Joggers

Joggers don’t really bother me unless they get too close when running by, what really bothers me is those stupid scooter electric scooter things that teenagers whizz by you on when you are trying to walk on the path, and the other ones where they have two wheels and they stand up on, ( I don’t know what they are called! And no I’m not a misery by any means but I can visualise a pedestrian being mowed down by one ,

No real problem with joggers and cyclists. My beef has more often been with the arm in arm couples who seemed to be joined at the hip and the groups of people walking abreast on narrow paths, who won't walk single file when meeting someone walking towards them and seem oblivious when you have to move off the path, often onto muddy grass, to get past them!

The pavement is narrow outside my house. The road is very busy. Joggers often come up fast behind me and shout rude things because I am walking where they are running. I’ve even been shoved
. I think it depends on how crowded your area is.
Some runners see their running time as more important than others on the public footway .
Just because it’s much safer outside to avoid covid does not mean it’s ok to huff and puff over me. I even had one thump on my car as I was waiting on my own drive to pull out, I was waiting for him to go by!
I often move and wait for them. They rarely acknowledge that . I think I live on some sort of jogging route. I’ve noticed there are not so many joggers on residential side streets compared to my busy road.

Me too, Beswitched. It doesn’t bother me so much now, but when infection rates were so high they were a positive menace around here. Steaming along in their arrogant self-obsession, puffing and panting, often within a whisker of my shoulder when I hadn’t heard them coming up behind me, and expecting everyone else to get out of the dead straight path they would not deviate from.

That's not my experienceaepgirl my partner is not rude or inconsiderate, and being a runner for many years, knows to get out of the way of pedestrians, always acknolages when people get out of his way.
As I said before, dedicated runners do alot for charity.

agree, so annoying.... and it is not even about Covid, but really not wanting someone to breath on my neck or in my face in general... obviously, we've seen very considerate joggers and have nothing against, but some of them are just not nice

Well, what goes around comes around. I just think they are going to suffer really badly with their knees in years to come, especially if they run on hard surfaces.

I find them so rude. They rarely say ‘thank you’ when I move over for them (and why should I, the pavement is for sharing?), they spit on the ground, they puff in your face.

My partner is a runner and has done all the big marathons in the past. He is very considerate. The people the OP talk about are the minority. The bad ones seemed to come out during lockdown.
Please dont be miserable, and look for something to be offended by, it's a great way of keeping fit, the traning for the marathons is very hard and alot of money is made for charities.

Joggers and others are fairly considerate here, and their manners have not declined during lockdown, so I cam't complain.

Maybe they choose the busier areas so they can feel safe……….

Very little risk from joggers breathing near you. My concern is cyclists on footpaths. Knocked over by a group last year didn't even stop. A van driver did though! LisaP I have no problem sharing the road with cyclists, it's the illegal sharing of footpaths (official shared paths excepted)

Don’t mind joggers on the whole, what does annoy is when they run into the road without looking, then accuse you of not being careful. Yes there are numptys in the jogging fraternity.

I feel I have to get a word in as a cyclist. All sorts of road users can be careful and considerate or stupid and downright dangerous - walkers, joggers, cyclists, motorcyclists, car drivers, even pedestrians. No one group is all good or all bad.
I ride a recumbent trike with electric assist and find that most drivers are considerate - it could be that a recumbent trike is different and people are not sure what it is. Perhaps some think I am training for the para-olympics - I'm not! But if drivers see me and behave with courtesy I don't care why they do it. Perhaps being a little old lady rather than a strapping young lad helps.

I too admit I am jealous of the fitness level of these joggers. I’ve observed though, that some become rather egotistical about their fitness and consider themselves superior to a poor old crock like me, crawling along, riddled with arthritis, on immunosuppressive drugs, short of breath - but it may be the arrogance of youth, as I’m sure I wasn’t very sympathetic to disabled people when I was young and fit.

