I saw the following by the side of the road (in no particular order):

One dress shirt - white
One V-neck T-Shirt - white
One Old Navy T-shirt - dark blue
One pair boxers - light blue w/black pinstripes
One pair briefs - burgundy
5 socks - assorted
One pair basketball shorts - North Carolina
One pair Daisy Dukes
Two bras - 1 pink, 1 light blue
One pair panties - white with pink flowers & bow
One black Converse Chuck Taylor Hi-Top
One pink ladies pump
Empty Coors Light 30-pack box
Several "airplane bottles" - Jack Daniel's, mostly


The "debris field" stretched over 2 miles. It wasn't really a "find" (at least not by me ;-) )

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Once I found an issue of "Trailer Trash" across the street from a trailer park. Knowing that people usually look at porn from a higher or lower social class than their own, I figured it was a complimentary copy for one of the residents who was IN that particular issue.

"Look honey, I'm on page 23!!!"

"Damn, darlin' that's a right-hand page. You KNOW I'm a lefty."

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I was on a ride the other day and a sailboat, capsized, floated by with the two occupants clinging to the fin on the bottom of the hull as it pointed straight up in the air. They were floating down the inlet and floated right by a DC Police/ Coast Guard outpost and not a one of them came out to help even though the boat was about 30 yards or so off the shore. Just reaffirmed how lazy and useless most DC cops are.

That happens to a lot of riders on the IM WI bike course, especially in May and June. They often signal their presence with a couple loud calls, so you come to dread hearing that whistle. Apparently the local humans aren't the only ones who dislike triathletes.

I've also had them dive-bomb me while running. It's not a good feeling to see a bird inches from your eyes when you don't wear sunglasses.

I have seen a dead guy - hanging off a rope attached to a bridge. It was on my normal commute to work. I used my local knowledge to avoid a police blockage and there he was. Thankfully, I've seen a lot more life than death on my commute. I always figured that I would come across a dead body at some point in my training, but figured it would be a body floating in some river or lake.

Those huge TV screens I see hanging on the walls in many people's homes are weird to me.

1 - kid riding his bike, BACKWARD up a hill, at a pretty good clip, in traffic (but on the correct side of the road)!

2 - Rabbit paralyzed after being hit by a car, I carried him home, died in my arms and buried him in the back yard :(

3 - more debit / bank cards than I can count

4 - (homeless) Dude on a park trail carrying a BIG (jesus type) cross talking to himself.

Well, as I mentioned in the last thread, I did actually come across a dead body, although we weren't the first there.

Other things I've seen:

A moose, by the side of the road. Not far from me at all.

At a marathon, I passed a woman at around mile 14, who'd soiled herself. She was wearing one of those running outfits that not unlike a one-piece swimsuit. There was some brown streaks on her thigh and the dookie was still hanging out in the back.
Around mile 20 she passed me back. There were more brown streaks, but the dookie was gone.

-The phillie phanatic, riding in the passenger seat of a van. I waved, he waved back.

-And, of course, I've seen that oscar meyer wienermobile a few times. I'm guessing I'm not alone there.

I had a possum die in front of me on a trail run...that was weird. I've never seen a wild animal actually play dead.

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Rode by a bunch of those people who dress up and battle/joust. Rode by a "furry" picnic. Both on cyclocross coss rides through parks.

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Awww, Katy's not all THAT evil. Only slightly evil. In a good way. - JasoninHalifax

When we lived down at the beach, it was all military hardware-all the time. The Pave Lows were regular, and our run turnaround was about 1/2 mile from where the National Guard used to train shooting off Patriot Missiles. Though my favorite military vehicle sighting was not on a run or bike but when we were going into Ft. Walton Beach to pick my car up after a servicing.

I'm looking at this c. 1985 Winnebago and thinking it really is well-preserved for a RV that old. The mister is also glancing over at it and:

"Hey, is that a microwave antenna on the back of the Winnie?"

"Now that you mention it, looks like it is that and just not some sort of Directv dish mount. And it's got a USAF plate on the back. I guess there's more to that thing than the lack of rust."

"Must be what the general takes out to observe in the field. It would have air conditioning, and he wouldn't be getting sweaty that way."

We pull even with it at a stoplight, and get a look inside, where you can see a bunch of computer equipment and what looks like a bunch of tracking screens. At which point we both start laughing at the absurdity of the vehicle. Because it's probably some sort of million dollar deal complete with classified technology, and if you really did put a Directv dish up on the microwave tower, slapped an Ohio license plate and a Good Sam sticker on the back, and kept the blinds closed, you could park it at any Kampground of America and it would pass as civilian without comment.

It was so the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle from Stripes.

Running late on a Friday night I saw a guy push his girlfriend off the back of a MOVING Harley and take off. She was totally drunk, but goodlooking, and mostly unhurt. Helped (carried) her to a local bar for a pay phone. She was so drunk she couldnt dial the number.

I came home late, smelling like smoke from the bar and perfume from the girl. The wife had a couple of questions for me when I got home.

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I *heart* weak, dumb ass people...

2 people having sex in the park. right out in the open!

