Update on an evening interrupted

I’ve been asked for a clarification on the post below. My correspondent would like to know whether this was really a spit stream or what she referred to — if you’ll excuse the expression — as a “snot rocket.”

As a runner, she defends the latter not only as necessary, but as an acquired skill, as one must close one nostril and tilt in the right direction to avoid the runner behind you — especially in a stiff head wind — while maintaining a steady pace.

Apparently spit streaming is also viewed as acceptable in running circles, to which I can only reply that 1) I’m glad I don’t run and 2) I will certainly be more careful in future when I see runners coming down the sidewalk.

As to the clarification, I’m pretty certain I was accurate in my first appraisal of what I witnessed.