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No Robot, the giant dick was just your reflection.

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No Robot, the giant dick was just your reflection.

Then why did i instinctively say "Roger, is that you boi?" when I saw it? "Make no mistake about it! Without humor, freedom would drive you insane." Bill               I am so cool, that sheep count ME before they go to sleep. http://hometown.aol.com/mrrobottow/

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Has anyone ever had any paranormal or supernatural experiences while running?

Well, I don’t know if this qualifies. On my long run a few weeks back, I saw and heard this little bahstud while running. Started out as a pain in my harse, then worked his way up to my shoulder for a better view. "You can’t make it, you know!" he shouts in my ear. I’ve known him for years really, nothing unusual in him being around. "Here, feel this" as he orchestrates a twinge in my right knee, then relents. "I can make that last for days if you feel like pushin’ me". "And by the way, your lungs called yesterday, and they’re gettin’ as tired of this pounding as your legs". I allow the rain and cold to squelch him for a good mile or two, thinking he’ll either drown or get bored and move on. Thoughts move on to figuring out why everything on me gets soaked on these runs but my running pants. Defies the laws of physics. He’s having none of the distraction theory though, and I’m startin’ to feel like it’s gonna get messy before we are done with each other. Four miles in and he’s back. "When you were younger, you wouldn’t have even called that a ‘rise’, much less a ‘hill’. See what you’re doing to yourself?". He’s right, as I huff up a gentle rise in the road. My stride shrinks a bit, but I’m steadfast in my pace. In your face, pal. He kicks back and waits for mile six. "Hey sparky, I know your lungs feel great at this point, but that road is awfully hard, yes?". I call him a wanker. He reminds me how warm the bed was this morning. Mile eight is where I’m pretty sure he’s thinking I may have him whupped today, as somewhere in here he decides to rub my nipples raw, just to give me something to think about later. The gift that keeps on giving, I’ll come to find. Somewhere just past mile nine and I’m kicking his harse. Stride is locked and loaded, pavement slips by unnoticed, less than two miles to go, gently downhill. If he’s screaming, I can’t hear him, and at this point it’s a done deal. He’ll not get me today. I pass another runner and I feel something leap off my shoulder. I feel lighter and finish well, but I hear in the distance "… you can’t make it, you know!" He’ll be back. P.

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i read that dave scott in his last tri was ready to give up when he saw ‘the eternal warrior ‘ beckoning him to keep moving. Me, i ran one night saw a bright light . When i got home i had lost an hour. Only to find out later that the light was from a car and i ran past Day light savings time=)) plodzilla – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Has anyone ever had any paranormal or supernatural experiences while running? I have a friend of a friend of a friend who claims to have seen Bigfoot while running in Athens County, Ohio. Nothing, I myself can claim. I was just curious to see what others have seen and/or experience. I thought it might make an interesting topic here on rec.running. Brian — — If you want to email us, you must remove the upper case wording between the attempt to conquer the unwanted SPAM. Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars! Don’t poke beans up your nose!

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Rob Carr recently posted a link to a couple of his marathon pics(see timer in photos). Rob is a little wider than most marathoners and his times reflect that(Love ya Rob-Wish I had your HbA1c). I suspect that many of the happenings that Rob describes are much more prevalent in that part of the pack. Traffic control breaks down, hydration problems occur, many more individuals running outside their conditioning envelope, etc. The effort of the back-o-the-pack folks is valiant and commendable,  but they are probably more ripe to the experiences Rob describes.

