Random People Interrupting Runners for Directions or Whatever During Runs

Your wife should file for a divorce.

Next time give them directions to the complete opposite direction and you can have a reputation as that guy.

Were you in the road, if so the cyclist had a right to complain about you jaywalking

Oh, I am so sorry, I didn't know that you where in a middle of a "workout". It just looked to me like a better hobby jogger slogging along.

YTA

If I’m just out for a casual jog, I love being asked for directions. Makes me feel smart. If I’m running with some purpose like something fast, I can’t recall being interrupted. You must look really relaxed on your tempo runs. Nice work!

I just don't respond to people when I'm running. Pretend I don't hear them.

this. don't make eye contact and they will pretty much leave you alone.

The responses are great. I was making fun of myself but was half serious too. I know the post is ridiculous but I also know other people have had this happen, and they don't want to admit it was annoying. I was on a sidewalk / bike path.

In West Lafaytte, IN, we have sidewalk / bike paths everywhere. Technically, it's a sidewalk for walkers & runners, but it's asphalt and seems like it should be for bikes too.

This^^^

I routinely run at night through my neighborhood and every couple of nights I find a car that left their lights on, and I always go to knock on the nearest door to let them know.

Yeah, I'm plenty slow, but I don't think that's the reason.

Some peoples "tempo" run is others people warm up jog.

Don't take it personally, you are just slow.

I'm not as fast as some of the people on Letsrun but definitely not slow... in my mid 40s, and was going around 5:50 pace for my 3 mi. tempo run at the time. Serious business! No time for giving directions...

You’re stopping your run to knock on strangers’ doors “every couple of nights”? That’s odd.

You’re still thinking about this?

I would never do this, and especially at night.

I remember being on a run with a teammate as a car slowed down to ask directions.
I think I pointed somewhere.

My teammate was a bit upset. He said something like, doesn’t he know we’re doing a workout?

My response was, no I don’t think he had an idea. He just thought we were jogging.
We were probably cruising around 6 flat pace, which looked easy to the driver but it’s not something you break stride for to spell out directions.

It almost always goes well. And I have done this for years, and mostly in winter when it's darker earlier, maybe a couple of times a week or so. Never thought much about it, but I can see how it could go wrong.

One time it almost did, so maybe you're right.

Seriously, you can walk or run by a house in your neighborhood and see that they left their car lights on and just keep on going?

Many times I wouldn’t know for sure which house to go to. You seem like a good guy. I am just saying…