Most joggers are considerate. Those that aren't seemed to be totally lost in their jogging and listening to stuff on their headphones rather than being deliberately rude. I am more than happy to take avoiding action as I meander along and can't help admiring their dedication to an activity that I can only dream about.

I find it strange/funny/irritating ,, sad that we have to put labels on people.

this came home to me the other day, being recently bereaved/fairly,, fairly recently, living on my own, and elderly, I was thinking that it is the elderly who are sad and depressed, and more so... feeling a lot older..

then the other day, I heard that youngsters (dunno the age group) have also "grown older quicker" in these lockups

Came home to me how we have to group people,, so joggers/runners,, as LisaP has pointed out,, are also... grandmothers, mothers...etc..

strange how we put labels on people

black people, we mention a lot, people with darker skin that so called white people is a classic...

just saying!

dont really look as though they are enjoying themselves do they

I don't have a problem with anyone taking exercise i.e jogging, cycling etc.
I do object to it being done with no consideration for anyone else...cyclists on the pavement, riding 2 abreast with no bells, running or jogging and expecting others to move out of the way, large mobility scooters on the pavement going at quite a speed - one day I was with my son, who walks slowly and with the aid of two crutches, someone on a mobility scooter shouted "will you move" at him, the only place he could move to was in a busy road until we'd walked about another 50yds!!

I think it wonderful that more people are out getting fit. Healthy people means less stress for the NHS.

JenniferEccles

The risk of contracting covid from anyone outside, even from the much maligned joggers is so tiny it’s really not worth worrying about.

The numbers of infected people has dropped so much but even at the height of the pandemic, the half a second or so it takes for someone running to get past us is not long enough to pass on any infection.

To be honest I get more irritated with those who shrink into bushes, almost falling backwards into them in some cases, when anyone passes them !

Even without the risk of covid - and it’s still there, albeit small - joggers who get too close are a menace. When they approach from behind, it’s impossible to get out of their way - and why should we? Common courtesy, at any time, never mind during a pandemic, suggests that you don’t inflict yourself on other people. There’s plenty of space for them to keep their distance, without encroaching on mine

I go for walks before the lark in the morning and most joggers are ok at that time in the morning waving and giving space - but there is always one pig ignorant one. My main problem is with cyclists. 4 time during the pandemic (one of them was this morning) I have nearly been knocked flying as they come round a blind bend at top speed on the pavement and if I did not stop and look I could have been badly injured. First - they should be in the road and NOT the pavement and secondly they should NOT be going full speed ahead around a blind bend.

I'm a runner. I don't get close to other people when running, it's usually me who gets out of the way. I say 'thank you' and 'excuse me'. The main problem is cyclists who don't have bells and don't understand that you can't hear them coming up from behind. And if at times I'm sweating and panting so be it, why would that concern anyone else? Live and let live.

JenniferEccles

The risk of contracting covid from anyone outside, even from the much maligned joggers is so tiny it’s really not worth worrying about.

The numbers of infected people has dropped so much but even at the height of the pandemic, the half a second or so it takes for someone running to get past us is not long enough to pass on any infection.

To be honest I get more irritated with those who shrink into bushes, almost falling backwards into them in some cases, when anyone passes them !

Re the last paragraph. So you’re more annoyed with people that are doing everything they can to protect themselves and those around them. Have you considered that they might have a compromised immune system or have co morbidities? You are actually describing me and my partner and I won’t tell you what we think of people that give us weird looks when we’re giving them space.

Yes. Joggers and cyclists, the latter of which sometimes whizz past me when I’m walking my dog and don’t seem to realise that if she moves sideways they might hit her. And they sometimes spit as well. Joggers are just as bad and although the virus is less transmissible outside (there have been cases of outside transmission in Canada I believe) they are breathing very heavily. You only have to see how far the vapour trail goes when someone is smoking to realise how far ones breath goes when breathing out heavily. My daughter jogs a lot but always crosses the road when going past someone or at least moves as far away as possible.