Assume the position...

planers@m (Old Timer) wrote in message news:<15cf49f4.0308250545.1496bfcf@ com>...
> ...not not that one. This one...
>
> Stretch your arms out in front of you, horizontally. Now bend your
> arms at the elbows so your forearms are vertical, pointing straight
> up. Next, move your hands in towards the center, while still vertical,
> till they touch each other. Perfect. You have now achieved the best
> position for being the first person of the day to run on the trails
> through the woods.
>

Ah, so I have been doing it all wrong all of these years! I run with
my arms straight out like Frankenstein. You can usually tell which
areas are gonna have the webs, in more open areas I resume regular
running. The worst are the 5 or 6pm runs - apparently the spiders
just start rebuilding the webs at this time and I seem to always seem
to get hit in the eyes or worse yet, the mouth. BLECK! On my last
after work trail run I hit 7 of these, then there was a HUGE fully
constructed web that I only noticed b/c it contained about 6 spiders.
Needed to shake a stick at that one. I always feel a little guilty
about doing that though. Figure it took them so much work to build.
If I can, I try to run around it, but this one had no other passable
option.

-hug

FYI.... after taking mountaineering courses and such:

The ONLY way to out-run a bear is going down a decently steep hill. They
have to hold themselves back, or they will tumble down under their weight.

Other than that, a bear will always be able to out-climb, out-run, and
out-swim your .

Prevention?
- 1. Don't corner/trap a bear (even if you don't know it, like getting
between the bear and the door if they broke in)
- 2. Don't get between a bear and it's young (again, you might not know
it, so heads up!)

Good luck :-)
-Ross