Oh No!

Jeff Galloway's Marathon Training will drive you crazy!
No, it's not you...it's the Galloway students that drive the serious walkers crazy. Case in point; the last marathon we did in the Redwoods. As soon as we got started, we were passed by a running flock of Galloway "birds", perhaps 7 of them. And just after they passed us, they came to a halt, spread out across the road, like birds on a telephone wire, and began to walk...slowly. So we caught up with them and managed to work our way around them. And just as soon as we had passed them, they took off in full flight once more, running by us and then settling to earth again about 100 yards ahead of us. Well, you know the drill...we pass them, they pass us. Forever! Except there are only two of us for them to get around while it is a logistical problem for us to make our way around their much larger group. Plus, they chatter. They can't flock together without all of them recounting how exciting the last 100 yards were!

And even Galloway "loners" are a source of irritation with the constant run/pass/walk/pass/run cycle. Yet...his method has merit for those wanting to get in a good cardio exercise. Just go do it somewhere else...where I'm not.