Quote Originally Posted by marni View Post
I apologize, I was under the impression that if there was a sidewalk, which I did not mention in the original post, that runners, joggers, tri atheletes, dualtheletes whatever you chose to call them, were obliged to use the sidewalk. I was under the impression that unless it was an organized event with traffic blocked and police present, that wheeled vehicles belong on the road and two footed machines don't. My bad.
As a runner I often loathe running on the sidewalk--especially when it's dark, since that's where all of the sticks, branches, and ruts exist...some of the same reasons we don't like riding on sidewalks. And concrete sidewalks are really friggin' hard compared to asphalt. Non-runners don't get that, but it's really noticeable.

Runners are no more obligated to use the sideWALK than we are when on our bikes. Around here the few available sidewalks are often overrun with oblivious adults and kids on bikes, inline skaters, scooters, and other runners with their music turned-up too loud to be aware of me coming up behind.