Wave/nod at other runners - yes or no?

i kinda like running wrote:

It makes perfect sense. If I have the radio blasting in my ears, it makes it harder for me to focus visually. The sense work together.

So you're saying if I shouted loudly enough I could become invisible?

I usually give 'em one of these:

http://www.letsrun.com/2004/usatfindoor/imagepages/image47.htm

i guess it really depends on the mood. where i live/ run, i see a lot of the same people everyday. i have learned several people's names, and others are so self-absorbed they don't know what's going on. and the people that i have talked to are typically seniors walking their dogs. i just figured that it might make their day that a young guy like me would take an interest in them/ their dog. it definately makes running the trails more pleasant having them cheer for you as you're doing a tempo run--it's happened to me and some of my athletes too.

as a collegian i rarely said anything. now that i'm a coach, i'll say hello. i also work at a running store, so the odds of them being customers and people that i've talked to are quite high--so it's good for business to say hello.

anyways, life is too short to be rude. a simple hello/ acknowledgment goes a long way!

Having lived in brooklyn for 7 years i always figured that new yorkers were the most self-absorbed runners. Running in prospect park, i´d try to give the nod or smile (never a wave, though) and i'd get one in return maybe 1/3 of the time. However, i'm now down in buenos aires and absolutely nobody ever even acknowledges a wave or nod. there's nothing. maybe they can smell the gringo in the air, but it's a bit disconcerting.

well maybe I've seen you already? The good places for running I've found so far are: Sognsvann, there is a nice 3km loop around the lake, then literally hundreds of kilometeres of tracks frfom there to the North in the Nordmark area, I think I'll be venturing there a lot for long runs; Frogner park is pretty good, lots of tourists around at the moment; the western side of bygdoy is pretty nice, the eastern side less so; There are quite a few rivers to follow that empty into the fjord, the paths beside them vary in runnable quality, plenty of elevation gain to be had at least!

Let me know if you want to meet up for a run some time, I am however not particularly fast by the elite Letsrun standards!

OldXCguy wrote:

i kinda like running wrote:

It makes perfect sense. If I have the radio blasting in my ears, it makes it harder for me to focus visually. The sense work together.

So you're saying if I shouted loudly enough I could become invisible?

I assume you are being facetious, but no, that's not exactly what I meant. Of course my eyes do not physically stop working when I hear loud noises. My vision doesn't blur when loud music is playing. I simply meant that I'm more distracted and less able to focus visually.

For example, when I'm driving in heavy traffic and navigating through dangerous intersections, lane merges, etc., I turn my radio down or off. Because the quieter in-cab environment helps me better tune into more faint sounds that I do need to hear while driving. These audio cues work together with visual cues to give me a better overall sense of my surroundings.

The senses work better when they work together. And it's harder for them to work together when one sense is overwhelmed.

skotte wrote: well maybe I've seen you already? The good places for running I've found so far are: Sognsvann, there is a nice 3km loop around the lake,

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Let me know if you want to meet up for a run some time, I am however not particularly fast by the elite Letsrun standards!

Maybe you have...

Sunday night I tried to run up to Sognsvann and got gloriously lost (it was after dark, I was still fuzzy-headed from the flight, etc etc), ending up over by the Technical Museum before heading back toward Ring 3. My 5 mile run became 9 instead. Loved every minute of it!

Yesterday I made another attempt to find Sognsvann, this time successful. On the way there I saw the cute blond blow the snot rocket, then when I got around the lake, there were two blond college students just coming out of the water from their - ahem - nude swim. They had towels wrapped around themselves already, but I'll admit I stared for a while, trying to will the towels off. I thought the nude beach was one lake over. Geez I like this country! :-)

Today I took a jog down to Bislett stadium so I can find it Thursday evening, when I'll race a 10,000. It's an easy 2 mile jog from here - perfect for a cooldown.

If you'd like to try to get together for a run sometime, I'd be up for that. No need to worry about pace - after the race Thursday I'll be only running easy until at least the middle of the following week. My normal easy running pace is about 7:30-8:00/mile, but I'm game to go as fast as 7:00 or as slow as 10:00, which is what I run 30-40 mpw with my wife.

Burlington, VT here...Nobody waves an acknowledgement. It's pretty sad. Well I guess not "nobody"-the old timers I know from 20+ years in the local running community will give a wave. Me, I wave at everybody I cross when running. I do a lot of miles on the lakefront bikepath; typical summer late day run I might pass 30-40 runners on a 7 miler. I give everybody a wave and maybe once a week somebody waves back.

Why do I keep waving? As Mike Scott of the Waterboys sang, "Somebody might wave back."

MS rox wrote:

I usually give 'em one of these:

http://www.letsrun.com/2004/usatfindoor/imagepages/image47.htm

Hilarious, you give'em the old airplane.

Is he wearing a blouse?

Wiffle Ball Fanantic wrote:

I live in Austin, Texas. I run Town Lake (now Lady Bird Lake) Trial all the time.

I couldn't run very far for years, but that trail just draws you out. I ran 3 miles even though I had to stop numerous times.

I have been cycling on trails a few times this summer and always nod and say hi to everyone. I get a response about 90% of the time.

I have noticed the motorcycle wave this summer has to be close to 100%. I don't ride, but when I am following one, they always low wave to other riders.

rippy cripple wrote: I have noticed the motorcycle wave this summer has to be close to 100%. I don't ride, but when I am following one, they always low wave to other riders.

I had heard about the 10000m race in Bislett, I think I'll be down there to have a look around but probably won't do the actual race.

There is a weekly race around Sognsvann every wednesday in the summer, called Sognsvann rundt, where you pay 30NOK and get a chip, and then you can choose to run 1, 2 or 3 laps (each lap is about 3.25km). Lots of people do the 1-lap race, it's good fun, very low key and I've found a nie way to either race or get in a tempo run.

7.30-8.00 pace suits me fine for some easy running, good luck for the race tomorrow night, I'll maybe see you there.