To think Joggers don't own the pavement?

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I am so peeved! Lol!

The street I live on seems to have tens of runners on it all through the day which is fine, although it makes me feel guilty that I don't join in.

Anyway I was walking my dog on the lead the other day and bear in mind it is icy and my dog leaps out of it's skin because a jogger has come up behind us and stood on his paw. I kept walking and he did it again. There were cars on the road so he couldn't run on the road to overtake me and as he had done this twice, had no said excuse me and I was training my dog I just kept on walking. He then ran on the road and started swearing at me for not getting out of the way.

Why do joggers think they have special rights over the pavement? I have never been pushed off the road by a fast walker. They just slow down and at a convenient time try and overtake.

Let's just tar every jogger with the same brush...

I am getting to the stage that the next time a cyclist zooms past one of my little ones on the pavement I may stick my foot out!

Not really sure why one jogger's actions seem to translate into all joggers thinking they own the pavement? He's no doubt a selfish person no matter whether he drives, cycles, runs or walks.

I run on pavements (not through choice, but because off-road tends to be too dark and lonely), and am very careful to be courteous to other pavement-users. All the same, there are times when you get two or three people who see you coming towards them and won't move even slightly to allow you room to pass, or dog-walkers who have their lead extended five or six feet and see no need to pull it in. Not to mention the cyclists on the pavement with no lights on despite the fact it's dark and the drivers reversing off their drives like a bat out of hell without checking to see if someone is coming.

What I'm saying is that dogs, other pedestrians, cycles and cars are ALL potential hazards when you're out running. You have to be super-aware of this, but it also helps if other people on the pavement/roads are aware of you as well. Hence no headphones for me, hi-vis clothing, and a rather breathy "excuse me please" if necessary.

thenightsky, that happened to me and DH half-way up a mountain in Switzerland once. We were stood on a path about a foot wide waiting for a party of about 60 Japanese walkers to come down past us. Every single one insisted on bowing graciously and thanking us profusely.

My issue was the running up behind me, hurting my dog twice, expecting me to move and hurling abuse. I too have experience pavement users who are three abreast refusing to walk in single file to let a mum in a buggy past and that is out of order.

FWIW, If I'd seen a jogger coming towards me I would have moved because although my dog is good you can never tell how they react to a fast moving object. In some ways I wish my dog had snarled at him because then it may have taught him to think twice next time, although I would never, ever encourage such behaviour and my dog is a big wimp anyway!

Sorry BeerTricks - my post wasn't aimed at you in particular, it was more of a general observation.

YANreallyBU but runners do have a right to use the pavement too.

I am a runner and I must admit it is a pain when you can't get past people and have to stop/walk but there is no way on earth I would ever get close enough to a dog to step on it's paw That's just wrong and given the reactions alot of dogs seem to have to runners, it's also very stupid on the runners part.

Most runners are perfectly polite and pleasant people. There will always be a small minority who are rude just as in every other part of life.

The same can be said for dog owners. I meet some lovely dog owners when I run on the South Downs, but I also meet some twats who let their dogs chase me, putting the fear of god into me. I don't criticise all dog owners for that, I just shrug and run a bit faster

lol at shruggingand running abit faster

Lol at the dog chasing you. It probably thinks, "Oh good, someone more exciting than my boring owner!" Still, that is not on!

Oh I forgot about being chased by dogs - hasn't happened to me for ages but when it does it's pretty scary.

I got bitten on the backs of the ankles a while back by some terriers in the park who made a beeline for me from about 200m away. According to the owner though "they never bite" (though she did do a runner herself when I showed her my ripped socks and bloody ankles .....).

I don't mind if their tails wagging, (dogs, that is) I will stop and give them a fuss but some just look at me like they missed breakfast and fancy a chunk of my leg

There are plenty of rude people out there, and the law of averages will mean some of them also run.

They all say that whiteliesaregoodlies

IME the little dogs are the scariest.

You are not one of those people with the dog on a trip rope are you? I fucking hate them retractable leads should be illegal.

Cyclists don't own the damn pavement them and the dog trip wires cause me way more grief then joggers.

I am quite scared of little dogs though doyouthinktheysaurus. My great hulk of a dog is such a softie but never allowed off the lead, sadly, even though I'm absolutely certain he'd not do any harm.

TBH, I don't trust people who jog or anyone who says they "Run for fun" makes me think twice about them!!

nerdy We only say we run for fun. We really run to escape family life and/or crap on the telly of an evening

Fun runner here!!

WTF is this thread all about? So one runner accisentally stepped on your dogs paw. Suddenly we are all exercise freaks and loons and think we own the world.

Get a bit of a grip.

he stepped on the paw twice

I DO NOT HAVE A TRIP WIRE! I AM AN EXEMPLARY DOG OWNER!

Seriously, I am! Tight leash as it would be very dangerous to have a german shepherd on a trip wire because their strength would snap it, and he is a very submissive dog etc.

yeah there's lots here not to believe, or just been massively exagerated.

• tens of runners on your road throughout the day. Do you live in sports stadium?

• stepped on paw twice - what he ran back behind you in order to overtake you twice?

• started swearing at you insisting you should have gotten out of the way. Just don't believe this. Nice ending touch, but gilding the lilly.

How difficult is it to say "excuse me" if you need to get past someone? This guy was just an arse, plain and simple.

Not sure what your issue is Craig. All the things you say are not believable, seem entirely believable to me (am a runner myself btw).

And the reference in the OP to joggers in general? Could that not possibly be rhetorical, hmmm?

I've notcied that it seems to be Male posters (and probably joggers) that don't believe this.

He stepped on the dog, the dog leaped and pulled me forward. I kept walking and the jogger had not overtaken as there was traffic on the road. He then did it again.

Not that I need to explain myself but how the hell do you know how many joggers are on the street FFS! I live on one of the longest streets in the area and every morning before school I see at least 20 runners, during the daytime around 10, and in the evening close to 100.

Apologies to the decent joggers, of who I expect their are many given some of the posts, for my last rant!