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Bowman 🇸🇪 Oct 2022 6:20pm, 18 Oct 2022 1,871 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 🇸🇪 I keep greeting people that is out and about and runners of course, I don’t care if they think I’m crazy. Maybe they will learn to be nice and recognize other people too in the end
UltraDunc Oct 2022 9:15pm, 18 Oct 2022 15,665 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc I don’t care to much either Bowman 🇸🇪 it’s all relative
Steve NordRunner Oct 2022 9:24pm, 18 Oct 2022 2,066 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner I keep greeting people that is out and about and runners of course, I don’t care if they think I’m crazy. Maybe they will learn to be nice and recognize other people too in the end I do exactly the same! After a while people do actually start to recognize me, rein in their dogs as I pass, etc. Even the rare (for Norway) few down-and-outs that hang out under a bridge on a river boardwalk start to greet me before I see them, sometimes. Really, I should be posting every day on the «things that made me smile today» thread.
swittle Oct 2022 12:12am, 19 Oct 2022 91,560 posts	Quote Pin swittle Running at night, I rarely see anyone at all - but Liverpool has a high proportion of people who will simply strike up a conversation in a shop, a bus queue or a station platform. I'm happy to adopt this friendliness.
swittle Oct 2022 12:14am, 19 Oct 2022 91,561 posts	Quote Pin swittle 9.45pm Fresh ESE breeze; clear skies, moon & stars clearly visible. Coastal park, docks, then 2 miles along the beach before returning to trails, prom and cycle path. 65 min.
Bowman 🇸🇪 Oct 2022 8:15am, 19 Oct 2022 1,872 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 🇸🇪 It sure is UltraDunc I did run in a big city a while ago, and after a while I actually stopped greeting runners, I think I met 20 people and ran past about the same, at 06 six in the morning 😱 and every one I greeted look at me like I was insane 🤣 I’m such a hillbilly. (What do you call that in British English?) swittle & NordRunner It’s so nice to get “well done” “looking strong” or even just a proper greeting for sure. A few days ago I got a thumbs up out a window of a van. Nice people
Steve NordRunner Oct 2022 9:39am, 19 Oct 2022 2,070 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner I don't get compliments like that, I'm not fast enough! I do sometimes hear a word [sprek] related to sprightly, which has associations in english of being good considering you're old that it doesn't have in the local language, but I'm getting used to that
Velociraptor Oct 2022 10:01am, 19 Oct 2022 60,396 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I've always said hello to everyone, on the basis that they might be someone who knows me in another setting. This was relevant both in the grotty part of Birmingham where I used to live and the everyone-knows-everyone's-business place I live now.
riggys99 Oct 2022 12:08am, 20 Oct 2022 1,332 posts	Quote Pin riggys99 I say hello to everyone every dog and horse 😁 Nice 6 miles mainly off road followed by some back and hamstring exercises. Bit of yoga Later in the evening
UltraDunc Oct 2022 2:37am, 20 Oct 2022 15,671 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc I saw no one yesterday at an even earlier time than the day before. Found it very mild and was slightly sweaty after an hour at super easy pace .