As a runner, you are always on the lookout for cars, aggressive dogs, and weirdos but now you may add dive bombing bird to the list. For some reason when I read this account it occurred to me, if FreeSoul87 had lived Iowa, then this would probably happen to her.
http://www.kcci.com/news/divebombing-bird-targets-downtown-walkers-runners/26869158#!bdxQ7I
Or for you film buffs, a stray from an Alfred Hitchcock film comes to life.
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T.S. Eliot
Former Bad Ass
We have similar ones here that have been attacking the neighbor's cat. The other day, the bird dive bombed my husband. It was fucking hilarious.
Damaris
I take it that Todd the Reporter didn't want his neatly coiffed hair messed up by the angry bird.
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Ha. It wouldn't have gotten the one guy if he'd been a runner instead of a "jogger" as indicated in the caption.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
I was divebombed by 2 separate birds three separate times today. I hate red-winged blackbirds!
Last year, a red-winged blackbird dive bombed me and scratched my head while I was running.
I had a pigeon make brief contact with my knee while sitting on the patio at Starbucks last week.
Antipodean
I was divebombed by an uptight seagull on a beach back in January. Apparently it was nesting but I was totally freaked out! It didn't help that i was at the mid point of my long run, trapped in soft sand on a beach and had to sprint like crazy for over a minute (it felt like 5) to get to the road and safety. Stupid bird! I admit to having a bit of a bird phobia. If I'm feeling resentful I could trace my current injury to that day! Grrrr!
Julie
"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
~ Sir Edmund Hillary
That's kinky.
In America, they would say that's why you need to carry a gun.
Or in the case, a bottle of Franks Red hot sauce.
My wings are always made with Franks Red Hot sauce.
Drink up moho's!!
The red-winged blackbird builds its nest on the ground and seems to only attack when you are near its nest. Every year I have a few in my area that get defensive.
Barking Mad To Run
Ummm, you're not pigeon-toed, are you? Maybe he thought you were one of them...
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt