 [ Symptoms ] i was exposed to someone during an outdoor run who has shinggles can i catch it i ran a few miles with a friend this weekend who found out she has shingles i have never had chicken pox and i am nervous that i could get it we were around eachother for about 90 minutes outside is it likely that i wont catch it [ Disease ] it would not be likely that you would catch shingles or chicken pox from this very cursory contact of just running together if you did have a close contact skin to skin you may have a remote chance of getting chicken pox the sam virus