strange happenings.

hot foot · #1 9th Jan 07, 04:39 PM

The other thread thats running at the moment regarding unusual places to run sort of led me to this.

What is the strangest circumstance that you've found yourself in while out on your everyday run?

Recently while out on a tempo run through my always fairly quiet country park.A woman deliberately stepped in front of my path and asked me whether I could spare a minute as she was conducting a survey!

*twinkle toes* · #2 9th Jan 07, 08:06 PM

Normally on the floor, sometimes a bit of a clumsy runner and have fallen over on the flat in completely dry weather not only once but twice and the second time was about 30 yards from my house thank god it was dark, it was my only saving grace, just thought I would share the shame

roadrunner84 · #3 11th Jan 07, 04:14 PM

I ran into a goose, but to be fair it should have seen me coming. It's lucky I wasn't a fox :-)

Ballibeg · #4 12th Jan 07, 12:53 PM

Mine's rather sad.

I came across someone for whom life had become too much.

Dave

*Granty* · #5 12th Jan 07, 12:58 PM

OMG - that must have been horrendous !

What did you do ?

Ballibeg · #6 12th Jan 07, 04:04 PM

I tried to get him down, failed and so ran back to car for phone. Called police and ambulance. I waited for them to arrive before showing them where to go. I've seen some fairly horrendous things before as a coastguard but this shook me right up.

Dave

Nellie · #7 12th Jan 07, 09:16 PM

I ran into a man dressed as a woman one Sunday, he was all dressed in his Sunday best as if going to church, nice skirt, blouse, jacket, gloves and bag, high heels, bright red lipstick and bright pink cheeks!!! i remember noticing how hairey his legs were!!!!
I just put my head down and ran a bit faster.......The worlds a strange place, or as my grandmother used to say 'its not the world that's strange its the people in it' it takes all kinds I suppose...........

Valley Boy · #8 19th Jan 07, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nellie

I ran into a man dressed as a woman one Sunday, he was all dressed in his Sunday best as if going to church, nice skirt, blouse, jacket, gloves and bag, high heels, bright red lipstick and bright pink cheeks!!! i remember noticing how hairey his legs were!!!!
I just put my head down and ran a bit faster.......The worlds a strange place, or as my grandmother used to say 'its not the world that's strange its the people in it' it takes all kinds I suppose...........

Na that could have been me after a stag night:eek:

Nellie · #9 21st Jan 07, 10:36 AM

Ha Ha what kinda stag nights do you go on? i thought they were supposed to be all butch and manley events!............

*Trinity* · #10 22nd Jan 07, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Nellie

I ran into a man dressed as a woman one Sunday, he was all dressed in his Sunday best as if going to church, nice skirt, blouse, jacket, gloves and bag, high heels, bright red lipstick and bright pink cheeks!!! i remember noticing how hairey his legs were!!!!
I just put my head down and ran a bit faster.......The worlds a strange place, or as my grandmother used to say 'its not the world that's strange its the people in it' it takes all kinds I suppose...........

Did he/she say "I'm a ladeeee you know"

I ran into an unlit man hole once (no comments please!)... got a very apologetic letter from the council after i'd complained.

A couple of years ago, while on holiday in the US I went for a 13 mile run in 90 degree heat, ran out of water sooner than I'd predicted so had to stop at a police checkpoint and ask to fill up my water bottle. They allowed me to but I had to take off my garmin, gel belt and everything cept what I was wearing to pass their security procedures before they would let me have some water.