Good point. More "contact time" for something to happen. I’m out there and if something is going to happen, I’m in the group where it’s most likely to happen and I’ve also got more time to come across it – unlike the 2:15 marathoners. Then again, the guy hit in Kona was a decent marathoner – just stuck at the back of the pack. If I remember right, he finished in under 3 hours, including the time EMS spent bandaging him and having a nasty head lac. I may be wrong on the exact time, because I wasn’t halfway done when he finished. Your explanation makes sense. Except this went on even when I was 130-140 lbs. from 1980 to 1985 and ran 5 and 10K races. I was in a much better percentile back then and it still happened. Now, I was more willing to stop and offer help than a lot of people – that may have increased the probability that I’d see something. I’m not going to bring up the precognitive events in my life. A little too weird for rec.running. I think Google will turn up the strangest of them, and there’s still living witnesses to that one. Especially bizarre because time travel can’t possibly happen: because CPT is naturally violated – you could never return to the past that was, only the past that wasn’t. And then there’s my career as a paramedic. "Have weirdness, Rob and his crew will respond." My all-time favorite quote: "Don’t tell me how to run a cardiac arrest! I’m a doctor! You’re just (looking up for the first time)…my ACLS instructor." (The doctor reconsidered and decided that defibrillation was not the appropriate algorithms for normal sinus rhythm. Gosh, I wish I’d had a tape recorder going….) Second Place: "Every time I call 911, you show up and cut off my pants." Third Place: "Didn’t you say my heart would start beating again in 30 sec.? Is this something I should be worried about?" (Adenocard – as if it weren’t obvious. And yes, I learned to position the monitor so the patients couldn’t watch it anymore.) Fourth Place: "NO!" (Said by man in physician witnessed cardiac arrest and v-fib on the monitor while he grabbed my collar, pulled himself up to my face and screamed, just as I was about to hit the little red buttons to put 200 through him. We did get him back.) Like I said, those around me have gotten used to weirdness accumulating in my neighborhood. Rob

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I suspect that many of the happenings that Rob describes are much more prevalent in that part of the pack. Traffic control breaks down, hydration problems occur, many more individuals running outside their conditioning envelope, etc.

NO WAY!!! Im one of those guys in the back, and I will tell you the T-R-U-T-H, Robs level of riduculous overacting, overdramatizations, and outright psychotic overthinking of every subject, just maybe his way of coping with a sport that is obviously beyond his pyhsical capabilities. That just hasn’t sunk into his pea-sized brain yet. A cramp isn’t a cramp, it’s a mioloma pebrada, and a stomach ache is a digestive disruptous. The neuroticism that plagues you upper echelon runners, is predominiately only within in your category, except for wannabes like Rob who think they’re superman in Clark Kents clothing. "Make no mistake about it! Without humor, freedom would drive you insane." Bill               I am so cool, that sheep count ME before they go to sleep. http://hometown.aol.com/mrrobottow/

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Rob Carr recently posted a link to a couple of his marathon pics(see timer in photos). Rob is a little wider than most marathoners and his times reflect that(Love ya Rob-Wish I had your HbA1c). I suspect that many of the happenings that Rob describes are much more prevalent in that part of the pack. Traffic control breaks down, hydration problems occur, many more individuals running outside their conditioning envelope, etc. The effort of the back-o-the-pack folks is valiant and commendable,  but they are probably more ripe to the experiences Rob describes.  Uhh.  Rob, nothing personal here, but maybe you should start issuing race warnings?!  (Warning: Rob Carr will be at the following race.  This might be a good time to take up golf.)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -In most races, someone will drop over, fall, or get hit by a car while I am nearby – without me doing anything to provoke it.

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 Uhh.  Rob, nothing personal here, but maybe you should start issuing race warnings?!  (Warning: Rob Carr will be at the following race.  This might be a good time to take up golf.)

It’s been suggested. Several times…. <g Rob

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So how long have you been playing Banjo?

That’s my penis. "Make no mistake about it! Without humor, freedom would drive you insane." Bill               I am so cool, that sheep count ME before they go to sleep. http://hometown.aol.com/mrrobottow/

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Uhh.  Rob, nothing personal here, but maybe you should start issuing race warnings?!  (Warning: Rob Carr will be at the following race.  

Good idea! Then they can get a bulldozer with an extra wide blade to make a big enough course for the cow to traverse. "Make no mistake about it! Without humor, freedom would drive you insane." Bill               I am so cool, that sheep count ME before they go to sleep. http://hometown.aol.com/mrrobottow/

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More when I am on a very long hike rather a run- maybe around 12-15 miles on hot day with 4-6,000 feet of climbing.  I may hallucinate things in the forest like animals or human faces that aren’t really there.  I consider it a variant "hitting the wall" and low blood sugar fatigue.

