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Re: Clydesdale and Athena runners

guest — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:36:34 GMT

"Clydesdale and Athena Runners"... Hey I resemble that remark.

hmmm... Clydesdale or 'Overweight Super Hero'? You decide... www.rCharacter.ning.com for pictures of the many events that I have completed!

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:50:17 GMT

LOL, with the length of the running strollers, that is what i was associating them to in my mind "chaariots"...We can have a different runner's movie for "Chariots of Fire".

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:36:46 GMT

Surfing_Vol wrote:

Unless one of your rivals is faster and vengeful!

HAHA. This gives me an idea for an interesting race. Lets get all the folks together who break all the rules and make them run a race together, with lots of dogs on extension leashes and every third person assigned a chariot, I mean stoller... hehe (sans kid, but loaded with something heavy). A Mad Max 5K.

I'd pay money to watch that chaos with a cooler full of beer at my side.

Re: Clydesdale and Athena runners

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:09:50 GMT

Sorry, not to make it too far "off topic". As a clydesdale runner, us more than the 7-9mm runners encounter the strollers in a race.

The "NEVER" comment was is regards to a previous reply about somebody "never encountering a problem with stroller".

Another "Rule for the Road" is keep the line moving in the chutes at the end of the race.

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:34:35 GMT

Unless one of your rivals is faster and vengeful!

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:30:15 GMT

LOL, but them extension leashes are the absolute most efficient way on the planet to eliminate scores of rivals right out of the gate.

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:22:25 GMT

Shoot, yeah, rules of the road, most of which come from common courtesy and experience. Here are some:

-- don't stop right at the water stops: grab the water and walk past and out of the way

-- don't stop in the middle of the road unless you are past the finish line

-- move to the outside when slowing down

-- make way on trails, when safe, to allow faster runners to pass

-- try not to step on other runners

-- don't trip other runners (look up Zola Budd or Mary Decker if you have any questions about this one)

-- don't line up at the front with the elite runners (every event has them -- elite is relative) unless you know that you are one

I totally agree about dogs at races. Under no circumstances should an extension lease be allowed.

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:58:17 GMT

"Rules of the Road"? I know but one.

"Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!" (One from hiking years ago.)

Don't you love the people trying to control their dogs on the extension leashes?

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:39:36 GMT

Maryalicia,

Why stop a good thread?

In more than 25 years of running and racing, I've NEVER had a problem with a stroller (other than my ego, as noted in a previous post). I've had problems with untrained dogs on leashes (BOO!) and runners who don't know the rules of the road. I've been clipped, cut off, elbowed, kicked, had my shoe slip loose after having had my heel stepped on, had my toes stepped on (where was that runner going? making a beeline to the sidewalk?), blocked by people who lined up far too close to the start line, blocked by people who just stopped running in the middle of the road, blocked by people who STOP at the first person handing out water, had water thrown on me by someone not paying attention and spat on (gross!), but have never had a problem with a stroller.

Get out and run!

And for you naysayers (you know who you are), get off the soapbox and try, TRY to have fun at your next race.

Re: Strollers

guest — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:37:26 GMT

Watch your ankles.

It just seems that a stroller is too much of an extension of oneself when running. Why do I have to overcome the runner AND the stroller?

Where have you read that you should watch your feet when running?...My focus is on the course/finish line.