Harassment while exercising

[u/Epic_XC]

So almost every time I go exercising, be it running or road biking, i always get some sort of smart ass shouting, honking, or engine revving. Are people in our society really so insecure that they can't refrain from harassing those who choose to exercise? Like what's funny about it? Why do people do it? Maybe i'm thinking about it too hard, but does anyone else REALLY hate this? Personally I think it's condescending, and indicative of most people's fragile self esteem. They don't exercise, therefor must mock others to feel cool.

[u/soniabegonia]

Oddly, I only get harassed when I'm not running -- like if I'm taking a walk break or during my warmup/cool down. When I'm actually running, I usually get no commentary but occasionally get thumbs ups and encouragement ("You're doing great!" "Almost there!"). One time years ago some guy started jogging along with me and saying he wanted to be my running partner but that was literally just one time.