Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done
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2008-07-31 10:46 PM |
Member 26 jacksonville | Subject: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done I ran a half marathon in Iraq with a flak jacket, helmet and a rifle in 102 degrees F. In May 2003. I think I lost 10 pounds that day. |
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2008-07-31 10:47 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Member 26 jacksonville | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done OK danderous is suppose to be dangerous I am really good with the typing |
2008-07-31 10:50 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done Ha! You win. Wow, that sucks. Good for you for doing it. Here's my weird/dangerous/remote run from Sep. 1, 2007: DO NOT, under any circumstances, run with the Hash House Harriers. Unless you're in Bali on holiday, in which case it could be one of many delightful death-defying adventures you have in one day. |
2008-07-31 10:51 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Master 2468 Muskego, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done I ran a 5K with my Military Working Dog- Barry and my M16 around our base in Qatar in 1998. It was only like 93 F out, so you can't really call that hot but it was weird and dangerous, and remote. |
2008-07-31 10:53 PM in reply to: #1574973 |
Master 2468 Muskego, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done TriAya - 2008-07-31 11:50 PM
That's awesome. I'm moving to Okinawa in January and have heard of group runs similar to the one you wrote about. Looking forward to that experience. |
2008-07-31 10:55 PM in reply to: #1574986 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done papson14 - 2008-07-31 8:53 PM TriAya - 2008-07-31 11:50 PM
That's awesome. I'm moving to Okinawa in January and have heard of group runs similar to the one you wrote about. Looking forward to that experience. If it's the Hash House Harriers, yep! They are a blast to run with, and have a particularly, um odd reputation in Asia. Some of the scenery out there will also be beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. |
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2008-07-31 10:56 PM in reply to: #1574973 |
Member 26 jacksonville | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done Did you get a nickname when you finally arrived at the end? |
2008-07-31 11:38 PM in reply to: #1574995 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done Oh yes ... 2long2cum |
2008-08-01 12:10 AM in reply to: #1574965 |
Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done Nothing anywhere near that "dangerous"... although I sometimes run into some "thug-wanna-be's" on my creek trail if I go at the "wrong" time (dusk). If I'm alone, I sometimes feel a little vulnerable, but then I remember that the trail backs up to lots of houses and that if I started screaming bloody murder (or "fire" like I was taught" people would come help.
But most of my runs are very very safe. |
2008-08-01 10:48 AM in reply to: #1574965 |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done Not even close to comparing to Iraq but here's my story... Got a little to close to some wild boars... http://www.seandotson.com/blog/index.php?title=running-with-the-hogs |
2008-08-01 1:26 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Master 1591 San Diego, CA | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done Yonkers, New York in my "way" not safe neighborhood (drive by shooting, major gang and drug activity). I'm surprised I never got jumped (did get hit with a peach once)... though not Iraq, no IED's or militants to contest with, just punk kids. |
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2008-08-01 2:15 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done A certain BTer I run with has been known to strip down nekkid. It was a nice view. :) Edit: Weirdest was a race from a Brewery to a Brewery in the back highways of Kansas, a 44-mile relay. Costumed. Drinking heavily. Pics here. Edited by lisac957 2008-08-01 2:29 PM |
2008-08-01 3:16 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Elite 4148 Utah | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done North Slope Alaska... Summer '99... I was an intern w/ BP Most interesting one was actually the drive to it... saw three grizzly cubs and mama on the way (triplets in the world of bears are extremly rare) Yes, this may be typical for those that work on the slope or live in the area... but it was a rare delight for me. |
2008-08-01 3:20 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done Last week I ran out onto a low tide bar off a small cape just outside of Halifax. At one point I was far enough out there that if I didn't turn back immediately I wasn't going to make it before the tide came back in... and even a triathlete doesn't have much of a chance during a tide change in the Bay of Fundy. Yes, I'm stupid. |
