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Running, Corona Virus and Social Distancing

terminator74

Has anyone had any negative reactions from other people when you are out running? My wife was running with 2 friends in the Phoenix Park on Tuesday and was verbally abused by a man stating that they acting recklessly by running in groups.

Maybe this has made me paranoid but I do feel I am getting some funny looks, from people particularly older people, while out running the last few days.

Any similar experiences or what are people views about appropriate behaviour here?

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Burkie1203

micar wrote: »

Amanda Brunker "opinion" piece in the indo

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/during-this-coronavirus-pandemic-selfish-joggers-are-giving-me-the-jitters-with-their-wheezing-39094081.html

Amanda Brunker. The queen of botox and BS.

adrian522

Never click a link that starts with www.independent.ie

micar

Amanda Brunker "opinion" piece in the indo

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/during-this-coronavirus-pandemic-selfish-joggers-are-giving-me-the-jitters-with-their-wheezing-39094081.html

She's a fu(king idiot.

I'm convinced it was her who almost knocked me down when i was cycling home through donnybrook a few years ago in her 4x4 when she was half way turning right as I was coming from the opposite direction. She never bothered looking for on coming traffic.

sideswipe

KSU

healy1835 wrote: »

Didn't Niall Moyna once suggest that anyone running a marathon slower than 3:30 shouldn't be running one at all?

Might be lynched for this but his logic behind that comment is not that far fetched

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-long-run-how-to-prepare-for-a-marathon-1.1570602

BKWDR

healy1835 wrote: »

Didn't Niall Moyna once suggest that anyone running a marathon slower than 3:30 shouldn't be running one at all?

Speaking of which, wasnt there a lad who ran a marathon in 2km loops on the Saturday morning out in Tallaght and had the gaul to actually put in his strava that he applauds the gardai and nurses he saw leaving for work.

healy1835

Didn't Niall Moyna once suggest that anyone running a marathon slower than 3:30 shouldn't be running one at all?

The Black Oil

Prefer to wear boxers myself.

Burkie1203

stockshares wrote: »

Gov.ie now doing radio ads. I presume TV also.

Point 6 of the restrictions us " You may take brief exercise".

If the Exercise was meant to be unlimited they wouldn't have used the word brief.

I live in north Dublin. I did 14k this morning. I passed by 2 gardai on foot at 2km mark. 45 min later i passed them by again. They asked me was there many ppl about. I told them a few here and there not many. That was it.

The measures are designed to stop people congregating in parks or other hotspots. If I was doing anything wrong they would have said.

stockshares

Gov.ie now doing radio ads. I presume TV also.

Point 6 of the restrictions is " You may take brief exercise".

If the Exercise was meant to be unlimited they wouldn't have used the word brief.

Chivito550

stockshares wrote: »

That then increases concentration within any 2km area. The only way to reduce the concentration in the 2km areas is to limit the time out and about so therefore the word brief was used.

Some interpret this to suit themselves.

With that word "brief" now being removed...

MisterJinx

I checked with our local Garda on Saturday about going for a run. He had no issue with it and as other posters stated the aim of the restriction was to stop people congregating in large groups at hot spots like we all saw the previous weekend.

For me I've cut the run down to 30/40 minutes and am running on the road as much as possible. It's brief, it adheres to SD rules and in no way contributes to any spread of virus and you meet far less people than going for a walk in the local park.

average_runner

stockshares wrote: »

That then increases concentration within any 2km area. The only way to reduce the concentration in the 2km areas is to limit the time out and about so therefore the word brief was used.

Some interpret this to suit themselves.

Not really. For example our park would be packed during the first week of the lockdown, now the 2k rule is, the car park is locked up, only people in the area will go to it.

Also means that if the virus gets into our community, it will be our community affected by it and not someone from outside the community coming to the park and spreading it else where.

Stark

stockshares wrote: »

That then increases concentration within any 2km area. The only way to reduce the concentration in the 2km areas is to limit the time out and about so therefore the word brief was used.

Some interpret this to suit themselves.

France has more restrictive rules than anywhere else except Spain (1km radius) but defines "brief" as 1 hour. Not 30 mins, certainly not your 10 mins horse****. (Not 2 hours either but thankfully we're not in France so the explicit 60 mins maximum rule doesn't apply here). I think based on that, we can safely assume that someone going for an hour's exercise but keeping within the 2km radius is keeping within the rules. Want to "do more"? Cross the street when you see walkers, alter route on the fly to avoid groups you see ahead, run at off-peak times. All things the people you accuse of being "selfish *****" have been doing.

Plenty of people out enjoying walks/runs/easy cycling in my area but no-one is shuffling along elbow to elbow like they would be if everyone was congregated in Glendalough/Bray to Greystones or whatever. So win for social distancing there. Negligible transmission risk, people are improving their mental and physical health so that will help relieve pressure on the health system in the months to come. Better than if they were stuck inside the whole day drinking themselves stupid which isn't going to help anyone.

bucketybuck

I can understand the argument that people should stay in to set an example to others, that everybody should buy into the concept of staying home so as to limit spread of the virus.

What I don't accept for one second is that a guy out running is ever going to get or give the virus to or from anybody else. If I leave my house and run for an hour through the streets of Dublin, past walkers and meeting other runners on the same side of the road, at no point on that run will I be at any risk, at no point will I have any meaningful contact with another human being and pass on a virus.

