Does anyone else feel slightly unwelcome as a faster runner?

You should come to the U.K lol Theres a whole running club next to me that refuse faster runners. They dont explicitly say they dont accept fast runners but when you go to their weekly long run sessions nobody wants to go faster than 5min kms and so you end up running alone. Then they ignore you and find one of their overweight friends to waddle down the road with while discussing the fact that they are going to buy a new pair of cliftons in hot pink as if its the "secret sauce" of distance running.

They are generally covered in KT tape, wear their club vest like some kind of official school uniform and walk anything that might be described as a hill.

They do some kind of interval session up and down a cycle lane on a Bypass road all together where they do 3 x 1km at 4:45km pace with about 5 mins rest between each interval. They even now do a walking session so the people who are too lazy to run can still meet up and talk but not actually get fit.

They wont wave at anyone whos not in their club or effectively moving like a 103 year old arthritic Pit Pony.

They are not nice people, its not that they dont care about the wave. its that they hate seeing people running properly because it shatters their illusion

Your original sub sub elite local hobby jogger here.
I'm not as fast as you, but faster than most. My experience is the complete opposite. Many people wave or say hi, some don't. They typically are impressed with my times and the only people that might tell me to slow down are afraid of running hard themselves. When I'm working hard on the paths, some people even offer encouragement. The only thing I feel unwelcome about as a "faster runner" is finding training partners. Most people are obviously too slow or not as regimented as me, live out in the suburbs, or the real local sub elites won't give me the time of day. Maybe you just have an unwelcoming look on your face or some kind of attitude. Seem like a sensitive guy.

A lot of females avoid eye contact or engaging while out running or walking alone, particularly with men. It's a safety thing, you should not take it personally.

I would chase her into the woods and ask what her 5k time is.

The tone that this is giving off makes me think you're one of those guys that like to call themselves slow in normal conversations so people ask them about their running. That's incredibly off putting and I'd probably roll my eyes and walk away from the conversation if I got the feeling this was coming up. We used to have that happen a lot in some of our local groups.

I've gotten the whole "your easy day is faster than my race pace" often. But my response is typically, "It's relative, I've been doing this for a bit. Anyways, how was your run."

No one likes a peacock, especially in a social scene where most newer runners tend to feel like there's a lot of pressure to run faster to fit in.

I'm a fast hobbyjogger and I'm proud of it. I run roughshod over everyone. It's it's a 2 lap parkrun I usually blow past them on my way to the funnel whilst they're still completing the first lap. I wear cheap clothing from sports direct which probably rubs salt further into the wounds.

Why bother to update the Strava post to describe it as 'easy' in the Strava post though? It sounds like you are trying to flex on people, or maybe just feeling overly self-conscious ("people need to know this was my easy pace or they will think less of me!"). Keep the Strava runs named 'Morning Run' etc with no commentary. If anyone wants to know if it was easy or hard they can deep dive in to the HR stats if they wish.

Eh, my comment was more in relation to people I actually know not casual conversation. I rarely bring up my running, others do that plenty, I don't need to talk about it all the time. But people in my immediate social circle/family act like I am like some kind of super athlete which not only do I not feel like I also am not somebody who enjoys boasting. I use a lot of self deprecating humor etc... But yeah if I say things critical of myself or even just say "oh no I am not that fast/good" or whatever people become offended.

Also, just want to point out your peacock comment is kinda out of place. I am saying I act in the opposite way of being a peacock in the sense that I "downplay" my abilities because I have a realistic view of how "good" I am in the context of the sport overall, rather than puffing myself up and acting as if I am some elite athlete.

The message for "slow" runners and "fast" runners is basically "stop caring about what other people think and just run." It's not that complicated. If you look at the marathon, EVERYONE is slow compared to Kipchoge. Unless it is your job and your pace impacts your income, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy running at whatever level you are, and if getting faster is your goal then cool go get it. If you are an adult onset runner and still getting adapted to running and not naturally fast, then cool go get it. Stop looking for other people to validate you. NO ONE CARES.

Good life advice in general, but not many people really try and live by it.

We have masters runners hitting sub 2:30 in my city. Not sure what "major" city OP lives in, but expecting people to wave for any reason is odd.

A lot of words for a humble brag.

I just do the "Morning Run" thing, but in fairness, people do also use Strava as a record of their own training as well as a social media thing, and noting the feel of a run may be useful info at some point. HR kinda does that too but not everyone has an actual monitor and wrist-based HR isn't always very helpful.

FFS! stop worrying about what people think about you. It should only matter to you if they are paying your salary or mortgage.

You should embrace being a lonely outcast as a competitive runner.

If you want to win races, you need to be clearly out front and ahead at the finish line.

There can only be one winner. The best way to win is to clearly break away and separate yourself from other runners so there is no doubt about the results in the end.

I just give em' the index finger point wave. If'n it is hot chicks, they get the "wiping my face with the shirt tasty abs shot"- favorite moment (this does happen) is when you "fly" by a hot chick rolling 10:00s at 6:00 you may get a "damn dude". Just put love in to the world, it;s up to them what to do with it.

1) obviously they don't say hi because you sound insufferable. I bet you are the type of guy who puts his marathon time on his CV.

Also, the store about the person being offended is 1000% made up

As a wise coach told me long ago "It's lonely at the top."