Joggers spitting - to think it’s unnecessary

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As the title suggests.

Lovely walk this morning in my local national trust park. Big group of men and women (local jogging club) run by. Half of them hacking out massive globs of spit and spitting onto the path - not even off it which tbh is vile in itself - but straight onto the only path around the lake.

AIBU to think it it’s unnecessary and disgusting? I know asthmatics (such as myself) can struggle with excess phlegm - but for goodness sake, you do not need to spit. If you are struggling stop sodding exercising - don’t spit up all over the sodding path you grim wankers.

cycling is when my nose can run like crazy. Running less so, but not unheard of when running. And then it backs up in the sinuses so desperately has to come out somewhere.

Spitting is absolutely fucking revolting and people should be fined for doing it. I absolutely hate it. Vile!!

Its not so much runners i see apitting as just blokes walking, it is gross

I have spat once and it was a very cold day and I had a very blocked nose but I was super embarrassed and did it well away from the path. Always took a tissue after that.

It’s disgusting. I hate seeing footballers do it on the pitch as well. Totally unnecessary.

It's disgusting and unnecessary. I don't think I've ever seen a woman do it. Plenty of men, and not always when exercising.

I don’t spit when running but the occasional snot rocket does happen! I’m a woman so not just a man thing. I would only do it when alone or at the back of a running group, so no chance of anyone else being affected by it.

Totally agree OP. Why they can’t swallow their own saliva is a mystery. Perhaps they need to consult their GP. I have been a runner over the years and did 5k to 10k races and not once did I feel the need to spit.

I inhaled an insect the other day when running, I had to cough it up and then spit it out (path was deserted I guess I might have been able to wait if there were others around)
sorry but I don't want an insect in my lungs

It’s disgusting and I’ve never felt the need to do it. I’m frequently very snotty when I run, so I carry a packet of tissues and stop to blow my nose when I need to. And obviously take the used ones home with me to bin, hopefully that goes without saying.

Unfortunately it doesn't but thank you for being a decent, respectful human being. It's becoming rarer!

That's clearly not why the vast majority of spitters spit though is it.

I've occasionally seen women spit in public (usually teenage girls, really) but 99% of the time it is men. There's something really aggressive and territorial about it and it is utterly disgusting. The people who spit know it is revolting and unacceptable but are always the cocky, feral types who do it to see if anyone dares challenge them.

I’ve been a runner for a few years. Have done many many events. Have never felt the need to spit but I see it a lot- the vast majority of time it’s a man, I think I’ve seen a woman spit maybe once?

It’s disgusting.

anyone spitting is revolting and ought to be an offence as it is in many countries, for good reasons.

I think runners spitting off road, or discreetly isn't an issue. Spitting for no reason I don't like. However, I would be more worried about littering than something which is biodegradable. I have been running in the lake district fells for the last 20 years and the litter is getting worse and worse. I often have a bum bag full of rubbish when I get back from a run, with stuff I have picked up along the way.

I think I pressed the wrong one - but YANBU!! It’s vile

But this thread isn't about dog poo, it's about grown men and women choking up globs of spittle on a single track path and spitting directly onto it.

There is absolutely no need to spit when you run. If you are that unfit or out of breath that excess saliva is a problem then you slow down (as I used to) until your lungs/airways have adjusted, then you pick up the pace again. Or swallow your own saliva.

Tbh I put people who spit on a par with men who piss on the toilet seat and women who leave bloody tampons in the toilet without flushing properly.

I've also never seen a woman doing it, and most of the men I've seen haven't even been exercising, they've just been walking, usually quite slowly. I recently saw a male car driver spit out of his open window. Most of it dribbled down the outside of the door, which I suspect didn't give the “aren't I such a hard, tough bloke“ impression to onlookers that he was hoping for.

Someone's a bit twitchy aren't they?

And tbh, most football players spend most of their time rolling around on their back clutching injuries that aren't there. So no, I doubt they're fitter than me given how much exercise I do (and I manage to do it without rolling around on my back crying out for a referee).

Calling someone crazy isn't very nice, is it? Not sure how I went crazy either. I just said it was all unhygienic. I compared what humans do that's grim, to other things humans do that are also grim.

Nothing to do with dogs.

Quoting something from a random football site does not make you smart or right, it makes you incapable of complex thought. People run marathons without spitting. If people can do that, then footballers don't need to spit and the local jogging club doesn't need to be doing it either. It's rank and vile. End of.

Even if someone were undiagnosed with HIV and not yet on effective meds where they couldn’t pass it on anyway even if having unprotected sex, there would still be no risk of passing it on through spitting. www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/causes/