RunningAHEAD - Topic: Things that make you swear when you run

TrailDoc

posted: 3/9/2009 at 12:47 AM

We all have things that happen when we run, but only a select few will really set you off. What's yours? Mine are mountain bikers who come barreling down the trail around blind corners at fun speed, almost run you over, then don't even have the courtesy to say "Sorry"!

2014 Goals: sub-3:10 Vancouver Marathon, Leadville 50M, UltraTrail du Mont Blanc 100K

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 3/9/2009 at 12:56 AM

Unexploded poppers on the sidewalk after the 4th of July. I set off 3 or 4 of them every year running on them and it scares the bejeesus out of me. People who leave dog poo on the sidewalk. This isnt as much a running thing but then knowing that my kids will probably be running down the same dang sidewalk and they wont dodge. Or if I am out with the double jogger, its a lot harder to miss.

I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets

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

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 3/9/2009 at 5:54 AM

Cars that don't stop for you at pedestrian crosswalks, even when you're obviously waiting to cross.

Jill_B

I fly.

posted: 3/9/2009 at 7:11 AM

Quote from Teresadfp on 3/9/2009 at 5:54 AM:

Cars that don't stop for you at pedestrian crosswalks, even when you're obviously waiting to cross.

+1

Bring it on.

pitrunner

posted: 3/9/2009 at 7:27 AM

Cars that stop and wait for you to cross in front of them even when you're 1/4 of the mile down the street. Thus forcing you to speed the hell up.

veggies on the run

milktruck

an amazing likeness

posted: 3/9/2009 at 7:32 AM

My running ability...

_{Acceptable at a dance, invaluable in a shipwreck.}

Greg Rowe

The shirtless wonder

posted: 3/9/2009 at 7:48 AM

Dead batteries in my mp3 player half way through a long run.

run.therowes.net

mikeymike

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:00 AM

Wind-blown sleet that feels like a thousand needles poking me in the face repeatedly for 30 minutes.

Runners run

dgb2n

Dave

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:05 AM

Serious headwind.

I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it.

dgb2n@yahoo.com

BadDawg

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:08 AM

Ice.

E.J.
Greater Lowell Road Runners
Cry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!

May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.

Sockoni

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:09 AM
modified: 3/9/2009 at 8:12 AM

As you happily and excitedly exit your car and make your way through the parking lot toward roads that are *finally* clear of snow and ice, you step in a big puddle (or two) and totally soak your shoes.

kpk33x

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:24 AM

Having your stomach go bad when you're too far out to turn around and make it back in time.

schoolmarm

12-week layoff

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:38 AM

Quote from mikeymike on 3/9/2009 at 8:00 AM:

Wind-blown sleet that feels like a thousand needles poking me in the face repeatedly for 30 minutes.

The opposite...heat. humidity. hurricanes.

Craig S

Menace to Sobriety

posted: 3/9/2009 at 8:54 AM

Rednecks that shout and throw stuff from their Cam-Birds and pick ups.

Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.

mrakers

posted: 3/9/2009 at 9:10 AM

When I slip and fall.

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