Its total horse**** to say that during that run I am putting any life at risk, its just me doing a run and if I went on for another 6 hours I still wouldn't pass the virus to anybody.

The 2k limit is to keep people local, to stop people congregating in possible hotspots. I get it, I get that society wants us all to minimise contact as much as possible and I respect that. But please don't try to tell me that a guy out running is ever actually a risk of transmission.

stockshares

adrian522 wrote: »

The point of the 2km is to stop too many people going to the same location such as Phoenix Park or whatever. You have to stay close to your home so you don't have a big concentration of people in the same area.

That then increases concentration within any 2km area. The only way to reduce the concentration in the 2km areas is to limit the time out and about so therefore the word brief was used.

Some interpret this to suit themselves.

adrian522

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Your (and that Garda's) interpretation feels wrong to me, the point of the 2KM is really to get people out but not for too long, spending two hours going round in circles goes against the spirit of the restrictions as far as I can see.

Issue isn't distance really, it's time spent in the public space passing others.

The point of the 2km is to stop too many people going to the same location such as Phoenix Park or whatever. You have to stay close to your home so you don't have a big concentration of people in the same area.

Unthought Known

stockshares wrote: »

On Sean O Rourke Rte 1 now.

Niall Moyna professor of health at DCU said even with the restrictions we can all get our 30mins per day.

I like to go for a run after my 30 minutes per day.

average_runner

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Your (and that Garda's) interpretation feels wrong to me, the point of the 2KM is really to get people out but not for too long, spending two hours going round in circles goes against the spirit of the restrictions as far as I can see.

Issue isn't distance really, it's time spent in the public space passing others.

But most of us are running at 6am or 7am so we aren't passing anybody.
Its the walkers that are spending 40 -50 mins walking 2 abreast and blocking the footpaths during the day

stockshares

On Sean O Rourke Rte 1 now.

Niall Moyna professor of health at DCU said even with the restrictions we can all get our 30mins per day.

Harry Palmr

Stark wrote: »

The part where you're inferring that "within 2 kilometres of your home" means run out for 2km, run back for 2km. No-one is saying you can't run laps.

If someone can get clarification from someone more authoritative than some random Twitter crank that you're not allowed run laps then by all means I'm happy to follow it.

One posted here has said he has already asked a Garda if there was a time limit as long as he kept within the radius and the Garda said no time limit.

Your (and that Garda's) interpretation feels wrong to me, the point of the 2KM is really to get people out but not for too long, spending two hours going round in circles goes against the spirit of the restrictions as far as I can see.

Issue isn't distance really, it's time spent in the public space passing others.

Casey78

ooter wrote: »

just been watching a prog on BBC1 (the joys of daytime telly) called healthcheck uk live and they did a slot on running and were encouraging people to get out for a run even if they have never done it before, just adhere to the social distancing guidelines.

Went for my run last night at it is pretty obvious there are plenty out running who have never run before! Not talking about overweight people either, but it's easy to spot those that running may not be something they do regularly...

ooter

just been watching a prog on BBC1 (the joys of daytime telly) called healthcheck uk live and they did a slot on running and were encouraging people to get out for a run even if they have never done it before, just adhere to the social distancing guidelines.

John_Rambo

I've been playing frisbee with the kids in the middle of one of the playing fields in St. Annes Park in Dublin to avoid close contact with the older people populating the tarmac surfaces and was happy to salute the familiar figure of Mick Clohessy with his signature rock star hair and shades from 100 metres as he hugged the deserted hedgerows and outer playing fields and traversing large football fields, avoiding contact with anyone, thumping away on the most unused, deserted, muddiest, unpopulated, boring areas of the park.

Several times.

He's obviously chosen a route where he won't come in to contact with anyone and is dynamic and can change course to suit.

Fair play to Mick.

Be like Mick.

Burkie1203

stockshares wrote: »

For saying you should stay in as much as possible in order to limit the spread. Says it all about you.

Social distancing when your out is part of the plan. What part of that do you not get. Govt guidelines are what I follow. Not some random crank on the internet

Swashbuckler

I feel like stockshares getting the blame for the term "toxic sweat" is karma paying me back.

66_Lad

OOnegative wrote:

One thing the majority here interpret is you are a bellend Chief, and thereâ€™s no mistake about that!!!

I was going to +1 this but from looking at stockshares prior threads/posts they seem pretty normal...think they just see other runners 'breaking the rules' in his/her eyes and finds this v frustrating and selfish given the environment. My wife (nurse) has been drafted back to the ICU dept and working night shifts this wk, I mentioned this thread to her and she sees both sides of it. People just need to use common sense, if one live out the sticks and nobody on roads, then keep doing your normal training as your impacting nobody. If in a busy town, be careful where you run, and make sure to keep well away from others... the 2k radius is simply to stop people driving to parks/woods etc where loads of people congregate, we don't see issue with running outside this if it means meeting less people and I'd be baffled if a guard thought differently. Shops and office work environments are the places to avoid if possible as this is where the real transmission risks lay.

Glencarraig

stockshares wrote: »

Yes but a 1hr run isn't necessary.

Says who ???

stockshares

OOnegative wrote: »

One thing the majority here interpret is you are a bellend Chief, and there’s no mistake about that!!!

For saying you should stay in as much as possible in order to limit the spread. Says it all about you.

IvoryTower

Lols