I’ve always been told that when you’re out running you should run against traffic. Because I run on busy streets, I run on the sidewalks. And as I understand it, bicyclists are supposed to ride their bikes in the street WITH the flow of traffic, right?
In fact, the city of Lincoln made special bike lanes through parts of the city, just so bikers can be safe as they ride throughout town. They ride with traffic.
So imagine my surprise when every morning this week on my runs I’ve nearly been run over by bicyclists while I was running on the sidewalk AGAINST the flow of traffic! Only 1 of the 3 even had the courtesy to say “on your left” before they barreled past me. I have my music on, but low enough to hear people and traffic for safety reasons. So that’s not why I didn’t hear them…they just didn’t say anything!
Now I ride my bike too. I’m all for biking. I just think we should all be safe and share the road. Am I right?
/end rant.
Runnin' Down a Dream 