2008-08-01 3:21 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Elite 2998 Fishers, Indiana | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done gailer16 - 2008-07-31 10:46 PM I ran a half marathon in Iraq with a flak jacket, helmet and a rifle in 102 degrees F. In May 2003. I think I lost 10 pounds that day. I'm with you--ran over 1000 miles in Baghdad this past tour, and during a couple we did have to go into the bunkers to avoid incoming mortars/rockets, and occassionaly the errant bullet round made it over the wall--nothing like hearing the incoming alarm and the "whiz" of a bullet to throw some interval sprints in as you head to the bunker! Those runs got me addicted to this whole mess though, and make for some fun stories...after the fact! |
2008-08-01 3:54 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Champion 10668 Tacoma, Washington | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done I've done some runs in the mountains or strange cities where no one knew where I was going... But yours definitely beats mine by a mile (or 10)... |
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2008-08-01 4:57 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Champion 5781 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done Eh...couple runs on dirt roads in rural central Ontario, I suppose. The snowpack was a little too deep for running, but I did wander off from my tour group on a little impromptu hike in Antarctica...and got chewed out by the tour staff when I got back... (Probably wasn't the wisest thing in the world to get out of sight of the Zodiacs, I guess...) Toxic auto paint fumes on this mornings run through an industrial area ranked pretty high up there on the hazard list. |
2008-08-01 9:34 PM in reply to: #1575930 |
Member 26 jacksonville | Subject: RE: Weirdest, danderous or most remote run you have done TriRSquared - 2008-08-01 11:48 AM Not even close to comparing to Iraq but here's my story... Got a little to close to some wild boars... http://www.seandotson.com/blog/index.php?title=running-with-the-hogs Hey I don't mess with those pigs I saw a few of them on the banks when I went kayaking down the Myakka River, they scared me and I was in the middle of the river |
2008-08-01 9:42 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Champion 5575 Butler | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done Not even gonna try and touch your story. I live in Suburbia Dallas. I mean we have some coyotes but that is it. The hog story was funny though. |
2008-08-01 11:19 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Extreme Veteran 552 Minnetonka, MN | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done gailer16 - 2008-07-31 10:46 PM I ran a half marathon in Iraq with a flak jacket, helmet and a rifle in 102 degrees F. In May 2003. I think I lost 10 pounds that day. I did a "sprint" triathlon at the Kuwait City airport in 1991: Running, crawling, and praying. I was FOP on the praying, and it turns out I can run pretty damn fast when I am scared. My crawling probably still needs work....... |
2008-08-02 12:52 AM in reply to: #1574965 |
Extreme Veteran 573 Sherman Oaks, CA | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done This is in line with the Yonkers post above - "dangerous and remote" I don't remember how many years ago this was...I think it was 2000. I had to do about 6 miles and I didn't run earlier, so I went for an evening run and by the time I was running through Prospect Park, Brooklyn it was dark. There are two sides to the park, one "good" on the side of Park Slope and one "less good" (at night, in the dark, where peeps are just hanging out) on the side of Flatbush. I realized after the fact, that a 30 yr old chick should not be running the loop of the park all alone in the dark. Yes, there was a (small) handful of other runners out at the time. But there is still crime in that park and i never did it again after that. I freaked myself out during the run, but the adrenaline kept me going. No one was gonna fk w me. |
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2008-08-02 12:55 AM in reply to: #1574965 |
Expert 841 Trinity, Florida | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done I ran at night on a United Arab Emeratee base in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The temp was a cool 90ish and the camel spiders came out on the "roads" at night and would actually run at my feet. |
2008-08-02 10:21 AM in reply to: #1577752 |
Master 2115 Dothan, Al | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done I ran form the bedroom to the bathroom one night. It was only afetr I got to the bathroom that I realized, "This is nto my house." It was pretty weird. |
2008-08-02 12:13 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Pro 6838 Tejas | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done 12:15 AM run along the freeway feeder at the airport. What made it a bit dicey was the construction in the area. I had to run a section about 400 meters long on top of the concrete barrier wall they installed to divert traffic. Fall right and I was in traffic, fall left and it was 6-7 feet below to the mud. Oh and every 15 meters or so they had one of those reflective "lolipop" signs sticking up through the barrier I had to dodge. |
2008-08-02 2:49 PM in reply to: #1574965 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Weirdest, dangerous or most remote run you have done When I would run in Abidjan, the locals would ask me who was chasing me. |
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