...people will say good morning to you.
Alot of my runs are done in fairly populated areas with lots of runners, bikers, and walkers. When I started bf running I didn't know how to handle the strange looks. So since people were looking at me anyways I started saying good morning to everyone. Seemed better than awkwardly looking away and feeling slightly embarrassed. I was pleasantly surprised to see that nearly everyone responded in kind with a smile. I've learned to really enjoy these small interactions.
So when I've tried to carry this over to my shod runs and I thought I would get the same response. Nope. I'm lucky if I can get every other person to say anything back to me, or even act like they saw me for that matter. Even the ones that do say something back keep their "I'm exercising hard" scowl on their face. I miss my morning smiles and good mornings. Perhaps this will be the final kick to get me to push my long runs into barefoot territory.
Alot of my runs are done in fairly populated areas with lots of runners, bikers, and walkers. When I started bf running I didn't know how to handle the strange looks. So since people were looking at me anyways I started saying good morning to everyone. Seemed better than awkwardly looking away and feeling slightly embarrassed. I was pleasantly surprised to see that nearly everyone responded in kind with a smile. I've learned to really enjoy these small interactions.
So when I've tried to carry this over to my shod runs and I thought I would get the same response. Nope. I'm lucky if I can get every other person to say anything back to me, or even act like they saw me for that matter. Even the ones that do say something back keep their "I'm exercising hard" scowl on their face. I miss my morning smiles and good mornings. Perhaps this will be the final kick to get me to push my long runs into barefoot territory.