To ask a man to move at parkrun

But this was a dog on a short lead, right at the side of the path. They were as out of the way as possible. OP was being impatient.

Absolutely. Many dog owners seem to think their dogs have more rights than the people around them.

I know. Just saying doesn't hurt to move dog on lead yo let someone pass by. 🙂

Which is not what happened here

I find it frustrating when walking when people have dogs on extending leads and block the pavement not letting pedestrians past and expect people to walk on the road instead of moving their dogs to the side.

YABU I have to say!

I'm a regular parkrunner, I love it! There are times when slower runners, dogs, babies in prams even do momentarily obstruct me, but that's the nature of parkrun - it is all-inclusive and completely FREE.

I have walked my dog on the route at the back before but never been confident enough to run with her in case she pulls me over, but if anyone tried to dictate to me about moving over I would seriously get the hump!

You were rude, and the fact that you had to 'pull over to catch your breath' meant that you were running at a speed too fast for you anyway, so you could have easily sucked up the slower pace for a little while until you could safely overtake without troubling person in front, and the slower pace would have done you a favour as you might have been able to run whole 5k without stopping - better than sprinting/stopping/sprinting/stopping (although i see a lot of people do that, I must admit). You have completely got the wrong attitude to Parkrun, it's about encouraging others/making allowances - not taking a pop at people!

You ruined that dogs day . He was off out later to tell all the other dogs about his PB and post his dog running map on Facebook

You may have had a bit of bad luck here.

I think he was right to be annoyed at being asked to be at the back just because he had a dog. A lot of people run fast with dogs. You should start where you mean to run, dog or no. Doing a lot of overtaking increases the risk of tripping or the dog being kicked.

He was therefore probably already feeling pretty defensive about the dog when you spoke to him.

So you demanded a man move out of your way on a path you admitted was narrow, and then he re-passed you because you can't pace yourself?

Yeah, that would be pretty annoying.

Aren't these runs designed for fitness and to be fun. Why are you being so competitive at a park run. Who cares if a dog blocked you for a few minutes. You aren't going to loose out on a gold medal or anything. 😂

A lot of "Parkrun means making allowances for others" meaning "nasty man and horrible dog should jump into a hedge for OP" and not realising it could also mean "entitled running OP needs to give them a space for a moment until she can get past them"

I think what the OP did was fine. Nothing wrong in asking if you want to go faster for a bit and I've run-walked in intervals on a parkrun before, so exchanged places with people running at a slower steady pace.

Normally I'm a slower person so I try to make way for faster runners, but sometimes it's not possible and people do have to wait.

The thing with parkrun is that it's about being part of a collective event, so you are sharing a space and everyone has to make room and allowances for everyone else. I don't think he was very pleasant about it.

We've got it all here:
Dogs
Dogs on leads
Dogs on leads but not under control
Stampedes
parkrun itself
Runners not knowing how to run

You were desperate to get passed then stopped to get your breath, seemed an unnecessary stress but all for people giving space to others in runs. Feeling unsettled seems an over reaction.

Not at all what happened here though
Short leash. Right at the side of the road. Not in the dark. Going the same direction. Entitled runner expected him to move.

An eye roll would cover that pointless point scoring. Not worth getting involved with.

It sounds like you weren't exactly the best runner or the most gracious person in that park run.

Yep. Although you’re not the world’s slowest, shittest runner, because I’m pretty sure that’s me. It’s weird because I look like I’d be faster. I slow-jog the whole thing apart from a tiny sprint at the very end which I always try to do because it’s my one tiny chance to overtake maybe one person 😂.

There’s a parkrun near me which is basically an enormous hill you go up and down twice. It suits me quite well because all the fasties have to slow down whereas I can’t go any slower anyway 🤷‍♂️.

He didn’t raise his voice and he wasn’t insulting, he commented.If someone’s going to be impatient, then the other person may comment.That’s just life, no big drama.

Him commenting isn’t in line with park run ethos. She’s total allowed to push herself and realise she’s pushed too hard. Running is a learning curve and criticism isn’t welcome from other runners.

He wasn't blocking the path. She said that they were sticking to the left.

@setmestraightplease

seriously??

try reading your posts on this thread, it's bloody obvious what mrsTP's point is!

You might hate dogs being there, but they're allowed so 🤷🏻‍♀️ it's a park, not Harrods.

complaining about a dog in a park is pretty pathetic, but if that's how you feel take it up with the park run people, not individuals doing something they're allowed.

That’s what happen, shortly after overtaking, OP stopped to catch her breathe, OP has already explained this, so why is it not inline with park run ethos?
The fact that she stopped shortly after is relevant.