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What a hoot!!...Wild Running stories.

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as i ran around a corner i came face to face to a guy dressed in head to toe camoflague gear who had a hunting bow pulled back loaded with an arrow pointed straight at me

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I passed an incredibly expensive sports car idling outside a ghastly vacant-looking old building. Inside the incredibly expensive sports car were two well-dressed gentlemen staring at me and at least one was clutching a firearm. Hmmm, this might be a good time for a little fartlek. Scared the crap outta me. I finished that one on the treadmill at the hotel.

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While in college I worked in MT during the summer. While out on a training run in the middle of nowhere near the MT/WY state line, a car load of senior citizens flagged me down and asked me for directions to the Grand Canyon. ... for those of you who are geographically challenged ... that would be in AZ. Wink

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I was running along Marina Green a couple of weeks ago...where homes start about $2 million and go up...and saw this really dirty long haired guy running laps on the grass in his tighty not-so-whities. Ordinarily this wouldn't qualify as a particularly strange SF homeless encounter, but this guy had his hair fully shampooed! He had a big mop of suds on top of his head and bubbles were coming off him as he ran....round and round and round.

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I also had a college teamate, who when on trail runs would dart ahead of the group and look for animal feces, pick it up, and whip it at some unsuspecting freshman as they ran by. That made for a few interesting runs.

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I was a few miles from the end of a longish run in a giant state park when a stray dog happily began running with me. I did the final few miles with the dog, who wouldn't leave my side. He loved me. I was talking to him the whole time, the whole works. My new best friend. The moment I stopped, he bit me.

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Stopped by the French police b/c I am a chick & they were wondering who was chasing me

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well, apparently there was a tradition of something called the "full moon run," which is what you're thinking. supposedly done in the spirit of the early olympiads. on the full moons leading up to the marathon, we did a 2 mile warm up to the local country club, stashed our clothes at the first tee box, and then did a full circuit of the course in just our socks and shoes - about 5k. this went off for a few months without incident, and nothing much was said about it.

well, 6 weeks later i started my first teaching job, and the first day of class i'm doing the usual get acquainted routine. going student to student i'm asking names, where they're from, etc. i get to this girl who says, "oh, i live on the golf course." i respond "really, i run there sometimes."
her,"you better watch out, my parents have seen some naked freaks running out there recently."