Comments on: Juneathon 2009 Day 16 - One of the locals http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/ Rants and raves from an ex-30-something female runner, formerly in London, now in Kent Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: namedropping « RunningAmok http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3211 namedropping « RunningAmok Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:02:33 +0000 http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3211 [...] Hopefully mentioned that Jogblog mentioned that she had read my post where I mentioned that Fit Artist had mentioned in her blog an [...] […] Hopefully mentioned that Jogblog mentioned that she had read my post where I mentioned that Fit Artist had mentioned in her blog an […]

]]> By: eirefairy http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3199 eirefairy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:33:49 +0000 http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3199 Getting asked directions is a rite of passage, it makes you a local. It happens to the guy at the start of the book the Great Gatsby....which for some reason I always remember and now rather complusively looked up on google, and yes there it is in chapter one: "I told him. And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood." http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/chapter1.html Getting asked directions is a rite of passage, it makes you a local. It happens to the guy at the start of the book the Great Gatsby….which for some reason I always remember and now rather complusively looked up on google, and yes there it is in chapter one:
“I told him. And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.”

http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/chapter1.html

]]> By: kara http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3198 kara Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:47:47 +0000 http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3198 I don't like getting asked for directions. I always think they have some ulterior motive - like seeing me up close with no makeup on ; ) I don’t like getting asked for directions. I always think they have some ulterior motive - like seeing me up close with no makeup on ; )

]]> By: Adele http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3196 Adele Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:16:56 +0000 http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3196 Or trying to get you to sign up to direct debits to give to charity. Sorry the looking down at the ground thing didn't work, I find it works a treat. Or trying to get you to sign up to direct debits to give to charity. Sorry the looking down at the ground thing didn’t work, I find it works a treat.

]]> By: jogblog http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3194 jogblog Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:41:00 +0000 http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3194 I didn't mind, it'll probably be the only person I speak to all day. And it's nowhere near as annoying as the people trying to give you a free paper when you're running in London. I didn’t mind, it’ll probably be the only person I speak to all day. And it’s nowhere near as annoying as the people trying to give you a free paper when you’re running in London.

]]> By: A girl running http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3193 A girl running Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:36:16 +0000 http://www.jog-blog.co.uk/2009/06/16/juneathon-2009-day-16-one-of-the-locals/#comment-3193 I don't get the whole asking a runner for directions....isn't it obvious that we are busy? I had a lady in her 60's ask me once for directions to a nearby church once. I was running, I had my ipod on and she chased me up a steep hill. I remember being annoyed, but then impressed at her stamina - and then embarrassed that I was so easy to catch up to by someone in their church clothes whilst running uphill! I don’t get the whole asking a runner for directions….isn’t it obvious that we are busy? I had a lady in her 60’s ask me once for directions to a nearby church once. I was running, I had my ipod on and she chased me up a steep hill. I remember being annoyed, but then impressed at her stamina - and then embarrassed that I was so easy to catch up to by someone in their church clothes whilst running uphill!

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