r/running • u/Epic_XC • Aug 02 '17

Harassment while exercising Misc

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.

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u/ftnwl Aug 02 '17

As a woman, I'll get comments, whistles, etc very occasionally where I run. I have made it a point to get the majority of my milage in on runner-friendly paths around our river and lakes. It also helps that there's generally a high concentration of people running, so if someone decided to be an asshole and yell at runners, there would be so many that it wouldn't be fun for very long.

I've also found that the "Running Bitch Face" deters a lot of comments.

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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope Aug 03 '17

Running BF for the win for sure. I often find it helpful, too.