I have previously talked about running styles of commuters that I have observed on the bus. Last week I woke up to the fact that commuters running for the tube had very different running styles because the terrain they had to cover was quite different.
The kind of runner one sees the most are those running down the escalators towards a train that's stopped with passengers boarding. Usually the speed increases when the beeping that indicates that the doors are closing sound. Invariably it is impossible to get on the train even if one ran, or if one did it would most probably involve getting stuck in the door. People would still run. I suppose one has to take a chance and if the alternative is to be late for work then it may well be worth a try. However often times it seems it is the beeping that alerts people to the fact that they need to run. By this point there really is very little reason to try but people still do.
Running down the escalators alone is not perhaps the most elegant thing to have to do in heels; and there might be a faster runner behind who might be getting annoyed at being held up in the fast lane. Trying to dodge the stationary passengers on the right of the escalators, who more often than not are carrying a fair bit of stuff, and who then proceed to get off the escalator at a more leisurely pace then the runners, can be quite tricky. That can cause some delay. Trying to find an appropriate train door to use may not be straightforward as the closest door is probably quite crowded with other faster runners, and usually necessitates some frantic head turning, hair whipping.
It is quite comical to watch. Why can't people leave the house a few minutes earlier and not subject themselves to this?
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