Just saw this article and thought someone on LR must have known the Running Man that was struck and killed by a SUV.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/31/charlottesville-mourns-a-moving-landmark-running-man-after-he-is-hit-by-an-suv/
RIP
Charlottesville Runners - Did you know 'Running Man'? Killed by SUV?
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This should be on the front page. Very sad. The link to the news story video about him was only the previous month as well. Wow. RIP.
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The article says he even gave blood every 6 weeks while running that much. Wow... RIP
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Dang. RIP Running man. I agree, this guy should make the front page, he was a Runner.
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Who are the Running Mans in your community?
I have a 60 year old woman that I see on my way to work most days. She always wears some 1980s headphones with an entire radio built into a contraption strapped to her head. the rest of her routine seems normal but -
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Who are the Running Mans in your community?
I have a 60 year old woman that I see on my way to work most days. She always wears some 1980s headphones with an entire radio built into a contraption strapped to her head. the rest of her routine seems normal but
A few years ago there was an older gentleman that I used to pass almost daily on my runs. His shuffle would barely qualify for running but his determination is why I considered him a runner. On the coldest days of winter he would often be the only other runner I would pass. On these days he had a long sleeve white t-shirt with the words "WINTER SUCKS" across the chest. We would always greet each other and shout a word of encouragement.
I actually bumped into him at a bar and we recognized one another. Because of injuries he finally quit running but told me he would give me the t-shirt if we ran into each other again. Sadly we didn't. -
RIP
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Seems like a pure running spirit. With a lot less weekly mileage, I have run over 50K miles. One wonders what his number was.
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Somewhere Flag[pole is preening shamelessly at being "rightt" about the dangers of running on the road.
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I don't even know this guy but from what I've read, the dude is totally my hero! Completely independent minded, did his own damn thing, absolutely loved to run and didn't give a $hit what others thought! Smart too, but in his own kind of way - was nobody's fool and nobody's tool. A lot of people simply don't have the will or the balls to live that way; throwing all caution to the wind and just being yourself - the ultimate cool loaner. RIP my friend.
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rest in peace. What a character, an independent spirit, and an ironman, running 5200 miles per year for decades.
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Thanks for posting this. I knew nothing about him, but he sounded like a great character. RIP
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Unless you are black or actually run over a police officer, you will not be cited for hitting someone in Charlottesville, VA. The police *hate* runners and bikers down here.
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Guy was clearly an Autistic wacko with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
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Oh jeez...so you are saying he was a regular poster here! Double RIP.
the diagnosis is in wrote:
Guy was clearly an Autistic wacko with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. -
Unless it was that "J.R." troll.
Snooze Alarm wrote:
Oh jeez...so you are saying he was a regular poster here! Double RIP.
the diagnosis is in wrote:
Guy was clearly an Autistic wacko with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. -
So Sad. I am the "girl who runs" in my town. Makes me think of the shirtless men in cutoffs that are always friendly and encouraging on the starting line of local races.
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The linked local NBC article gives the location where he was hit.
On Google view, it's a death trap. A double yellow line road that obviously carries a high volume of traffic and has zero paved shoulder room. I have run thousands of miles on the roads myself, but I would never run on a road such as that. Not on the pavement anyway (and the available grass shoulder looks uncomfortably sloped).
I love the guy without ever having met him. Sorry he made that choice. And sorry for the driver involved, which is not at all my usual reaction.
http://www.nbc29.com/story/30845498/update-jogger-killed-in-albemarle-co-crash-is-local-running-man -
Spend a lot of time in Fort Lauderdale. There is a guy who runs with long hair, and carries a tray with champagne glasses (taped, I'm assuming) to a tray. I always give him props.
Is The Raven still around in South Beach?? -
I agree with poster who googled the location. I lived in Charlottesville for several years. Not to blame the victim, but no way should he should have been running on that road, esp at 7 am when it is still darkish. Let this ne a reminder to be safe out there