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Has anyone ever had any paranormal or supernatural experiences while running? It depends on how you define paranormal. In most races, someone will drop over, fall, or get hit by a car while I am nearby – without me doing anything to provoke it.

  Uhh.  Rob, nothing personal here, but maybe you should start issuing race warnings?!  (Warning: Rob Carr will be at the following race.  This might be a good time to take up golf.) — Robert Grumbine http://www.radix.net/~bobg/ Science faqs and amateur activities notes and links. Sagredo (Galileo Galilei) "You present these recondite matters with too much evidence and ease; this great facility makes them less appreciated than they would be had they been presented in a more abstruse manner." Two New Sciences

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http://hometown.aol.com/mrrobottow/

So how long have you been playing Banjo? EricR — ***SPAM TRAP*** Change twentyone to 21 to reply. Team RO&CH Rallying – www.eric.btinternet.co.uk/rally/

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Hi Eric, Thanks for the compliment. I strive for balance in my life, so hopefully my running skills will catch up with my writing skills – not that that is saying much Beautiful day here in Kleinburg, time to eat, and maybe try that new route I drove this morning. Richard.

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Hi Eric, Thanks for the compliment. I strive for balance in my life, so hopefully my running skills will catch up with my writing skills – not that that is saying much

Did well, don;t do yourself down. Beautiful day here in Kleinburg, time to eat, and maybe try that new route I drove this morning.

London is sunny now, but then it has been 5 times today inbetween the rain  :-(( I have a 7:30am 10 miler booked in for tomorrow, I hope it’s sunny!! EricR — ***SPAM TRAP*** Change twentyone to 21 to reply. Team RO&CH Rallying – www.eric.btinternet.co.uk/rally/

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I stepped in a puddle of ectoplasm the other day, but just kept right on running. "I’ve been slimed!" Cam

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Shucks, you’re making me blush!

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I concentrate on my breathing while I’m running and it brings me into almost a hypnotic state. I repeat (in my mind) 1-2-3, 1-2-3, with more stress on the 1, and before you know it, I’m going further and further into myself. It is easier to acheive this state when I am running by myself, with no one around for miles. I feel my conciousness sinking, as if my brain were actually inside my legs, and the built in speedometer I have is telling me I am doing well. At some point, usually over a bridge, or some other landmark, my brain will resurface, I’ll look at my watch, and I will see that I have reached that milestone earlier than I have in the past!

I do the same, but don;t think I ciould have described it as well as you have! Thanks EricR — ***SPAM TRAP*** Change twentyone to 21 to reply. Team RO&CH Rallying – www.eric.btinternet.co.uk/rally/

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  It’s no wonder I’m constantly hosing blood and hair off the grill of my car.  I am just guessing here, but I think the "supernatural experiences" are caused by a lack of usable oxygen to the jogger’s already vulnerable mind.  It’s always a good rule of thumb to be in the "here and now" when jogging across the street….especially in front of my Trollsmobile.  

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Has anyone ever had any paranormal or supernatural experiences while running?

