I've switched to running mornings now that summer's here, and I've found myself occupying the same streets as crazed parents driving their kids to school. They speed on residential streets, they don't stop at stop streets but rather coast on through one after the other and are generally oblivious. Ihave escaped several incidents where inattentive drivers almost hit me, and it's been getting highly aggravating.
Anyway, this morning a lady honked behind me as I was occupying the left lane a bit obliviously myself. I wheeled around and angrily motioned for her to go around me as there was no other traffic on the road. Immediately I felt like an ass - she had every right to alert me to the fact that I was wandering in the road and warn me she was coming. In my irritation towards legitimately bad drivers I ended up becoming as obnoxious as one of them. BTW the sidewalks are terrible where I run, there either are none or they're hard tarmac with a layer of loose sharp pea-gravel, so I can't avoid the road.
I'd really rather not become famous as the ornery barefoot curmudgeon, so I guess I'll be getting up 20 minutes earlier to avoid the stress of schooltime traffic and regain my composure .
Anyone else struggle with the morning commuters while you're out running? How do you retain composure?
Anyway, this morning a lady honked behind me as I was occupying the left lane a bit obliviously myself. I wheeled around and angrily motioned for her to go around me as there was no other traffic on the road. Immediately I felt like an ass - she had every right to alert me to the fact that I was wandering in the road and warn me she was coming. In my irritation towards legitimately bad drivers I ended up becoming as obnoxious as one of them. BTW the sidewalks are terrible where I run, there either are none or they're hard tarmac with a layer of loose sharp pea-gravel, so I can't avoid the road.
I'd really rather not become famous as the ornery barefoot curmudgeon, so I guess I'll be getting up 20 minutes earlier to avoid the stress of schooltime traffic and regain my composure .
Anyone else struggle with the morning commuters while you're out running? How do you retain composure?