What kind of people strike up a conversation with the girl jogging by with her iPod at full blast? My neighbors, that's who. Come on people, there is a time for idle chit chat and that time is not when I'm sweating like a pig and in the middle of my 3rd lap. The friendly "Hello" wave when I ran past you the first time was OK, annoying the second time, but stopping me in the middle of the road on my third pass to ask how my day is? WTF is wrong with you? Can't you see I'm busy? Sorry, but I'm not running past your house because I'm lonely and want you to stop me to chit chat, I'm running to keep my heart rate up.
The comments are a whole other story. I've been jogging around my block several days a week for over a year and yet the same people feel the need to use the same comments each and every time they see me. "Oh look at you running again". Excellent observation Einstein. It wouldn't be quite so bad if it was just one comment, but there needs to be a comment for each lap (and I usually do between 6 and 10 laps in a given day). "Another lap, look at you go", "Wow, how many is that now?", "Aren't you getting tired?"...
I think my annoyances with my neighbors have enforced my already strong love for running in the rain. Not only do I just enjoy the rain, but I also really enjoy that no one stands outside in their front yard when it's raining. No one stops to chit chat in the rain. AND I can always pretend to be one of "those people", the ones that think the rain is going to melt them, so they cover up and run away as fast as they can, and I can do so without feeling like I'm being rude to the people interrupting my attempt at health consciousness.
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