# runner pat has changed his username.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 5, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581 "2014-02-05T16:21:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/1 "2014-02-05T16:21:40Z")
With the 10th anniversary of my accident coming up( end of June), I’ve decided it’s time for a new name.
I have occasionaly thought about it then put it on the back burner (actually, the freezer) for another year or two.
Riding the handcycle took the place of running and I still thought of myself as a runner in my core, I was just having to do something different.
I started coaching high school cross-country and track about 18 months after the accident and that really maintained my connection to running.
I just felt that it’s time my name here should really reflect the direction my life has taken.
And no, I never considered **Spam Fingerer**. 😃
signed,
The Poster Formerly Known As **runner pat**
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### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/2 "2014-02-05T16:46:43Z")
Reported.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/3 "2014-02-05T16:53:11Z")
Very funny, **Rythmdvl**. 😉
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/4 "2014-02-05T17:02:00Z")
I should be able to keep track of this change.
Um, what exactly was the accident again? I recall something about one of your knees, or ankles or something.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/5 "2014-02-05T17:05:08Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> I should be able to keep track of this change.
>
> Um, what exactly was the accident again? I recall something about one of your knees, or ankles or something.
I was hit riding my bicycle to work.
Tore away part of the hamstring and the sciatic nerve, degloved the thigh and broke the femur.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/6 "2014-02-05T17:05:45Z")
^ Ouch.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/7 "2014-02-05T17:47:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> I was hit riding my bicycle to work.
> Tore away part of the hamstring and the sciatic nerve, degloved the thigh and broke the femur.
I’ve always said that those cycling helmets are useless. :eek:
Glad you survived to tell the tale.
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### Author:  [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/8 "2014-02-05T17:50:19Z")
I have to say I’m a tad disappointed…I saw you post in another thread under the new name and got stoked there’d be _another_ running coach around.
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### Author:  [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/9 "2014-02-05T17:51:35Z")
Huh. I would have gone with [running\_bear](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P615vAhkUlU), choose your spelling. 😃
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### Author:  [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/10 "2014-02-05T18:23:14Z")
I’m going to confuse you with my father now since he’s a running coach too. But his name isn’t Pat so we should be good.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/11 "2014-02-05T19:11:53Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> I’ve always said that those cycling helmets are useless. :eek:
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> Glad you survived to tell the tale.
Actually, the ER doc said that was the difference in my survival. The first impact was a mirror(full size truck towing a horse trailer) to the noggin. It was the fender over the trailer wheel that got my leg.
i barely survived as it was so a concussion on top of the other injuries would have put me down at the scene.
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### Author:  [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/12 "2014-02-05T20:54:14Z")
There’s a guys named William Shea from the Springfield, Illinois area and he rode a hand cycle.
I did a couple of 12-hr races about 10 years ago with him where he equaled my mileage: 159 miles. I was impressed! I was also somewhat embarrassed as I dropped out early due to knee pain issues…
Do you hang out at the Adaptive Cycling: Handcycles, Amputee Adaptation, Visual Impairment, and Other Needs forum at [BikeForums.com](http://BikeForums.com)?
> **[Adaptive Cycling: Handcycles, Amputee Adaptation, Visual Impairment, and...](https://www.bikeforums.net/adaptive-cycling-handcycles-amputee-adaptation-visual-impairment-other-needs/)**
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> Adaptive Cycling: Handcycles, Amputee Adaptation, Visual Impairment, and Other Needs - Have a need for adaptive equipment to ride to compensate for a disability or loss of limb or function? This area is for discussion among those of us in the cycling...
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/13 "2014-02-05T21:03:23Z")
Yep. I’m still **runner pat** over there but I rarely post. I do stick my head in that forum every couple of days just to keep up.
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### Author:  [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/14 "2014-02-06T00:19:25Z")
Strange way to pit drivers who hit cyclists.
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### Author:  [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/15 "2014-02-06T08:54:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Actually, the ER doc said that was the difference in my survival. The first impact was a mirror(full size truck towing a horse trailer) to the noggin. It was the fender over the trailer wheel that got my leg.
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> i barely survived as it was so a concussion on top of the other injuries would have put me down at the scene.
I was just today recalling the only time I got hit by a car on my bike - I got hit on the upper arm by the wing mirror of a van towing a trailer - the impact threw my arm round and I turned away from the following trailer.
There but for the grace of God …
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/16 "2014-02-06T19:55:08Z")
Well _that_ sucks.
I was very fond of stalking **runner pat** around the board (so many threads I’d pop into and find he was the last poster!) and now I’m going to have to remember a **totally new name**. ☹
::_sniffs_:: I’ll miss pat.
😃
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/17 "2014-02-06T20:12:10Z")
> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Well _that_ sucks.
>
> I was very fond of stalking **runner pat** around the board (so many threads I’d pop into and find he was the last poster!) and now I’m going to have to remember a **totally new name**. ☹
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> ::_sniffs_:: I’ll miss pat.
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> 😃
I did do the courtesy of picking a name that was related to the old one.
I could have gone with **Mt. Everest Failure.**
That would have messed you up but proper. 😃
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### Author:  [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/18 "2014-02-06T20:59:45Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> Reported.
Funny, when I saw the thread title I came here to post that!
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### Author:  [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runner-pat-has-changed-his-username/680581/19 "2014-02-06T22:59:16Z")
Is this the thread where we get the information on how to get free video feeds of the Winter Olympics’ Track and Field events?