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caustic 1 · 05-12-2013 07:06PM #1

Runners: Do you have to take an oath when you join an athletic club? I imagine you do and I imagine it to be as follows:

"I do solemnly swear that when I run I will wear my florescent vest with pride and will run along country roads in the dark four or five abreast. Then when I enter the town boundaries I will continue to run on the road even though there is a footpath there" Yes a FOOTPATH for FEET.

I am sick of it... and yes there will be gob****es, yes gob****es who will come on and say nooooo we always run on the footpath and when there is oncoming traffic we are single file...BULL****. Tuesday and Thursday evenings is athletic nights here in my town and it is only a matter of time before someone is killed. I was lucky tonight there were only four I met abreast on the road, later on it will be large groups on the roads, not paths with no consideration to traffic coming along. It is a miracle so far that a car has not ploughed into running groups as they come round a bend and there they all are in their florescent vests ..guess what they won't protect you against a car.. and of course it will more than likely be the driver blamed when it does happen.

Cop on and use the FOOTPATHS. :mad:

Menas · 05-12-2013 07:09PM

Ranting and raving forum over that way.

LeinsterDub · 05-12-2013 07:09PM

Don't even pay Road tax Joe!

The Backwards Man · 05-12-2013 07:10PM

You never know what's around the corner and should always be prepared to stop safely. Sorry caustic.:)

SV · 05-12-2013 07:10PM

At least they're not cyclists though.

Ruu · 05-12-2013 07:11PM

nooooo we always run on the footpath and when there is oncoming traffic we are single file

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 05-12-2013 07:12PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l5ZeVVoCA

caustic 1 · 05-12-2013 07:14PM

You never know what's around the corner and should always be prepared to stop safely. Sorry caustic.

Which is why none of them have been run over yet...what I am saying is they should not be running in groups on the road it is unsafe, they have running tracks fields footpaths etc,

dmc17 · 05-12-2013 07:15PM

Runners should always be in pairs

caustic 1 · 05-12-2013 07:15PM

ooooo we always run on the footpath and when there is oncoming traffic we are single file

a huh

Rabelais · 05-12-2013 07:17PM

Running is enjoyable. Cannot stand the obsessives though. You know the sort. Looking like something out a concentration camp video - all bones, taut skin and bulging eyes. Men with spider legs and no arses, women without curves. Joyless and empty running machines. From health and exercise to obsessiveness.

Have a slice of apple tart you miserable sh1tes!

WoollyRedHat · 05-12-2013 07:19PM

You can run but you can't hide... because we're not playing hide and seek.

NuckingFacker · 05-12-2013 07:19PM

They'll meet an oncoming artic on a bend some day and stopping won't be an option. The gimps who wander along the roads here every evening in the pitch dark(no footpaths and not even that much road) wearing dark clothing rot my waffle. If you hit them, you're the wrong one yet the feckers are like trying to spot a ninja in a hotpress.

kneemos · 05-12-2013 07:26PM

It's the Endorphins man.Good sh1t.

caustic 1 · 05-12-2013 07:27PM

It's the Endorphins man.Good sh1t.

Not so good if splattered across the tarmac.

SV · 05-12-2013 07:32PM

kneemos wrote: »

It's the Endorphins man.Good sh1t.

Ah gway, lift weights. Muchos better.

Vincent Vega · 05-12-2013 08:20PM

WilyCoyote wrote: »

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We await your input on how best to deal with these road runners.

vitani · 05-12-2013 08:37PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Runners: Do you have to take an oath when you join an athletic club? I imagine you do and I imagine it to be as follows:

"I do solemnly swear that when I run I will wear my florescent vest with pride and will run along country roads in the dark four or five abreast. Then when I enter the town boundaries I will continue to run on the road even though there is a footpath there" Yes a FOOTPATH for FEET.

Ah, balls. The secret's out.

Wicklowrider · 05-12-2013 08:57PM

first they came for the cyclists - I did not speak out

When they came for the old folk - I did nothing

Then they came for the runners........

caustic 1 · 05-12-2013 08:57PM

Ah, balls. The secret's out.

I knew it.

SV · 05-12-2013 08:58PM

Wicklowrider wrote: »

first they came for the cyclists - I did not speak out

When they came for the old folk - I did nothing

Then they came for the runners........

and I did nothing.

Then they came for me, and I stood up for myself and didn't need anyone to speak for me.

Wicklowrider · 05-12-2013 09:00PM

SV wrote: »

and I did nothing.

Then they came for me, and I stood up for myself and didn't need anyone to speak for me.

Stand easy rambo

kneemos · 05-12-2013 09:04PM

Wicklowrider wrote: »

first they came for the cyclists - I did not speak out

When they came for the old folk - I did nothing

Then they came for the runners........

See what happens?

Next they'll come for the scenery.

Renegade Mechanic · 05-12-2013 09:05PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Runners: Do you have to take an oath when you join an athletic club? I imagine you do and I imagine it to be as follows:

"I do solemnly swear that when I run I will wear my florescent vest with pride and will run along country roads in the dark four or five abreast. Then when I enter the town boundaries I will continue to run on the road even though there is a footpath there" Yes a FOOTPATH for FEET.

I am sick of it... and yes there will be gob****es, yes gob****es who will come on and say nooooo we always run on the footpath and when there is oncoming traffic we are single file...BULL****. Tuesday and Thursday evenings is athletic nights here in my town and it is only a matter of time before someone is killed. I was lucky tonight there were only four I met abreast on the road, later on it will be large groups on the roads, not paths with no consideration to traffic coming along. It is a miracle so far that a car has not ploughed into running groups as they come round a bend and there they all are in their florescent vests ..guess what they won't protect you against a car.. and of course it will more than likely be the driver blamed when it does happen.

Cop on and use the FOOTPATHS. :mad:

Seeeee, this is why jeeps have pedestrian bars!

WilyCoyote · 06-12-2013 05:07PM

Vincent Vega wrote: »

We await your input on how best to deal with these road runners.

No worries Vincent! Everything covered this side.

Nothing can go wrong this time. It's all about pre-planning!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz65AOjabtM

IK09 · 06-12-2013 05:10PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

I am sick of it... and yes there will be gob****es, yes gob****es who will come on and say nooooo we always run on the footpath and when there is oncoming traffic we are single file...BULL****. Tuesday and Thursday evenings is athletic nights here in my town

I think I found the problem

The Diabolical Monocle · 06-12-2013 05:39PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Which is why none of them have been run over yet...what I am saying is they should not be running in groups on the road it is unsafe, they have running tracks fields footpaths etc,

And a roundabout for cyclists.
Both categories are darwin contenders.

Chips Lovell · 06-12-2013 06:25PM

Four or five abreast? You wouldn't be exaggerating there OP?

UCDVet · 06-12-2013 06:44PM

I find it is much easier to run in the bicycle paths instead of the roads.

Chips Lovell · 06-12-2013 07:41PM

UCDVet wrote: »

I find it is much easier to run in the bicycle paths instead of the roads.

+1 It's about all they're good for.

Insect Overlord · 06-12-2013 07:49PM

Tarmac isn't as harsh on the joints, compared to concrete.

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