Kamikaze Joggers Runners.

The stewarts’ job is to make sure the organised event runs smoothly and safely, with minimal inconvenience to other road users. If there was any issue with the jogger, it’s not for them to stop him, it’s for them to stop the tractors.

Those tractors shouldn't be on the road, if that's the way you think.

I shake my head at 2 women in particular who walk the road . I grew up in the countryside and they in an estate outside a village on a straight road with footpaths. On a straight walk /jog on the left. On a corner always, always go on the outside of it. Especially if there’s a high bank that blocks the view of traffic If you have to cross the road, do that at a safe place .it will be no use to their family to know they were on the left when they’re on the bonnet of a car

Tractor related dangers aren't my thing.

But I do know that running around country lanes and backroads is for the dimwitted. Thats a stupidly dangerous thing to do, don't say you weren't warned.

Bizarre response. Rural people run and walk everywhere for leisure. I'll give you this, some rural people seem to think that nobody should be on the road if they're not in a vehicle but we're not all that backward or exclusive. You and the OP are obviously in the exclusive category.

Post 11.

"I suppose in this case youd probably be ok."

Talk about moving the goalposts

Do you drive a tractor often? I do. I was even at a run today and not driving. Nobody closes roads to pedestrians and joggers, most don't even close to motorists. My point is it's perfectly easy to have a tractor run without shutting down rural roads. A marathon is a different matter entirely. If you can't see that I'm can't help you.

I'm not a fan of this newfound Celtic tiger legacy fashion of frowning on anyone other than motorists being on rural roads where only 'important' people in cars and other vehicles have the right to use the byroads & back roads of Ireland. A fashion that excludes rural people from walking the roads as they did for decades, a fashion that insists rural people should drive or stay the fook at home for the good of their health & if they insist on walking, running, cycling a victim blaming culture appears if they get injured or worse.

Every Irish motorist that drives should always expect the expected (not the unexpected), and that's people out walking, farmers herding, slow driving agricultural vehicles, locals out and about exercising in their locality.

It's incredibly obvious to anyone that's looked at the footage that the runner has lots of room to run & that there's no danger to him, he's on the correct side of the road with metres of room.

It's important to recognise that rural Ireland has produced some or the best sports people & olympians through the ages from freedom to run, cycle & walk. This thread has highlighted more issues with tractor runs than it has with pedestrians as the OP remonstrates the cheek of a local to walk in his locality facing large vehicles on a rural L road flanked by high hedges!

The pure cheek of him! Cocky fooker leaves his house to walk his local roads!!