Hmm.
Ok, I admit, the first week or so I started running (285-ish), yeah, I maybe felt a little self conscious. I really don't remember why, though.
Perhaps because against the population as a whole, what we are doing isn't exactly normal, is it? And for big dudes, definitely not normal or else we wouldn't be big dudes, now would we?
So feeling self conscious and anxious is normal doing something not normal.
Eventually, though, feeling self conscious gave way to one of two states:
1) too sore / tired / hungry / thirsty to give a crap
2) feeling impressive (That's right. Look at me you lazy bums. I'm running/riding and you ain't. Oh is it snowing? Didn't notice. Tropical storm? meh. It's only water. It'll wash off. That sounds like the honk of jealousy to me!)
Yeah.