The running of the dummies...

Runners are dumb. I live in an area of the world where we get snow, a lot of snow. On top of that, our city is the oldest city in North America and as you might expect, our streets are old, narrow and windy so when we receive snow, driving conditions become quite harardous due to the increased narrowness of the streets and reduced visibility due to mounting piles of the white stuff.

Without fail, however, you will see runners taking to the streets under these conditions, usually running side by side, directly impeding vehicular traffic. Now I love running, and I agree that under normal circumstances, the roads should be shared by cars, cyclists and runners; these are not normal circumstances and common sense should dictate that running in the middle of a slippery, snow-covered street is not a safe practice.

The winter season would be spent by these dummies exericing their brains so the obvious would become just that - use a treadmill or go to the gym. Just get off the roads in wintertime.