Jogging

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  • famousmel
    famousmel Posts: 149 Member
    blues4miles wrote: »
    Yes I was really self conscious when I started. Used to wear more clothes than I needed so I could cover up as much as possible. I consider myself a shy person in general, and I can't believe how soon that wore off. I no longer care. Most runners wave or smile at me like I'm one of them. The occasional thumbs up / high five can seem patronizing, but I know they mean well.

    I have to say I have a huge urge to high five everyone on the path I run on and have been thinking about doing it! I'm just so excited/thrilled I'm doing this (C25K Week 8)and want to cheer everyone else on who's going for it!! I never thought about it being condescending, but amusing and odd which is who I am. :)
    PS, I had a lady 'keep pace' with me the other day and she was walking, so if I can get over that embarrassment...
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    famousmel wrote: »
    blues4miles wrote: »
    Yes I was really self conscious when I started. Used to wear more clothes than I needed so I could cover up as much as possible. I consider myself a shy person in general, and I can't believe how soon that wore off. I no longer care. Most runners wave or smile at me like I'm one of them. The occasional thumbs up / high five can seem patronizing, but I know they mean well.

    I have to say I have a huge urge to high five everyone on the path I run on and have been thinking about doing it! I'm just so excited/thrilled I'm doing this (C25K Week 8)and want to cheer everyone else on who's going for it!! I never thought about it being condescending, but amusing and odd which is who I am. :)
    PS, I had a lady 'keep pace' with me the other day and she was walking, so if I can get over that embarrassment...

    I guess the high five / thumbs up feels like a "way to go, fata--!" that they wouldn't give to just ANY runner, so that's the part that bums me out. But it's not that bad. And yes walkers stress me out, because I am not a whole lot faster than them. Oftentimes I will be coming up behind a walker and they will speed up! Then I need to speed up EVEN MORE so that I'm not jogging in line with them for several minutes and so that the passing actually happens somewhat quickly. Then I am tired after passing them and am trying to recover while not slowing down so much they catch up with me again. Runners are way easier, they are all faster than me so I never catch up with anyone and everyone behind me can pass me pretty easily.

    On the headphones thing - have had the same experience a lot. People shouting things at me that I can't understand because the headphones are in. But I do get asked for directions all the time as well. But it is kind of amusing when people scream stuff and I'm like "meh, didn't hear ya buddy" and move on with my run.
  • gdyment
    gdyment Posts: 299 Member
    sparklyglitterbomb wrote: »
    I'm on week 2 of C25K and am so self-conscious, I started going out at 5:00 a-freakin-m so no one would see me. Being it's still COLD here, I've given that up and now head to my community gym at off hours to hit the treadmill. I don't look at anyone, I put in my earbuds and focus on the timer.

    I hope someday I'll get over this nonsense, but there you go.

    I do hope you get over it. I've run many thousands of miles with many different slow and fast people and I can't think of anyone that mocked or made fun of someone else running. If I noticed you on the treadmill or a running path it would be along the lines of "now there's someone getting sht done, taking care of business". The only people that tend to be mocking/dicks are usually in a car or lounging on a park bench. F them.
  • blsnyder24
    blsnyder24 Posts: 5 Member
    I have run on and off for years and i've never cared much about what other people think (i'm definitely not athletic either) and i always try and think of a realistic but challenging goal for my run before I start and do my best to stick to it. I like the treadmill and watch netflix or something to occupy my mind. I'm not fast at all either and sometimes I feel crappy and cant handle the time or speed i want but you always have to remind yourself that ANY running is better than no running!!!!
  • JoshuaJarrett
    JoshuaJarrett Posts: 21 Member
    True taking a rest day sore as he'll haha
  • KathyApplebaum
    KathyApplebaum Posts: 188 Member
    blues4miles wrote: »
    I guess the high five / thumbs up feels like a "way to go, fata--!" that they wouldn't give to just ANY runner, so that's the part that bums me out.
    Please don't feel that way -- I'll give a wave or a smile to any runner that makes eye contact. We're all out there being healthy and enjoying life.

    I often run with a training group, and on one of our recent runs we did was around a lake, but the opposite direction from another large training group who were training for the same race. We clapped and cheered for every single one of them. But when we saw them on the other side of the lake, a number of them cheered US on, too -- it's infectious. :)

  • KimOrley
    KimOrley Posts: 27 Member
    I started C25K as my new year resolution this year and graduated in March. My first few weeks I was glad it was winter and dark because I was so self conscious. Now I go out in day-glo :smiley:
  • filovirus76
    filovirus76 Posts: 156 Member
    edited April 2016
    I'm in good shape and still get yelled at by drivers. It's probably the same people who write vulgarities on public toilet stalls.
  • Vladimirnapkin
    Vladimirnapkin Posts: 299 Member
    Don't be self-conscious! I've been running for years and run with a fast crowd, so to speak. (Men & women in the sub 3:00 marathon range, many Olympics trials qualifiers, etc) Almost every single one of these people (and I can only think of one outlier, actually ) has nothing but respect for other runners out there--no matter how slow they're going. Any time someone tries to apologize for how slow they're going, I always tell them they're lapping everyone who's sitting on the couch.
  • JoshuaJarrett
    JoshuaJarrett Posts: 21 Member
    Vladimirnapkin wrote: »
    Don't be self-conscious! I've been running for years and run with a fast crowd, so to speak. (Men & women in the sub 3:00 marathon range, many Olympics trials qualifiers, etc) Almost every single one of these people (and I can only think of one outlier, actually ) has nothing but respect for other runners out there--no matter how slow they're going. Any time someone tries to apologize for how slow they're going, I always tell them they're lapping everyone who's sitting on the couch.

    Wow man that's cool nice to know the running community is soo nice
  • JoshuaJarrett
    JoshuaJarrett Posts: 21 Member
    Watched videos today on how to jog properly have it a shot but guess my legs are trying to recover from my sprinting the other day try again tomorrow has to say Lott better doing it right
  • gdyment
    gdyment Posts: 299 Member
    JoshuaJarrett wrote: »
    Watched videos today on how to jog properly have it a shot but guess my legs are trying to recover from my sprinting the other day try again tomorrow has to say Lott better doing it right

    Many people hurt themselves trying to "force" fixes into their gait. Just run more, the body will adapt. There are no shortcuts.
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