mvs wrote:I agree Bob. I get this vibe from people grimacing at me as I run by with an mp3 player on a trail. I'm out having fun, exercising hard. I don't think that should ruin a more spiritual or contemplative experience for anyone else.
I will run with an MP3 on paved trails in town, but never on the dirt paths. My wife has in the past and I have given her hell for it since we did lose a friend that way. This last week, under the power lines behind our old place, a young man ran right up on a 900lb grizzly. The grizzly was eating berries and actually thought it was under attack! Witnesses turned in the report, but the young man never came forward, out of embarrassment possibly. After the grizzly reared, stopped the runner, he then scattered. Man, I bet that added some pep to his step for the rest of his run.