Originally Posted by
njkayaker
People running are not out for a leisurely stroll. If you were riding up a moderately steep hill, would you want to chat with strangers? Isn’t it like interrupting them?
There are situations where is socially acceptable to small talk with strangers. This doesn’t seem like one of them.
I also wonder if you tend to do this with women rather than men. If so, that brings up other questions.
1. I'm not silly enough to interrupt people when they're running. The woman was clearly finished with her run. Happy to admit I could have been more clear in my OP: "She'd been running" to me was past tense, but can be read as she was in the middle of running.
2. You're just making stuff up now. Wonder why that is.