When I first heard of all this “rude jogger” campaign, I initially did not want to respond but this is all getting way out of control so the other side of the story needs to be heard.
First off- I didn’t “come out of nowhere.” I was running down the public sidewalk on the right side. (Meaning, the way traffic flows.)
I pass couples all the time and people will adjust single file when passing someone on the side walk. Even kids know to go behind one another.
I know these two women saw me coming and they just continued to take up the entire sidewalk (one had a baby jogger and the other was walking next to her). I thought the one that was clearly on my side of the sidewalk was going to move over. I guess she thought that I was supposed to run off the sidewalk onto the dirt and grass? When her arm hit mine, she made this obnoxious squeal like I had done something wrong. When I turned around and saw that they were still walking along taking up the entire sidewalk I popped off. It was more along the lines of how big her rear was, not “fat ass.” Yes, I know this was not my finest moment. I should not have said anything, but being run off the sidewalk is not a fun thing to have to put up with. The good thing is that in my 7 years of running in Steiner Ranch, I have never encountered anything like these two.
When I passed these two again later, I was running on the other side of the street. They both stopped and stared at me with the meanest looks. I was laughing when I held out my arms like I was taking up the whole sidewalk running- not saying “fat so”. Seriously, get the chip off your shoulders.
In my opinion, the rude thing is to take up the whole sidewalk and then act like you’re 13 and start a hate campaign on Facebook- (FUN “Fatties United Now”)? Do these people not have anything better to do? This is baffling to me and very sad.
Oh, and side note. I’m not the same woman that did the finger pointing incident. But I’m guessing from the way it sounded that she was just as frustrated by the lack of sidewalk etiquette in that situation.
Single file when passing on a public sidewalk. And keep to the right. That’s all I have.
This is like a mom version of Mean Girls. Unbelievable and really, really sad.