Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:55     Subject: Re:Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Runner here, went out today on the trails for 4 miles. Observations: About 95% of the people are cool- thoughtful, alert, some wearing masks or covering, walking/running/riding single file. The other 5%- Mostly couples walking side by side, perfectly aware they are being passed but still walking side by side. One group of young women walking 3 abreast. One running couple.m, side by side chatting.

People are getting better day by day about this, myself included, but some couples really seem to think they can still walk or run next to each other on crowded trails.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:40     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
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Anonymous wrote:OP stick to sidewalks.

As a runner, I'm avoiding sidewalks but understand that a lot of people are you in their neighborhoods walking. That's great, I respect that.

But you KNOW trails are where runners are. Don't go on them if you know this. And certainly do not expect sympathy if you're waking side by side instead of single file. If you expect others to make changes, then you have to do the same. Or one of you walks fully off the trail, on the right.


Runners: STAY OFF OUR PATHS. you don’t freaking own them.


Neither do you.

So go single file.

Move yourself.

Walk someplace else.

Accept the situation.

Explore your options and quit expecting others to change when you don't want to do anything yourself.


We know you own the path, and you won’t change. So enjoy vigilante enforcement of 6ft, hopefully they won’t draw blood.


For someone who is dead set on avoiding contact with someone else, it seems to me tripping them is a pretty good way to invite further contact.

Maybe you haven't thought this through.


Well I’m 6 ft tall and you are flat in ground, seems like a pretty good example of SD.


I love the internet tough guys.


But you can’t argue with my math.


Yes, you can add 6 to 0. Congratulations. Based on your posts here, I imagine that's the highlight of your academic career.

But seriously, you're not going to trip me, because I'm a 5'3" woman. But then again, you do sound like the kind of guy who would *only* trip a 5'3" woman. So who knows?

The most likely scenario, of course, is that you're going to do nothing, and come back and impotently fulminate on DCUM. Maybe kick your dog.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:32     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
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Anonymous wrote:My dog's leash is 6 feet and I will make him walk to extend it in order to force people around us...yes we go into the street when we are on the street side but there are so many idiots who are oblivious and don't take the 6 ft seriously. We don't go on trails though just the neighborhood sidewalk so the dog can do his business.


I'm a dog owner, and you should be ashamed of yourself. You're forcing people to run, what, 12 feet away from you to avoid your freaking dog?

Everyone needs to go single file if there is anyone passing you on either side: runners, walkers, all of us. I run, and I've seen both runners and walkers insisting on side by side. It's disgusting. I'm only going very early in the morning now to avoid people as much as possible, but it's painful how selfish so many are.


We walk and happily go single file but most runners don’t give us time to move.


You should be single file all the time, if you're not aware of your surroundings when people are coming up from behind. Runners aren't going 60mph. If you don't know when someone's beginning to approach, then you need to just stay single file the entire time.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:30     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
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Anonymous wrote:Piss off, walkers. Runners have as much right to the sidewalk as you do, at whatever pace we like.


Enjoy my foot.


You mean the virtue signaler pretending to care about people's health is actually a jerk? I'm shocked.

SHOCKED.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE SO MORAL AND CARING!
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:30     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
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Anonymous wrote:My dog's leash is 6 feet and I will make him walk to extend it in order to force people around us...yes we go into the street when we are on the street side but there are so many idiots who are oblivious and don't take the 6 ft seriously. We don't go on trails though just the neighborhood sidewalk so the dog can do his business.


I'm a dog owner, and you should be ashamed of yourself. You're forcing people to run, what, 12 feet away from you to avoid your freaking dog?

Everyone needs to go single file if there is anyone passing you on either side: runners, walkers, all of us. I run, and I've seen both runners and walkers insisting on side by side. It's disgusting. I'm only going very early in the morning now to avoid people as much as possible, but it's painful how selfish so many are.


We walk and happily go single file but most runners don’t give us time to move.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:28     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Anonymous wrote:My dog's leash is 6 feet and I will make him walk to extend it in order to force people around us...yes we go into the street when we are on the street side but there are so many idiots who are oblivious and don't take the 6 ft seriously. We don't go on trails though just the neighborhood sidewalk so the dog can do his business.


I'm a dog owner, and you should be ashamed of yourself. You're forcing people to run, what, 12 feet away from you to avoid your freaking dog?

Everyone needs to go single file if there is anyone passing you on either side: runners, walkers, all of us. I run, and I've seen both runners and walkers insisting on side by side. It's disgusting. I'm only going very early in the morning now to avoid people as much as possible, but it's painful how selfish so many are.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:27     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:OP stick to sidewalks.

