Runners - what kind of runner are you? (legs, spin, wave)

[WhereTheSidewalkEnds]

I was giving this some thought this morning when I was running. If you are a runner, do you acknowledge other people when you run and if so, how?

I ask this because, when I first started running a few years ago, I would go to various paths. Head down, really stay focused and not acknowledge other people as I went.
My husband, who can't run because of knee issues, would sometimes go with me and roller blade. When we would meet up back at the car, he would often say he saw and stopped and talked to so and so and that they saw me, waved and said hi, but got nothing back. He would explain to them I get pretty focused when I ran and I would. I would never really look at faces.

This changed when they finally connected to paths by our house and that is what I run every morning. I usually see the same people every day, which I have come to enjoy. My general acknowledgment is, "good morning". Most people will say it back, or smile or a small wave.

I'm just wondering what you other outdoor runners do.

[arguy1973]

a really slow one-lol

[WhereTheSidewalkEnds]

But I bet the kind that acknowledges everyone .

[fisher33]

i try to finish!! i'm still that kind of runner. haha.
but from my cross country days, i do have a bad habit and that's the desire to want to stop when i come up beside someone walking...haha. when i ran cc in hs, we would always run until someone started to walk (this was the slacker method) and as soon as we saw someone walking, we would walk! but i kind of have the tendency to do the same thing when someone flies by me too...i need to see someone else struggling i think to make me want to continue to struggle. isn't that awful? (:
also when we run around the track (my husband and i), i will get angry w/ him when he laps me. i'll cuss at him (just for fun) and then sometimes i'll tell him way to go. but if i don't know the person, i'm suppperrrr nice and i will say good job. that's my thing to say is good job. or if it's outside and we're not running loops or anything like that, i will just look at smile and sometimes say hey. i think my gasping for breath hey says it all!

[mimimomx3]

A slow one who likes to pat dogs and say hi.

[LaoTzuMindFu]

Although I am not a very good runner compared to most, I usually smile or give a hello hand wave gesture as I pass other runners.

[goNsmWhere]

Im the type of runner that kind of gets into their own world. I am more accustomed to running on a track where i'm not facing others though, but when i rarely take a jogging trail or something i don't really acknowledge others.

[arguy1973]

Originally Posted by jkcoop

But I bet the kind that acknowledges everyone .

if I run during the day...I do.
When I was up to doing a couple of miles a day, Id run at night. Less distraction and less cars.

[L.K.]

I was running in a 5K a few weeks ago.It was an out and back kind of coarse so once you turned at the half way,you were going back past others still going out.There was a woman running just behind me that would greet and even encourage all the runners that were still on the way out.I was amazed that she was doing this as I was just concentrating on breathing and keeping my legs going! She eventually passed me, effortlessly, smiling,and went on to take first in our age group!
I can manage a "hi" or a wave while on daily runs,but I'm not up for chatting during a race!

[WhereTheSidewalkEnds]

I'm enjoying everyone's responses

Okay - something else that I do that I'm really, really trying to stop:
For some reason when I run, my thumbs tend to naturally do the "thumbs up" sort of look. I didn't realize how obvious I guess it was, until one day I was running and this older gentleman that was walking the other direction gave me the thumbs up.

I thought, "that's nice of him!". Then the next day a runner was coming the opposite direction and she sort of did it at me too. I then realized it looked like I was giving the thumbs up to people and they were giving it back (I guess instead of the nod/smile).