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Michael in Kansas
"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit"
"Its not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up" Lombardi

A few years ago while doing long rides to train for Ironman, I would ride south from the Lakeview area of Chicago through the South Side into Indiana.

On one ride I saw some brightly colored squawking birds flying around under the Skyway. I thought "damn, those look like parrots"
That same ride, I was riding through a neighborhood in very urban Chicago and looked down an alley and saw a rooster strutting around.
Later that ride, I was going past some sort of factory on the Southside of Chicago and saw a herd of goats.

I looked up "Chicago Parrots" and learned that Chicago has a large renegade population of wild parrots.
I told a cop about the goats and he said "Yup, I've seen them too around that area"
The Rooster... best I can figure is that he was an escapee from some cock fighting ring.

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I seem to find a lot of porn...DVD's Mags, Tapes...

Trail running one fall we saw a dude taking nude pictures of his wife...

Saw a couple dudes doing it once...that wasn't very good

Saw the MetLife blimp in a field

Zebra...

Ive seen this too. Under a footbridge in my local park. Guy was slamming her from behind while the both stood. I actually heard the flesh slapping as I ran across the footbridge and that is why I looked under the bridge.

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Found an what turned out to be a stolen wallet. Found what I thought was another one but turned out that it was literature for the Mormon church. Thought littering was a weird way to spread it though.

Also found a huge, um, phallic device. It was out in the street in front of someone's house so I figured it fell out of someone's car.

Pretty tame stuff compared to when I go Geocaching with my kids. Makes for some interesting and honest discussions..

2 homeless people. Drunk. naked. having sex. right next the running path. Invited me to join. Ewww.

Man you guys have seen allsorts...I need to get out of the pool more

Once accidently ran over a snake on a fast xc woodland trail (I live in the UK - which maybe contains about 5 snakes in total)

Many years ago I was running on a country road that was next to a golf course. I heard the call of "fore" looked up and saw a golf ball bounce, and head straight at me, I stuck out my hand and caught it. Without thinking, and all without breaking stride, I threw the ball as hard as I could in the direction of the hole and continued with my run. I often pondered how it must have been for those golfers. Did they allow the bad hooker (in the golfing sense) to play the ball where it ended up or did he have some penalty.

Sorry about that. Public exhibition was on my bucket list. On the bright side, thats one less thing I need to do!

I need to find better running and riding routes

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All I Wanted Was A Pepsi, Just One Pepsi

Team Zoot, Team Zoot Mid-Atlantic

On my run this morning I saw something truly unique: An honestly attractive school bus driver

From the road, she seemed to be about 5'5", 100 lbs or so, brown hair, wearing a navy sleeveless top, trucker hat, aviators

Kinda like ...



[might not be everyone's vodka of choice, so I apologize for that]

Even though it was already around 80*F at 8:30am, and I was a Sweatty Freddy, I tried my best to look on form as she drove up to the railroad crossing, where she was obligated by law to stop. I crossed, our eyes met, I waved and she gave me a thumbs up

If I see her again two Fridays from now [assuming I run that same course and time], I'll try to give a more detailed report

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Knowing they were okay, that is one of the funnniest things I have read in a while.

It was a cold, dark and snowy night about 10:30pm about 25 years ago. I had just got out of night class at 10:00 and felt the need to get a run in. Up ahead it looked like a parked car had its dome light on. There were 2 people in the car. As soon as I got near the car someone crossed the road in front of me carrying a shot gun. We were both startled to say the least. I'm thinking don't shoot me! I picked up the pace and hid from all vehicles until I got home. Later, I found out they did get some money and did not need to use the gun.

I havent seen anything too crazy but I've been stopped and questioned by the police while running at night. Turns out a nearby convenience store was robbed. I guess wearing all black while running at night didn't help my case.

Had to laugh when I saw this post today - normally I just breeze by these, but JUST TODAY I had to comment because saw a guy who looked dead, lying the the grass, on my bike ride. I was coming out of my neighborhood, and there's a little trail that leads into a parking lot that I use to get road access. As I'm on the little trail, I see a body, motionless just to the right, in the grass. I thought maybe it was someone enjoying the warmer weather after work, or whatever, but I want to make sure he's OK. He's lying there with a bottle of water, his phone in one hand, and a polo, jeans, and dress shoes on. So I say, 'hey, are you OK?' No response. He's at least breathing (hard, too, it seems). He's got some red marks on his neck, and wrists...and then I'm thinking this isn't some guy napping!!! So again, I'm saying 'Are you OK? Do you need help? Hello?' Still no response. I'm not going to touch this guy....all kinds of weird things can happen from that, so I opt for 911. The cops show up pretty quick....and then an ambulance. The cop rouses the guy...he starts trying to stand up, then he spits what looks like flem/puke. The cop says, well don't stand up if you can't, but he's standing and wobbly. He doesn't say much and seems out of it. I didn't stay long enough to get the full 411 on the guy, but he either had some diabetic episode, a drug OD or something else. Just wasn't this guy's day. I think that's the strangest thing I've seen on bike ride!!!