As a runner, I'm avoiding sidewalks but understand that a lot of people are you in their neighborhoods walking. That's great, I respect that.

But you KNOW trails are where runners are. Don't go on them if you know this. And certainly do not expect sympathy if you're waking side by side instead of single file. If you expect others to make changes, then you have to do the same. Or one of you walks fully off the trail, on the right.


Runners: STAY OFF OUR PATHS. you don’t freaking own them.


Neither do you.

So go single file.

Move yourself.

Walk someplace else.

Accept the situation.

Explore your options and quit expecting others to change when you don't want to do anything yourself.


We know you own the path, and you won’t change. So enjoy vigilante enforcement of 6ft, hopefully they won’t draw blood.


For someone who is dead set on avoiding contact with someone else, it seems to me tripping them is a pretty good way to invite further contact.

Maybe you haven't thought this through.


Well I’m 6 ft tall and you are flat in ground, seems like a pretty good example of SD.


I love the internet tough guys.


But you can’t argue with my math.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:26     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Anonymous wrote:Piss off, walkers. Runners have as much right to the sidewalk as you do, at whatever pace we like.


FFS no one is telling you not to run. Just follow Federal guidelines to keep people safe. If you just ran around people none of these threads would exist.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:17     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Anonymous wrote:Piss off, walkers. Runners have as much right to the sidewalk as you do, at whatever pace we like.


Enjoy my foot.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:17     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Piss off, walkers. Runners have as much right to the sidewalk as you do, at whatever pace we like.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:15     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
No one is supposed to be on trails. Those are park land. Runners, walkers, bikers. Nunya
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 18:11     Subject: Re:Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
On my run today, I got dirty looks by two ladies walking 6 ft. apart. We were all in the street, but with cars parked on one side, there was no way for all three of us to have 6ft clearance. I feel like I hear Wild West music in my head every time I encounter other people on my runs these days. But seriously, people, walk/run single file or walk alone. I have a long-time running partner and I miss her dearly, but we’re running alone for now so as to avoid these awkward situations. We all have to make some adjustments.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 17:41     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:OP stick to sidewalks.

As a runner, I'm avoiding sidewalks but understand that a lot of people are you in their neighborhoods walking. That's great, I respect that.

But you KNOW trails are where runners are. Don't go on them if you know this. And certainly do not expect sympathy if you're waking side by side instead of single file. If you expect others to make changes, then you have to do the same. Or one of you walks fully off the trail, on the right.


Runners: STAY OFF OUR PATHS. you don’t freaking own them.


Neither do you.

So go single file.

Move yourself.

Walk someplace else.

Accept the situation.

Explore your options and quit expecting others to change when you don't want to do anything yourself.


We know you own the path, and you won’t change. So enjoy vigilante enforcement of 6ft, hopefully they won’t draw blood.


For someone who is dead set on avoiding contact with someone else, it seems to me tripping them is a pretty good way to invite further contact.

Maybe you haven't thought this through.


Well I’m 6 ft tall and you are flat in ground, seems like a pretty good example of SD.


I love the internet tough guys.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 17:34     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
These anti runner posts are getting tiring.

Amazing how they didn't exist before... all these new people started going outdoors.

And that's fine, go outdoors.

But you can't complain about others without taking a look at your own choices, too.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2020 17:27     Subject: Completely irresponsible Runner in Silver Spring!
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Anonymous wrote:Were you and your husband walking side by side? When you do that, you reduce the ability for others to pass you with added distance.

Walk single file next time, OP.


This. If you were walking side by side versus single file, you had it coming.


Nope. We all need to adapt. No one has the right to barrel through, and a couple side by side is not blocking a path.


Sorry, op. You were in the wrong.


Not OP. Sorry guidance is 6 ft. Not 6 inches. Side by side makes them maybe 3 ft wide vs 1.5 ft; runner was STILL supposed to be giving widest berth to them, not threading the needle. And honestly, simply say you are approaching and ASK them to go single file. I have no doubt they would comply, just run in place for a few seconds like those marathoners.

Serious runners, you are going to end up getting shot. Calm the F down and be considerate.

OP, carry a walking stick and hold it horizontal between the two of you. Between that and mask, all these nutso runners will avoid you.


You have no doubt they would comply? Check again. I don't go on trails, but I know from even running on deserted streets that those out walking (those who aren't used to it anyway because they are typically indoor people) make no attempt to make room for others. They keep talking like they own their space. I guarantee that OP was no different today.


So you asked them if they wanted to social distance and they said they don’t care?