Help! Coworkers give me a hard time for running

No, definitely give up on your hopes, dreams, and your training just so you can hang with some IDIOTS in the break room while they talk about Trump and UFC.

running may be normal for you now, but for non runners, running is kind of a weird, sometimes impressive thing.

they might be jealous or bitter.

It's up to you to decide if it's worth not running during your lunch break. They might complain, but is it actually affecting you otherwise, in any way that holds significance?

I mean I could get up super early to run or go after work (after standing for 7-8 hours), but those are less than ideal times and I'm trying to get the most out of my runs. So it is worth it to me to go at lunch. Plus I need some fresh air and dont want to sit in a stuffy break room for an hour.

The only way it's really affecting me is this sense of guilt they that I don't spend time with my coworkers..for that one hour. But none of them understand training for something so it's not worth my effort to try to explain. I get that most people are non runners and think it's weird to run everyday, it's just tough when it's something I love doing.

It's important to fit in with your co workers, look at how much time you spend with them. You can run some other time.

Haha, if it only affects you in terms of guilt, then I would absolutely disregard them.

You HAVE THE RIGHT to enjoy your 1 hour running. Just as they do. But they choose not to.

You can't let guilt get in the way of things that you are totally within your right to do. Frankly, I would think it's ridiculous (and I would say this even before I started running) if someone didn't run during their lunch break, just because they felt guilty for not spending time with their coworkers.

Guilt for no good reason vs training for something tangible, that clearly is worth quite a bit to you.

This is also good practice to get over letting people make you feel guilty about things you shouldn't be guilty about. If you give in to this, what else might you give in to?

Please don't stop running during your lunch break because of these dweebs. It would be quite sad.

So you only run during your lunch hour? I don't think you will have enough total mileage from trying to fit your workouts into that time slot.

Run after work.

Go to bed earlier.

But still avoid the break room. Eat at your desk and watch running videos on youtube or stay glued to Letsrun.

Simple: choose not to be emotionally dependent on other people. Meaning, dont let their inadequacies make you feel bad too.

If you dont like them, consider the above. If you actually do like your coworkers, challenge some (or all of them) to run with you for the whole hour. And if they try, enjoy their suffering. Maybe they'll have a newfound respect for you (just make sure you make it a tempo run, or fartlek). If they laugh at you and decline, again consider the above.

Invite them to come ride a bike with you or run with you if they think they can if they really miss you during that 1 hr. Explain to them you need some fresh air and exercise tof help you get through your day. I have no idea what you do but your co workers do not sound smart.

race them

Screw your coworkers..... It's better to be the topic of their jealous conversations than be merely one of them talking about others during their stupid, boring lunch hour.

Gossipy people are weak and pathetic. Ignore them and they will go away.

I'm guessing you and your co-workers are fairly young, maybe even fresh out of college. I see this a lot with young folks at my office. They've been eating lunch together with big groups of friends for the last 8 years at high school and college, so they feel they have to have company in order to enjoy lunch. Once they get into their late 20s they'll start to respect each other's break time. There certainly aren't any big groups of 45 year old men eating lunch together every single day at my office.

Of course, if you really do enjoy their company, then maybe try to squeeze in a lunch with them once a week or so. A lot of folks here do a weekly Friday lunch in a big group. But every damn day? That's just a waste of time.

if u have to ask yourself this question you're already screwed.

Instead of eating with them, why don't you suggest the occasional after-work activity like a happy hour or dinner?

I actually work in the medical field and we are all in our late 20s to mid 40s. I do actually like my co workers and when we do occasionally go out after work for drinks/etc I am always there. I don't know why they don't seem to realize that. Again they put more emphasis on lunch-honestly they talk about what they are having for lunch even early in the morning, so it just might be the time they look forward to. I try not to base what I do on what other people think, it's just hard when they are making joking remarks about running/not being part of lunch. But again, they don't run or work out a lot so I take that into context. I like the idea of asking them to join me!

When my co-workers bring up my running I try to politely change the subject. I will answer questions about running but when it starts getting funny I just say it's a addiction that I am working on, that seems to end it.

I do the exact same thing and have for 25 years. I'm a lunchtime runner. Period. I don't care one bit what anyone else thinks about it.

But (there's always a but) if your career is important to you you may want to hang out with those people once or twice a week. I don't care about climbing any ladders so I don't hang out with anyone from work but if you wanna climb, you're gonna have to do the dirty work.

I used to run my primary run before work and my second run at lunch. Most of my coworkers regularly gave me sht for both running at lunch and eating mostly health food during work. They were almost all fat, by the way.

What about moving your run to after work 1-2 days per week so you can join for lunch? It don't gotta be all or nothing.

This happened to me early on, but after a while, they let it go. I did say stuff like, sorry guys, i'm nuts and training for this marathon thing is crazy and this is the only time I can run. However, if you care strongly about possibly moving your career forward (which I couldn't care less about), then it might be good to reserve a day a week at random (at least) to join.