It depends on how you define paranormal. In most races, someone will drop over, fall, or get hit by a car while I am nearby – without me doing anything to provoke it. It’s especially annoying in the Pittsburgh Great Race – the only time I didn’t lose at least 5 minutes was when I was running as part of the 20th Anniversary Pittsburgh Paramedics Team. One time I stopped to help a woman who tripped and got a bad case of road rash – what I didn’t know was about a minute in back of us, someone had gone into cardiac arrest. I think the medics got him back. The turn off of Forbes onto (is that Margaret Morrison?) to Fifth is notorious for <thud <wet slide as skin comes off <scream. Pittsburgh Marathon: I think it was about the 15 mile marker. The amateur radio operator stationed nearby was Jerry – I forget his callsign because he gets a new one more often than I get running shoes. Anyway, this woman just ahead of me got a leg cramp. She let loose with the worst scream I have ever heard – and I’ve put hip fractures in a traction splint! Jerry was able to call for an ambulance, and I didn’t have to stop long. I don’t remember seeing anything too serious at any of the Pittsburgh Marathons I worked, either as a paramedic or amateur radio operator. Only when I run, I guess. One year, we were watching out for a liver transplant patient. I was working the amateur radio at the Aid station, and she showed us her transplant scar as she went past both times. Kona Marathon: A group had accumulated around me to run because I was an "experienced" (i.e. one previous) marathoner. I explained to them that sometime soon, we would come upon someone injured. They’re looking at me like I’m nuts, and a few people even commented that maybe I was a little paranoid. It was just then that we turned a corner and saw the runner who’d been hit by a car. EMS was already on-scene, so we didn’t have to stop – the guy had a messy head injury, but finished the race! Everyone around me wanted to know if there was anything else I needed to tell them before we got any farther…. I don’t remember anyone getting injured at the NK10K. I guess it doesn’t happen every race. The string goes back to the early 1980s, and was the reason I wound up in EMS. I took some classes because people kept getting hit by cars or falling over dead just as I walked by or ran in a race. Once I got hired as a paramedic, the off-duty weirdness stopped. Not that there wasn’t 10 times as much on-duty weirdness to make up for it. No one who was running with me ever was involved. Quantum connectedness, I guess. Dirk Gently would be pleased. Rob

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I have a friend of a friend of a friend who claims to have seen Bigfoot while running in Athens County, Ohio. Nothing, I myself can claim.

Today I looked down while running and saw some pretty big feet. shrug.

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I was just curious to see what others have seen and/or experience.

I was running today and when I looked around I saw a giant penis bouncing along, but it was hardly mystical since it was mine (I was running at the nude beach) "Make no mistake about it! Without humor, freedom would drive you insane." Bill               I am so cool, that sheep count ME before they go to sleep. http://hometown.aol.com/mrrobottow/

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Has anyone ever had any paranormal or supernatural experiences while running?

No, but… Before I took out the big newsgroup-filter whupping stick to them, reading any post by our resident trolls was what I consider to be a paranormal experience. Just about every oxygen-depleted stride of the last 10K of my most recent marathon seemed marginally supernatural, and I am pretty sure I saw Bigfoot a couple of times, possibly even handing out water at an aid station. Of course, this is New Orleans, so maybe that was a case of mistaken identity. Finally, if I ever do see aliens, vampires, angels or a troll who actually runs, you may rest assured I will henceforth be running. Chris

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Hi Brian and Kimberli, I keep having these incredible telepathic moments. I concentrate on my breathing while I’m running and it brings me into almost a hypnotic state. I repeat (in my mind) 1-2-3, 1-2-3, with more stress on the 1, and before you know it, I’m going further and further into myself. It is easier to acheive this state when I am running by myself, with no one around for miles. I feel my conciousness sinking, as if my brain were actually inside my legs, and the built in speedometer I have is telling me I am doing well. At some point, usually over a bridge, or some other landmark, my brain will resurface, I’ll look at my watch, and I will see that I have reached that milestone earlier than I have in the past! Later, right towards the end of my route, I will have the telepathic moment. Something inside my brain will say "Come on Richard, give it a good kick! You are strong, fast, and you will do better today than you did yesterday". My telepathic powers aren’t always right, but I don’t mind – I’m working on being right more often. The real proof that this is a paranormal experience is that my normal time for my Nobleton run is 1:15′ish, and yesterday I finished it in 1:13. Paranormal is latin for ‘outside’ normal, so this is proof positive that there are many forces of nature which we don’t 100% understand. You’ve probably been running longer than I have – I’m a bit surprised that you haven’t had any paranormal events. I’m sure you have, I guess you just didn’t see them that way. Keep on running and enjoy life – it’s way too short! Richard Rogers http://SQLSolutions.ca/

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Has anyone ever had any paranormal or supernatural experiences while running? I have a friend of a friend of a friend who claims to have seen Bigfoot while running in Athens County, Ohio. Nothing, I myself can claim. I was just curious to see what others have seen and/or experience. I thought it might make an interesting topic here on rec.running. Brian — — If you want to email us, you must remove the upper case wording between the attempt to conquer the unwanted SPAM. Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars! Don’t poke beans up your nose!

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