Promiscuous Runner Will Do It With Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
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A local man will run with “anyone, anywhere, anytime,” Dumb Runner has learned—and doesn’t care who knows it.
“Most runners are such prigs, but not me,” said Reed Rothchild, 52, a divorced father of two and longtime avid runner. “As far as I’m concerned, the more running partners, the better.”
“Life is short, you know?” he said.
Rothchild spoke with Dumb Runner shortly after finishing a five-mile run with a person he’d just met—the third running partner he’s been with just this week.
“I never got his name,” he said. “But so what? We met, we had a little fun, we went our separate ways. No big deal.”
Rothchild said he’s been athletically promiscuous for as long as he can remember, gaining a reputation as far back as high school as being insatiable. That drive has yielded a lot of pairing up; after more than three decades of running, Rothchild struggles to calculate how many partners he’s had.
“Oh man, I don’t even know,” he said. “In the hundreds, for sure.”
“I’ve never needed a reason to run with someone,” he added, grinning. “I just need a place.”
Not everyone is impressed with those metrics.
“I’ll be honest, I think it’s kind of gross,” said one acquaintance of Rothchild’s, who requested anonymity. “I think running should be special—not something you do at the drop of a hat with someone you just met at a juice bar.”
“If it has a pulse,” the acquaintance said, “Reed will run with it.”
Asked about such critics, Rothchild laughed.
“Hey, man, they’ve got their beliefs and I’ve got mine,” he said. “If running with others gives me pleasure, and we’re all adults, where’s the harm?”
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