Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
So she puts on her iPod and after about 2 miles pulls way ahead of me and I'm running solo for the rest of the 12.5 mile run.
Wow! What is the point of running with someone if you intend to put the iPod on?

I have to say the lost-to-the-world look of people with iPods and smart phones brings my inner Luddite to the surface. Pedestrians texting walk erratically, cyclists with headphones are unpredictable...

Some weeks ago I had the first movement of Mozart's symphonie #25 stuck in my head. Watch this clip of Fabian Cancellara catching up to the peloton and you'll see where that came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXqQqAc2pA