I was just wondering what are peoples pet hates when running??
Mine is small dogs on extendable leads. I've nearly been tripped a couple of times by oblivious owners letting their little ankle biters shoot across the path just as I'm approaching ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Youโll notice each season has its own annoyances! Suncream sweating into your eyes in summer is another thing to er, look forward to!!!
At the moment, the biggest things that annoy me are puddles that are either unexpectedly deep, or ground thatโs not as frozen as it looks so your foot sinks and gets totally covered in mud!
Itโs a good thing there are enough good things about running to balance it out!
Phew! I got a bee stuck under my glasses while out running once (how????!!!!!) but managed to free it before it caused any damage to itself or me! That was not fun!
Dustbins out on the pavement on bin day and cars parked on pavement leaving the tiniest of gaps. Much prefer running without improvised obstacle courses laid out for me lol
Yes to this!!! Itโs like a budget version of a Ninja Warrior course round here on bin dayโฆBinja Warrior maybe?! Iโm sure ITV would love the spin off!
Car drivers who don't give you enough space. The vast majority are great, but the odd one apparently thinks that a runner wearing some or all of bright colours, hi-viz and reflective gear is there for target practice.
(There aren't any pavements where I live. And yes, I keep any audio low enough to ensure I can hear my surroundings.)
Don't think I'd risk running on the roads where I live. I live in a village with lots of blind corners and drivers who view the speed limit as a challenge. Luckily there's lots of footpaths and farm tracks to run on.
Although I much prefer hilly forest tracks and trails, the topography here makes it tough to run 100% off-road and avoid them completely. The good thing about the roads is that there's very little traffic!
I have had a few instances where a car driver is either exiting or entering their property across the footpath and have got very close to taking me out. Several times someone has pulled out and I have nearly run into the side of their car.
One woman even had the cheek to toot me when she came down the road from behind and nearly ran me over on the pavement. It was not as if she could not have seen me either, it was a bright day and I was wearing a fluorescent green running top. So much for giving way to pedestrians. When she go out of her can I shouted "Are you blind of just stupid?" but she ignored me and just hurried indoors.
I've had that. Running on a narrow road, a car misjudged the width of the road when going past me. It was a summer day and the windows were down - it was so close I could have reached in and changed gear ๐จ
dog poo, wheelie bin day, cars parked right up on the pavement so you have to go around them onto the road, metal grids, any type of manhole cover (as they are very slippery)
Thorn hedges that have overgrown. Similarly, brambles that have arched over a pathway (and they grow so quickly that sometimes they really need to be pruned back weekly).
Drivers who are so fixated on other vehicles that they don't see the runner in hi-vis already crossing the side road that they're just about to turn into. I am aware of them, but would prefer not to have to put the brakes on just because they have blinkers on (not not necessarily their indicators).
Slow moving groups of people who take up the full width of a path or pavement and don't leave any gaps. Teenage schoolgirls in groups tend to also be in a little world of their own, and don't pay any notice to anything happening outside the group.
People who totally ignore you when you greet them. (Very much a city/town problem.)
So much the slow moving groups! When I first read the post I was like "nothing really" then an image of a bunch of young mothers with their strollers blocking all of the path emerged. Even more annoying when they look at me, clearly see me, and still don't make any effort to move out of the way....
Oh, and that reminds me of this really annoying thing: E-scooters or bikes left in the middle of the path or sidewalk! Honestly, I am sometimes oh so tempted to just give them a little shove to topple them, especially the e-scooters. Though it seems that bike riders are increasingly just hopping of their bikes and going into the store without bothering to properly park...
Wet leaves and rubbish on dark stretches of the road. I had a bad fall once (luckily no bones broken) when a plastic bag caught my feet. Cuts and bruises to me, my clothes and tech. What was worse was that, it took a long while to get over it mentally when running in that area, even during daylight which I was not expecting.
I must be odd... I don't think I have any... oh... maybe I do.... taking an exciting looking path through long grass forgetting it has rained overnight!
Other runners too โcoolโ to exchange a Good Morning. Hey, I think, my old, slow, bulky body should be enriching your sense of fitness. I should be charging you for it.
Yes! And an annoying variation on that theme: Clearly having looked at me and then, when they sense I look back, they quickly look away. If I weren't such an introvert, I'd say "hey, I would've smiled at you if you hadn't looked away!"
In addition to the manners-impaired mentioned below, dodgy blokes, dodgy cows and, when I had Google, stealth sheep outside nesting season. Blocked public footpaths. People with their dogs off lead in nesting season, where there's livestock or sensitive wildlife areas. Overwhelming smell of weed.
I went to a bit of a rough comp and it was only as a grown up that I realised that was what the funny smell was all round school at break and lunch time!! Donโt get it quite so often around here. The worst smell is when the fields have just had muck spread all over them and neither mouth nor nose breathing is appealing!!
Ah same with the dogs! I always get this but with one person walking multiple dogs ๐ญ dog muck as well I've had to write off a pair of running shoes a while back thanks to that delightful stuff. Dogs being allowed to jump up at me as well, I got bitten once too ๐ all of mine relate to dogs, I guess I must truly be a cat person haha.
People walking towards me in the middle of the pavement with their eyes on their darn phones. I've had to step into the road too many times when what they could do is shuffle a little to the side to let me pass.
ha ha, so many of the things already mentioned. I am always looking ahead to see who and what is coming towards me, and it always seems to be me who takes the avoiding action.
I do forgive the children who follow the zig zag pattern of the paving stones on the prom, because I can guarantee they will do it and know which way to run to avoid them.
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