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Feb 2016
9:35pm, 21 Feb 2016
3,125 posts
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postieboy
I always acknowledge other runners regardless of a response, it's polite and friendly.
It's my own personal observation and view but I think the kind of person who ignores you isn't really a runner, just someone out for a run but doesn't do it as a regular thing like we do.
Either that or a runner with no manners.
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Feb 2016
11:03pm, 21 Feb 2016
733 posts
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Reinhold Messner
Thing is, unless you (a) hang around in these darker corners of the internet, or (b) have been running since before it was popular, there's no particular reason to know that greeting someone else out for a run is what you're "supposed" to do.
In the same way that we no longer say good morning to everyone we see walking down the street... or in the gym, or whatever, a person putting on shoes for the first time can't be expected to just assume that saying hello is something expected of them by a few of the other people who they happen to see out.
Is there anything else we haven't told new runners they're supposed to be doing in order to avoid being moaned about on the internet?
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Feb 2016
11:45pm, 21 Feb 2016
1,276 posts
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Surrey Phil
Usually, more than half the runners I pass will nod, smile, say 'hi' or raise a hand. There are some that I see regularly who pretend not to notice you or are just plain ignorant.
At least it's nice to know that a good majority of runners are friendly.
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Feb 2016
11:51pm, 21 Feb 2016
37,181 posts
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swittle
I eschew the Merseyside streets as far as possible, favouring paths, trails, promenades, sand hills and the beach - hence, I see few other runners. However, without exception, I wave cheerily and exchange a breathless word - as I have during my 27-year running career.
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Feb 2016
11:46pm, 22 Feb 2016
2,063 posts
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mr d
0/2 tonight
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Feb 2016
10:11am, 23 Feb 2016
8,862 posts
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LindsD
1/2 yesterday
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Feb 2016
11:07am, 23 Feb 2016
8,502 posts
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Chrisull
Always say hello, very rare here in Cornwall that runners don't say hello back, cyclists much more likely not to respond.
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Feb 2016
11:21am, 23 Feb 2016
403 posts
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decorum
Very hit and miss here. It seems to be very reliant on time of day, weather and seasonality.
There's some fantastic pensioner pedestrians around 
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Feb 2016
11:29am, 23 Feb 2016
36 posts
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UsedToRunaBit
I always look, smile and say hi, unless they see me and head down ignore me.
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Feb 2016
11:56am, 23 Feb 2016
450 posts
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larkim
I do find it strange when someone out for a run refuses to make eye contact at all but that's their loss not mine. On the other hand, its a bit unfair to expect everyone that runs to have the same set of personality values, so I say each to their own. I'll keep trying to make eye contact and say hello, and if you choose to ignore that then we're just different.
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