Passing Motorists

Quoted message said:

I guess my question is really a rhetorical one; after all,
how is anyone here supposed to divine the innermost
thoughts of motorists in my town? I guess I'm just
wondering if this is something that all runners
experience.

I think we all experience this from time to time. There's
really nothing you can do about it other than learn to deal
with it. I choose to ignore it as best I can. Or, if they
are yelling obsenities, a friendly wave and a smile usually
catches them off guard. This works especially well for me,
since it's usually my wife yelling the obsenities at me as
she's driving by.

Phil M.

--
"I gotta go. You're killin' me."

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Judas Iscariot Hogwallop said:

I'm a youngish (33) male, I run about 4 miles a day,
several days a week (that's on a good week, mind you), I
wear normal clothing when I run, I'm quite trim and fairly
muscular, and I run with what I consider to be a normal,
dignified gait. In other words, I don't look like a 160-
pound serving of Jell-O riding on a flatbed truck with
suspension problems.

Why, then, am I constantly being honked and (sometimes)
shouted at and by passing motorists when I run? Many of
these honks seem to be coming from female motorists, which
is good, but not all.

I guess my question is really a rhetorical one; after all,
how is anyone here supposed to divine the innermost
thoughts of motorists in my town? I guess I'm just
wondering if this is something that all runners experience.

Yes, I experience it and my wife no longer likes to run with
me because of our experiences. I could tell you some amazing
stories in addition to being yelled at. She now only runs on
a treadmill. It is usually teenagers. I dont know what to
tell you really, it's part of it.

You're a jogger. Get used to people pointing, laughing, and
generally being mean spirited towards you. Oh, and the
spiderman costume doesn't help either.

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Yes, I experience it and my wife no longer likes to run
with me because of our experiences. I could tell you some
amazing stories in addition to being yelled at. She now
only runs on a treadmill. It is usually teenagers. I dont
know what to tell you really, it's part of it.

You really don't need to tell me anything more; you've
already told me what I need to know, which is whether this
is something we all experience. I'm sorry your wife no
longer wishes to run with you, as it's a lot more fun to run
with someone whose company you enjoy.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I guess my question is really a rhetorical one; after
all, how is anyone here supposed to divine the innermost
thoughts of motorists in my town? I guess I'm just
wondering if this is something that all runners
experience.

I think we all experience this from time to time. There's
really nothing you can do about it other than learn to
deal with it. I choose to ignore

it

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as best I can. Or, if they are yelling obsenities, a
friendly wave and a smile usually catches them off guard.
This works especially well for me, since it's usually my
wife yelling the obsenities at me as she's driving by.

At least she's not trying to run you over! LOL!

Um, she isn't, is she?

"Judas Iscariot Hogwallop" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I guess my question is really a rhetorical one; after
all, how is anyone here supposed to divine the
innermost thoughts of motorists

in

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my town? I guess I'm just wondering if this is
something that all runners experience.

I think we all experience this from time to time.
There's really

nothing

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you can do about it other than learn to deal with it. I
choose to

ignore

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it

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as best I can. Or, if they are yelling obsenities, a
friendly wave and

a

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smile usually catches them off guard. This works
especially well for

me,

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since it's usually my wife yelling the obsenities at me
as she's

driving

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by.

At least she's not trying to run you over! LOL!

Um, she isn't, is she?

Nah, she usually vears away at the last instant.

Phil M.

--
"I gotta go. You're killin' me."

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Judas Iscariot Hogwallop said:

I'm a youngish (33) male, I run about 4 miles a day,
several days a week (that's on a good week, mind you), I
wear normal clothing when I run, I'm quite trim and fairly
muscular, and I run with what I consider to be a normal,
dignified gait. In other words, I don't look like a 160-
pound serving of Jell-O riding on a flatbed truck with
suspension problems.

Why, then, am I constantly being honked and (sometimes)
shouted at and by passing motorists when I run? Many of
these honks seem to be coming from female motorists, which
is good, but not all.

I guess my question is really a rhetorical one; after all,
how is anyone here supposed to divine the innermost
thoughts of motorists in my town? I guess I'm just
wondering if this is something that all runners
experience.

