Advice to runners...
Apr. 8th, 2008 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nowalmartSo there is a good number of runners here in the Athens area. As someone who has been running for 20+ years, I do have some advice for the runners I see out on the streets:
1) If you are running with a friend, good for you! But wearing your iPod headphones while running with them seems a bit rude.
2) If you really want music while you run, I would suggest that instead of spending $30+ on an armband for your heavy iPod Video, iPod Classic, or iPhone, you instead pony up the $49 for an iPod Shuffle. Imagine - an iPod designed with things like running in mind! Lighter weight, with a built in clip and everything!
3) It is an unwritten rule around tracks that slower people stay in the outside lanes. That means if you are walking on the 8 lane track, you should generally be in lanes 5-8. If you are jogging, lanes 3 and 4. Leave lanes 1 and 2 open for people who are doing speedwork.
Also - one of my biggest pet peeves is bike riders who ride on the sidewalks on roads where there are dedicated bike lanes. In addition, Any person who is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian.. This means if you are riding your bike on the sidewalk, you have to yield (get out of my way) to me.
1) If you are running with a friend, good for you! But wearing your iPod headphones while running with them seems a bit rude.
2) If you really want music while you run, I would suggest that instead of spending $30+ on an armband for your heavy iPod Video, iPod Classic, or iPhone, you instead pony up the $49 for an iPod Shuffle. Imagine - an iPod designed with things like running in mind! Lighter weight, with a built in clip and everything!
3) It is an unwritten rule around tracks that slower people stay in the outside lanes. That means if you are walking on the 8 lane track, you should generally be in lanes 5-8. If you are jogging, lanes 3 and 4. Leave lanes 1 and 2 open for people who are doing speedwork.
Also - one of my biggest pet peeves is bike riders who ride on the sidewalks on roads where there are dedicated bike lanes. In addition, Any person who is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian.. This means if you are riding your bike on the sidewalk, you have to yield (get out of my way) to me.
