 [ 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 you are able to get chicken pox since you have never had chicken pox unless you have been vaccinated but you will not get shingles since you have not yet had chicken pox