Thank you,

Judas
====
"What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not
understand?"

yup, just accept it and live with it, and learn NOT to get
worked up by the crazies out there. for me, it's often
teenagers who get their jollies yelling at me while hanging
out of the car windows as they fly by. i just act like
nothing happened.

the only time i get steamed is when someone nearly hits me.
that's when i'm ready to slam my fist down on their hood to
make a point. i'm sure i'll get the [censored] kicked out of me
someday for that, but i'm ready to do
it.... too many inconsiderate jackasses out there who at
least need to be told what they are doing wrong... just
before they annihilate me.

Cam

Judas Iscariot Hogwallop <[email hidden]>
wrote: ....

Quoted message said:

Why, then, am I constantly being honked and (sometimes)
shouted at and by passing motorists when I run? Many of
these honks seem to be coming from female motorists, which
is good, but not all.

Quoted message said:

I guess my question is really a rhetorical one; after all,
how is anyone here supposed to divine the innermost
thoughts of motorists in my town? I guess I'm just
wondering if this is something that all runners
experience.

....

I've had this happen a few times before. Some of them just
yell out nothing in particular. I've just learned to ignore
it. So far, nothing's been thrown at me.

If you do a search of the archives on this group, you see
cases where stuff has been thrown at runners. Beer bottles,
stones, etc...

One thing you could do, just in case, is to note down the
license plate number.

On a related note, there was this one time when I was on the
trails. A teenager on his bicycle wanted to race
me. I was doing loops and he kept bugging me each time we
passed. So, in the end, I raced him. We raced about 100
meters. I had him beat till about 75-80 meters. He
overtook me in the last 25 meters or so. He quieted down
a little bit after that.

jobs

I once passed a kidney stone and it hurt like hell, I can't
imagine how much passing a full sized motorist would hurt...

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yup, just accept it and live with it, and learn NOT to get
worked up by the crazies out there. for me, it's often
teenagers who get their jollies yelling at me while
hanging out of the car windows as they fly by. i just act
like nothing happened.

what some zit-faced little punk thinks about anything. I was
just very curious as to whether this is something we all
experience, and it sounds like it's pretty common, at least
judging by the responses to my posts.

I do like it when the women honk, though . . .

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I've had this happen a few times before. Some of them just
yell out nothing in particular. I've just learned to
ignore it. So far, nothing's been thrown at me.

If you do a search of the archives on this group, you see
cases where stuff has been thrown at runners. Beer
bottles, stones, etc...

--
polar bear

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I once passed a kidney stone and it hurt like hell, I
can't imagine how much passing a full sized motorist
would hurt...

Are you a motorist? If so, then ask your mom.

polar bear said:

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If you do a search of the archives on this group, you see
cases where stuff has been thrown at runners. Beer
bottles, stones, etc...

IIRC, it was somewhere in Texas. I could be wrong.

polar bear said:

Quoted message said:

I've had this happen a few times before. Some of them
just yell out nothing in particular. I've just learned to
ignore it. So far, nothing's been thrown at me.

If you do a search of the archives on this group, you see
cases where stuff has been thrown at runners. Beer
bottles, stones, etc...

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right ?

Out here in the hills of central PA almost everyone pulls to
the other side of the road and waves.

--
Bob Burns Mill Hall PA [email hidden]

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Are you a motorist? If so, then ask your mom.

She said "yes". What does that mean Carl?

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Are you a motorist? If so, then ask your mom.

I tried, but someone flushed her before she could answer.
Where does this leave me? Now I'll never know...

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Are you a motorist? If so, then ask your mom.

She said "yes". What does that mean Carl?

It's Karl with a 'K'. I'll thank you to get it right.

If you're a motorist--and I'm assuming you are--and she's
your mom, then she passed you; i.e., she gave birth to you.
What she was trying to tell you is that it hurt.

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It's Karl with a 'K'. I'll thank you to get it right.

If you're a motorist--and I'm assuming you are--and she's
your mom, then she passed you; i.e., she gave birth to
you. What she was trying to tell you is that it hurt.

Thanks Carl, I got it now.(Friggin' looney)

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It's Karl with a 'K'. I'll thank you to get it right.

Your mother couldn't, what makes you think I can correct
this gross insult to the gene pool?