For all those peeps that have made assumptions that all joggers should be run off a multi-use-path, you scare me.

Blasting me in the face with 200+ decibel horns? Are you really serious?

I run against the flow of bicycle traffic when I do my 10+ mile runs on the path. The one thing I've noticed around here consistently is cyclists going 18+ MPH balls out on the path with no regard for the other users of the path. As a bike commuter, cyclist and runner I can honestly say I've seen both sides of the equation making bad decisions.

Most runners use headphones on the trail because we've become a society accustom to being hit with white noise. I've done some 4:30 a.m. long runs without headphones and found myself scared to death on some of the more desolate areas. Dogs barking, not on a leash and getting aggressive, snakes, rabbits...all these things are seriously freaking scary when you're running in the dark with one single headlight on, much like an attack by an air horn...I'd probably fall down, slip or break something if that quiet was blasted from behind me.

You scare me, a lot.