joggers – is it some kind of special policy?

Why oh why oh why?

there's miles of riverside and canalside cycle/pedestrian shared paths round here.

And (ignoring the random wanderers and idiots) most people keep to the left except the bloody joggers who insist on keeping right. What is going through their minds 'every one else is on that side of the path – I'll get in their way'

You're forgetting about the ones that want to run on the road – even when there's a perfectly good, empty pavement next to them. Are they scared of falling off a kerb?

yeah the running on the right thing does my head in.. loads of them in Richmond Park today.. I usually shout " Do you drive on the wrong side of the road too?"

I think you should write letters to the Mail. There're really up on stuff like this so might be able to start a campaign for you.

I saw a cyclist cycling outside a perfectly good cycle lane generally slowing the traffic

Joggers are just walkers who cant ride a bike,farest most can jog is 26 miles and dont they half want everyone to know. 🙂

If it goes in the Mail (and it surely will) expect it to both cause and cure cancer within the week.

running on the right, you mean on the road ?

When I was a kid we were always told to walk facing the traffic if we were on a road with no footpath. Seems sensible to me, you can see who's coming close to you & tell whether they've seen you at all

when on foot and on the road you should be on the right as Scaredy pants says.

Whats the big deal.

Walk facing the on coming traffic – highway code…

From the Highway Code:

Rules for pedestrians (1-35)

General guidance
1
Pavements (including any path along the side of a road) should be used if provided. Where possible, avoid being next to the kerb with your back to the traffic. If you have to step into the road, look both ways first. Always show due care and consideration for others.
2
If there is no pavement keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic.

If there is no pavement keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic.

and the traffic you can't see coming up behind is as far away from you as it can be. Simple really

Of course 'runners' do things differently. 🙄

reread the original post I'm moaning about joggers on paths.

Of course 'runners' do things differently

Well personally speaking, I tend to try and avoid these "road" and even "shared use path" things – far more enjoyable to get in the way of the MTBs by running on the trails through the woods. I did meet somebody the other day jogging along a fairly busy road through a big common, the common having an extensive network of very nice paths including one paralleling the road 10m or so away from it 🙄

You're forgetting about the ones that want to run on the road – even when there's a perfectly good, empty pavement next to them

Tarmac is a good bit softer than concrete – much nicer to run on 🙂

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reread the original post I'm moaning about joggers on paths

I think the highway code stuff was aimed at manitou

but if I was a runner on a path I wouldn't worry about what side I was on as long as I left room for others on the other side that'd be fine by me – so not central, then

And (ignoring the random wanderers and idiots) most people keep to the left except the bloody joggers who insist on keeping right.

Always surprised by pedestrians religiously keeping to the left. Do they imagine they're still in their cars or something? What next – making turn signals with their arms? stop lights on their shoes?

Does your bike not have those funny moving things you hold onto? Mine does, if you twist them from side to side the bike seems to follow the direction you turn them, weird …

I've still never seen a happy jogger.

Tarmac is a good bit softer than concrete – much nicer to run on

lol

it is – honestly

i guess its habit from running on the road (that is roads) without pavements
i suspect i'm guilty

i do find the running on the road when there is a pavement and it is empty a bit odd – one or two runners on main road here do it and the pavement is little used and i can only assume its a "i'm a real runner – not a jogger" thing

I think that whenever i see them too Big John. Why do they do it? They all look like its about as enjoyable as having somebody heft you repeatedly in the plums

Tarmac is a good bit softer than concrete – much nicer to run on

I suspect (as a runner of some 20 years experience) that this is, in fact, bollockywankshite

Tarmac is reckoned to be easier on the knees – if you're running long distance (5 miles+) there's a lot of shock going through your body each time you run so anything that helps reduce that is reckoned to be a good thing.
A girl I work with is competing for Commonwealth and Olympic games and she says avoid anything but grass or a proper track if you don't want to be injured. Reckon she knows her stuff!

Given the padding and support in modern running shoes, I'd be willing to bet money the difference between the impact of tarmac and concrete is more or less negligible, even over longer distances.

Grass or a track? Wouldn't it lovely if we all had access to such luxuries, I seem to manage pounding the pavements, and the concrete section of road, and the lumpy track, oh, and that bit of mole hill infested grass…

as a runner of some [strike]20[/strike] 35 years experience, not that that makes any difference 😉

I can definitely feel the difference between Tarmac & concrete – especially in Summer, I'd be unlikely to choose it over an available pavement unless the road was very quiet though

Clearly you have more sensitive feet than me…

It all feels soft to me. I just bend my knees a bit 🙂

Just play chicken and see has to take emergency avoiding action first, just make sure your well insured! 😆

Why should it matter what side of the pavement their on, you shouldnt be on there at all with a bike.
It is often easier running on the road for the same reasons it easier to cycle, less obstacles more even surface etc.