Is it weird to contact someone you see in the local race results who might be able to point you to running trails?

Yes it is.

That being said, if you contacted me, I would direct you to the local running trails.

Do it. Who cares? You'll most likely get the info.

Is it weird that symmonds has a company that borderline promotes doping with use of a stimulant to artifically enhance performance?

Not weird. Proceed.

Sounds like solid advice to me. Just don't sound like a stalker when you contact him and you will fine.

What if you're a chick and you find the runner guy attractive? Is it weird to contact him out of the blue?

Yep. Reaching out to someone who has similar interests and to expand your social network is stupid. I've done something similar to get a running partner and have regretted meeting a nice person ever since.

Check out Strava,you should get an idea of new routes on there. The person you are stalking is possibly using it as well which will enable to stalk them through this app.

redux wrote:

Yep. Reaching out to someone who has similar interests and to expand your social network is stupid. I've done something similar to get a running partner and have regretted meeting a nice person ever since.

You sound like the kind of guy who gets let go

How do you go from asking about running suggestions to asking if they want to be your running partner?

That's how I met my husband. Neither of us are too creepy...[quote

Actually I think he brought it up because his slow pace was in line with my moderate pace. We ran together a bunch but had to stop after he had an injury resurface. It was great while it lasted and helped me get in great shape.

How did you go from asking about the trails to actually meeting and running together?

redux wrote:

Actually I think he brought it up because his slow pace was in line with my moderate pace. We ran together a bunch but had to stop after he had an injury resurface. It was great while it lasted and helped me get in great shape.

Drink one on me, redux.

Why are you going off topic and why do you care about my alcohol consumption?

Do you understand why a company restructures an organization? They do it because there's something about their business model that is not in line with the current economic realities of their industry. They are not meeting their growth projections which means they do not have the money available to operate the business.Layoffs are not the same as firings. Layoffs are a tacit admission of the critical failure of the business to adequately adjust to the changing market conditions of a "free economy". In layman's terms "they screwed the pooch".

unemploed personality wrote:

redux wrote:

Yep. Reaching out to someone who has similar interests and to expand your social network is stupid. I've done something similar to get a running partner and have regretted meeting a nice person ever since.

You sound like the kind of guy who gets let go