I know what you mean, Treen. In one game I started the guy who came over the falls was a runner, plus the oldest kid. I had them on building and farming, with the girl who also came over the falls static at the research table. She was the only one not moving at a dizzying speed; what with the two runners plus four kids zooming about I nearly went cross-eyed!

Thankfully, I've never (yet) had a villager with a dislike of running early on in the game; later on it doesn't matter so much.