 30 miles west of my house, closer to the mountains, and bears are sometimes spotted around there. I've come on bears while hiking, though. Even when they're not being aggressive, they're scary.

lph53

posted: 5/20/2009 at 10:17 PM

Quote from xor on 5/18/2009 at 3:33 PM:

What I did NOT see... but read about after my run... was the 250 pound black bear that may be roaming the area immediately around my house: http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_051809WAB-AP_black-bear-ballard-roaming-JM.1586829c.html The intersection noted in that story is 2 blocks away from my house. YIPE!

Last year, i posted that one night I saw a snake crossing the path and jumped over it. Then another night after my run I was doing my cool down walk when a black bear came out on the path about 50 yards ahead of me. I said "hey bear"! He turned and looked at me and turned away and kept about his business. When I told my son the story, he said, did you scream like a little girl when you saw the snake, Isaid "you bet I did"! I hate snakes, butbears don't bother me, I see them in my yard a few times and they will keep their distance as long as you don't bother them

LPH

"Today I broke my record for most consecutive days lived!"

xor

posted: 5/20/2009 at 10:22 PM

butbears don't bother me

Man, those are the WORST kind. Never turn your back on a butbear.

Buckeye

posted: 5/20/2009 at 10:28 PM
modified: 5/20/2009 at 10:29 PM

pid="3a322b5e9ac9472daee2d60a892059cd Then another night after my run I was doing my cool down walk when a black bear came out on the path about 50 yards ahead of me. I said "hey bear"!

Sounds like SNL Mark wahlberg "talkin with the animals" skit. ""Hey bear" ..."how you doin" ... "Tell your mother I said Hi!"

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nauseousadrnalin

You Are Beautiful.

posted: 5/20/2009 at 10:45 PM

srlopez, Aurora Ave in Seattle? Def creepy. Not so bad now, I guess. I've heard some tales from friends who live in Seattle.

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Be patient and tough, some day this pain will be useful to you. Ovid

You'll learn to let things go.

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 6/2/2009 at 11:58 PM
modified: 6/2/2009 at 11:59 PM

OK, this was not seen on the ground nor was I actually running at the time. My team meets on tuesday nights at a little parking lot by some trailheads for our run. We were waiting for one of the other runners for quite awhile and just standing in front of a truck that had 2 people in it. Next to the truck was a bright red RX8 that I recognized from the week before.

After we had stood there about 15 minutes the guy got out of the truck with a seriously pissed off look on his face and walked around to the other side to help the "lady" back to her RX8. I am pretty sure this was supposed to be a *ahem* "business transaction" that didn't occur due to our presence.

Wonder if we'll see them again next week.

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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 6/3/2009 at 12:05 AM

Shit...is THAT what I have to do to get an RX-8? Gah, that sucks. Tongue

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

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Buffalo Gal

Buffalo Gal Rides Again

posted: 6/3/2009 at 12:29 AM
modified: 6/3/2009 at 12:29 AM

Quote from MichiganFlyer on 4/14/2008 at 1:39 PM:

I always see young fat pimply teens who shout at me "JOGGER!!" and then they proceed to race me to the end of the block at which point I pass them as they double over to catch their breath still laughing at me. Last month one of the teens had a banana and as he passed me he threw the banana at his buddy and laughed.

OK - this is clearly a Mid-Michigan experience and in now way reflects running in West Michigan.

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modal

posted: 6/3/2009 at 12:46 AM

Is there a companion thread to this one replacing seen with stepped on?

I stepped on a live rat.

Vim

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