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 Jul 17 2007, 08:55 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48  |
There's this thing called a sidewalk for a reason. It is absolutely pathetic to me to see people out exercising but doing it in the road, when there is a perfectly good sidewalk. The excuses made are f'n stupid:
"But the road is more even" -> So you want to make your RUN for EXERCISE easier!?!? "But there's cracks in the sidewalk" -> Oh heaven forbid you actually f'n watch where you're going, or have to step up and down (holy shit you might get more exercise) "But people park their cars in the driveway and it blocks the sidewalk" -> Zomg that extra five feet you have to run might KILL you! I'm sure I will think of more, but gah this shit is annoying. and have a nice day 
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Jul 17 2007, 09:04 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
In all of my 24 years I've never seen a runner/jogger exercising in the road... they're always on the sidewalk.
What pisses me off are those damn cyclists in the middle of the road. |
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Jul 17 2007, 09:29 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
wow... lucky you man. i see this shit all the time (runners/joggers/walkers in the road when there's a sidewalk)
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Jul 17 2007, 09:35 AM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
ive ran where there is no sidewalk.
wooo. i can run in someone's yard or the road. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Jul 17 2007, 09:58 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
that, i have no problem with. what really gets me is when there IS a sidewalk, and people run in the road.
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Jul 17 2007, 10:06 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
i hate the people who run on the road
i usually honk as i pass them to make their heart race up a bit more...throws off their rhythm i hate the lance armstrongs who ride in the middle of the lane when the speed limit is 45 and the cunt is struggling at 25 move the fuck over usually riding real close behine them gives them the hint -------------------- |
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Jul 17 2007, 10:18 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
What's really weird is that I've seen them running in the road in neighborhoods where cars are parked on the street, so they're swerving all about, but none (or few) in driveways blocking the sidewalk...
That was in ABQ. Around here, I've only seen them in the road where there's no sidewalk and they get up onto the grass when a car is coming (light traffic areas are where I see them). Bicyclists are around all the time, but they're usually in a bike lane or on the shoulder. -------------------- |
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Jul 17 2007, 11:34 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
its legal to run on the road as long as you are counter traffic (running towards on coming traffic as opposed to when you are on a bike you are supposed to ride with traffic)
sidewalks have shitty kids playing on them, people walking their pets, lots of places dont have sidewalks, etc. in my 11 years of running i can honestly say ive never ran on a sidewalk. (with the exception of the sidewalk on the tech campus at night for minor periods of time when im not in the road) but i dont run during high traffic times -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Jul 17 2007, 12:05 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,402 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
I usually run in the grass next to a sidewalk... It's easier on my knees, right up until the point I hit a hole.
-------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jul 17 2007, 12:15 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jul 17 2007, 12:34 PM)  its legal to run on the road as long as you are counter traffic (running towards on coming traffic as opposed to when you are on a bike you are supposed to ride with traffic) sidewalks have shitty kids playing on them, people walking their pets, lots of places dont have sidewalks, etc. in my 11 years of running i can honestly say ive never ran on a sidewalk. (with the exception of the sidewalk on the tech campus at night for minor periods of time when im not in the road) but i dont run during high traffic times nobody was debating the legality. but just because something isnt illegal doesnt make it right (kind like my other huge pet peeve that's bugged me lately, jackasses who drive the speed limit or only 5 over or so in the LEFT LANE OF THE MOTHERF'N SIX LANE FREEWAY). and there is not "shitty kids playing on the sidewalk" for the entire 5 mile length of your run. there is however these things in the street called CARS. maybe it's just me but methinks car > shitty kid. and people walking their pets on the sidewalk are the ones using the sidewalk as intended! just like you should be. |
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Jul 17 2007, 12:20 PM
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 POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
I don't see a problem with it as long as the person moves to the side of the road when a car is coming.
-------------------- death to false dudes
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Jul 17 2007, 12:25 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
I run in the bike lane because we don't have sidewalks. Whenever there is a car parked in the bike lane I'll run onto a yard. I've never gotten in the way of a car
Cyclists are still disrespectful little bastards though. I was driving home and two cyclists were biking in the middle of the road, even though there was a bike lane for them. I swerved past them and yelled "Get out of the fucking road!" They had the audacity to follow me to my house, drive up in my driveway and they tried to start shit with me. I won't explain what caused them to leave but they eventually left pronto. Assholes --------------------   |
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Jul 17 2007, 01:01 PM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Jul 17 2007, 01:25 PM) I won't explain what caused them to leave but they eventually left pronto. Assholes You had Mr. T in your garage? -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Jul 17 2007, 01:21 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (pysex @ Jul 17 2007, 02:01 PM) You had Mr. T in your garage?  heh. that was easy to make --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jul 18 2007, 01:35 AM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
Asphalt has less impact on you than concrete. I perfer dirt paths, but perfer not to ruin people's lawns. I should run back and forth in Chuck's parents yard. First 5 feet is public right of way!
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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