Runners, stop standing at the intersection with your hands on your hips

New York City disconnected the buttons in 1997 but didn't bother telling pedestrians until 2006.

FACT!!!

Oops wrote:

Just convinced wife to stop stretching

It's bad to stretch after a run????

Froggy wrote:

Real runners rarely have to stop for traffic. You plan ahead before the intersection, and if there's the slightest gap in traffic you take it. It's OK to force someone to slow down a bit, you just better make the right judgement that it's someone who will slow down. If there's no gap, adjust your route and weave your way across mid block or at the next intersection. Never stop.

This

Dude, she was stretching at the stop light.

I have pics.

Riverdale Runner wrote:

New York City disconnected the buttons in 1997 but didn't bother telling pedestrians until 2006.

FACT!!!

Link, por favor?

All these answers are wrong unfortunately. The correct thing to do is make aggressive eye contact with all the drivers as they pass, muttering under your breath about pedestrians and runners being second class citizens to all these chumps, occasionally mouthing an actual insult at one or two people. Once traffic clears, and you're suitably wound up, carry on with a good burst of pace, optionally shaking your had for the benefit of anyone who happens to look in their rear view mirror.

Grow some ballz and jump over them Volkswagens like Spider Gordon. Or just run up the hood.

Real answer. Either run along the street until there is a gap, or just wait WITH YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS and possible do that legs crossed sideways leaning stretch. Don't touch your toes or stretch your quads because then you look like a hobby jogge

A stand up guy wrote:

Cmon dude wrote:

If I happen to run a route that involves busy intersections and happen to get stopped by traffic and am forced to stop, then I just might happen to put my hands on my hips. What's the BFD? It is waaaay better than those idiots who feel it is necessary to run in place. I hate seeing that, it makes all runners look stupid.

There's nothing wrong with jogging in place. Training time is valuable, use every second. I do this all the time, it's the smart thing to do if you want to be your best.

Wait, let me get this straight, you criticize runner for standing around with their hands on their hips when they are stopped at an intersection but you actually jog in place? Training time is not so extremely valuable that the benefit you get from jogging in place (so marginally close to nothing that your post is ridiculous) outweighs that of standing around waiting for cars to go by. Also, you're a pure hobby jogger if you run in place. I assume you also run in vibrams or newtons because "its more natural?"

8/10. Some good impassioned responses. Keep it up and xfit guy may take you under his wing.

Oldguy1 wrote:

Froggy wrote:

Real runners rarely have to stop for traffic. You plan ahead before the intersection, and if there's the slightest gap in traffic you take it. It's OK to force someone to slow down a bit, you just better make the right judgement that it's someone who will slow down. If there's no gap, adjust your route and weave your way across mid block or at the next intersection. Never stop.

This

Decent^

Best is a hard stride back up the sidewalk, then jog to the light again. Repeat until light changes.

#fs wrote:

Real answer. Either run along the street until there is a gap, or just wait WITH YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS and possible do that legs crossed sideways leaning stretch. Don't touch your toes or stretch your quads because then you look like a hobby jogge

That ITB lean is actually the biggest hobby jogger stretch of them all.

I do the Flash Dance moves - quick feet, quick feet, roll shoulders back, close eyes, look up, dump bottle of water over head while making pouty lips.

This is a great thread that reminds me of the LRC of yesteryear. 2002 or so?

Anyway, I run with two other guys fairly often, and the other day we were impatiently waiting at an intersection towards the end of our run and I walked behind my friend and just shanked the hell out of him. Shorts to ankles.

Keep in mind that we are in our late 30s. It took him like 15 seconds to realize what had happened and get his sweaty ass shorts back on.

That is what I do at int erection stops.

TBT POST wrote:

That is what I do at int erection stops.

Whoa! Autocorrect did a topic-appropriate iFreudian slip for me. Thanks Apple!

Bravo! Well done! Golf clap for you!

*golf clap*

I massage my sore groin against the crosswalk button.

TBT POST wrote:

TBT POST wrote:

That is what I do at int erection stops.

Whoa! Autocorrect did a topic-appropriate iFreudian slip for me. Thanks Apple!

LOL

So you are saying to use the opportunity of the stop light to rebuild your store of hate, like recharging a battery, that you can tap once the light changes and you are running again.

I like to see how many burpees I can get in before the light changes!