Every runner I know has had the same problem at least once. They are crossing a street at the corner with the light and just as they are almost across a car nearly hits them. It's not something new. It's not something that only happens to the occasional runner. So last night when I dodged my first car at the corner of my street not 5 mins into my run I just gave my usual look of disgust and went on my way.
Now when I got to the next light and the same thing happened and the woman actually yelled at me for "jumping out into traffic" I started to get a little annoyed. It wasn't until I had to make the Dukes of Hazard hood slide across a civic that I lost it. Some poor girl out there is still scared of putting her car in drive.
What I want to know is when did stopping turn into slowing down? When did we all get in such a hurry that we stopped worrying about running someone over because we didn't stop before the cross walk? Maybe it's because I run that I always make sure that there is no one coming before I pull out.
So what's the moral of this story? If you're driving please stop if you're walking/running watch out. Day, night, afternoon make sure you are looking out for you.
Besides the whole car dodging dilemma my run was alright. I think I'm pushing to hard though. I seem to be fatigued when I start almost like I've been tearing down not building up. I had to walk the last kilometer home because things were just sore and tired.
Time to get smarter about my training.
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