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BLUEMATT23 said:
Wrong on a lot of counts and very disrespectful to be honest

I run every day and raise money for charities
I have been polite and keeping my distance every time I'm out, even running on the road.
People like you are jealous of runners that's all, dont tar everyone with the same brush.
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Bollocks. A lot of runners have their earphones on and a total disregard for everyone else. Though you might be the total opposite they're generally as bad as some cyclists
 
To be fair @BLUEMATT23 i too am a runner but I have noticed when I'm out walking the dog that my fellow runners have been absolute tools. Not all, but a very high % will not concede an inch, even if it's meant me dragging the dog in the road. Don't get me wrong, I've seen the same from cyclists and the new brand of 'family walker' that until 3 weeks ago didn't navigate their local area other than in a car. I have a particular route I walk the dog twice or three times a week where I would only ever encounter one person at most. Yesterday, my none running day, I counted 35 other walkers, 17 cyclists and 9 runners. Just amazing.
 
twosips said:
This has been driving me mad too. Runners just panting right past without even attempting to keep their distance. People walking tend to, but runners don't. Weird. It's literally always the runners too.
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I haven't seen that. Ive been out running every other day since they closed the gyms and every single one of them have moved well away from pedestrians, as have I. Maybe you live close to twats. I certainly have not seen what you describe, including when I have been out in the car going to and from work or out while in work.
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Wrong on a lot of counts and very disrespectful to be honest

I run every day and raise money for charities
I have been polite and keeping my distance every time I'm out, even running on the road.
People like you are jealous of runners that's all, dont tar everyone with the same brush.
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Why would people be jealous of runners? I am confused. You had an alright point up until that bizarre addition.
 
AshtonBlueMooner said:
To be fair @BLUEMATT23 i too am a runner but I have noticed when I'm out walking the dog that my fellow runners have been absolute tools. Not all, but a very high % will not concede an inch, even if it's meant me dragging the dog in the road. Don't get me wrong, I've seen the same from cyclists and the new brand of 'family walker' that until 3 weeks ago didn't navigate their local area other than in a car. I have a particular route I walk the dog twice or three times a week where I would only ever encounter one person at most. Yesterday, my none running day, I counted 35 other walkers, 17 cyclists and 9 runners. Just amazing.
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I honestly dont see this anywhere but maybe I'm a bit blinkered and just in my own bubble. But I'm always respectful and tonight running In sale i past a few parents with their kids and each time I went onto the road because I've been brought up that way.
But I will say this this coronavirus whilst bringing out the best in society it has also highlighted the twats and selfish idiots too.
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
I honestly dont see this anywhere but maybe I'm a bit blinkered and just in my own bubble. But I'm always respectful and tonight running In sale i past a few parents with their kids and each time I went onto the road because I've been brought up that way.
But I will say this this coronavirus whilst bringing out the best in society it has also highlighted the twats and selfish idiots too.
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Exactly right mate. Fortunately the good outnumber the bad
 
Nellies left peg said:
Bollocks. A lot of runners have their earphones on and a total disregard for everyone else. Though you might be the total opposite they're generally as bad as some cyclists
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Credit where it's due. Recreational cyclists tend to be a little more, um, space aware.
The lycra clads however, are a law unto themselves.
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
The point is, they're a fucking nuisance when us strollers are trying to comply, in an orderly manner.
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That’s why I head to Heaton Park to run, as it’s wide open. That said, in my experience over the last 3 weeks, it’s the older people with dogs on long leads that are the biggest nuisance. Always 2 or 3 of them together, all with dogs, not keeping their distance, chatting away whilst completely blocking the wide paths with their extendables.
 
worsleyweb said:
Shown there true colours during this crisis. Sooner we are out the better.
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The problem seems to be the richer north don't want to help Spain, Italy etc. Exactly our reasons for wanting out. Perhaps we should join a group with the other selfish twats, Germany, Holland, Sweden.
On a wider note the hit the UK economy is going to take from CV19 added to Brexit is not going to be good.
 
Rammy Blue said:
That’s why I head to Heaton Park to run, as it’s wide open. That said, in my experience over the last 3 weeks, it’s the older people with dogs on long leads that are the biggest nuisance. Always 2 or 3 of them together, all with dogs, not keeping their distance, chatting away whilst completely blocking the wide paths with their extendables.
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Going there again early tomorrow morning, do 5 miles and home again, never further than a mile from the house and easy enough to avoid close contact with anyone.

And for all the posters complaining about those taking exercise, it’s needed for a huge swathe of us to cope with various degrees of depression and other mental ailments. Some just have to get away from the house for their sanity.
 
inchy14 said:
Going there again early tomorrow morning, do 5 miles and home again, never further than a mile from the house and easy enough to avoid close contact with anyone.

And for all the posters complaining about those taking exercise, it’s needed for a huge swathe of us to cope with various degrees of depression and other mental ailments. Some just have to get away from the house for their sanity.
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So what are you going to do if they implement a full lockdown ?
 
inchy14 said:
Going there again early tomorrow morning, do 5 miles and home again, never further than a mile from the house and easy enough to avoid close contact with anyone.

And for all the posters complaining about those taking exercise, it’s needed for a huge swathe of us to cope with various degrees of depression and other mental ailments. Some just have to get away from the house for their sanity.
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It's strange that when we were allowed out there weren't as many people insisting on exercise than there is now we're told to stay in. Just like Philip Schofield, waits for ages to come out and now not allowed
 
Rammy Blue said:
That’s why I head to Heaton Park to run, as it’s wide open. That said, in my experience over the last 3 weeks, it’s the older people with dogs on long leads that are the biggest nuisance. Always 2 or 3 of them together, all with dogs, not keeping their distance, chatting away whilst completely blocking the wide paths with their extendables.
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That's got the makings of a Monty Python's sketch.
 
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