Do you run faster when people are watching?

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I always speed up when I encounter a person on the trail.>

How else would you catch her? I'm quite sure you're used to girls
fleeing in terror at the sight of you.

I'm sure everyone speeds up when they see you coming too! To run AWAY
from you.

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I always speed up when I encounter a person on the trail. I even go
out of my way to run where people can see me so I can show off.
I have a new mio ultimate heart rate monitor and i notice that i check
it when people are watching. I guess i am proud of the watch and want
people to see it. i hope not all runners are this obnoxious.

i find myself doing exactly the same thing. i hate running when people are
around for that very reason.

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i have noticed that women look at me more and people seem to respect me
more when they see me jogging. female joggers look sexy. i can hardly
wait to get fast so i can pass people.

you need to find respect somewhere else. running slow is nothing to be proud
of...its nothing to be ashamed of, dont get me wrong.

in our current culture everyone is "doing great". i couldnt believe the size
of the participation trophies that were handed out in little league this
year for just showing up. of course i cooed over my kid and told him how
wonderful he did and how he should be proud of his accomplishment...but you
must remember...this is the person that will be deciding whether i go into a
nice nursing home or a crooked one.

respect yourself first...and stop pulling your groin so much.

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I guess I am just curious if other runners are as obnoxious as me.

for most of evolution, athletic ability was a matter of life and death.
now, your ability at math is a matter of life and death. giving the
spazzes trophies builds their esteem. we don't want our brainiacs to
turn out like jimmy carter or bill gates.

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I guess I am just curious if other runners are as obnoxious as me.

You're high on the list but it's never to lake to pull your head out of
that dark palce.

-DF

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I guess I am just curious if other runners are as obnoxious as me.>

Nobody, runner or not, is nearly as obnoxious as you.

i thought you'd be in aetter mood after wiining tour of france for 7th
time

Some interesting research was done a number of years ago on do watched
runners run faster.

People sitting on a grassy hill overlooking a running path sat
watching runners and also sat with their backs to the runners.

I can't remember all process of the experiment, however I believe that
they were timed before they came into view of the people sitting on the
hill. When they knew they were being watched they sped up. When the
observers had their backs to the runners, they maintained the same
speed.

Just back from NYC and running through Central Park and around the
bridle path around the reservoir...and it was slow if people were
watching or not. Not use to the humidity, and it wasn't that
bad...just different

In health and on the run,

Ozzie Gontang
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Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic, est. 1975

Mindful Running http://www.mindfulness.com/mr.asp

In article <[email hidden]>, gty

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I always speed up when I encounter a person on the trail. I even go
out of my way to run where people can see me so I can show off.
I have a new mio ultimate heart rate monitor and i notice that i check
it when people are watching. I guess i am proud of the watch and want
people to see it. i hope not all runners are this obnoxious.

i have noticed that women look at me more and people seem to respect me
more when they see me jogging. female joggers look sexy. i can hardly
wait to get fast so i can pass people.

I wonder how many runners had the integrity to admit to this as I have?

Ozzie Gontang said:

Some interesting research was done a number of years ago on do watched
runners run faster.

People sitting on a grassy hill overlooking a running path sat
watching runners and also sat with their backs to the runners.

I can't remember all process of the experiment, however I believe that
they were timed before they came into view of the people sitting on the
hill. When they knew they were being watched they sped up. When the
observers had their backs to the runners, they maintained the same
speed.

i thought so but i wasn't sure until i went running wearing my
timex speed/distance gizmo. sure enough. any time i
crossed a road or passed folks on the sidewalk, i went faster.
since i'm sometimes trying to run an even pace, this was
valuable information. now i conciously try to run the
pace i intend to.
....thehick

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ozzie Gontang said:

I can't remember all process of the experiment, however I believe that
they were timed before they came into view of the people sitting on the
hill. When they knew they were being watched they sped up. When the
observers had their backs to the runners, they maintained the same
speed.

I wonder if any of the speed increase had to do with a conscious effort
on the runner's part to better their posture and form and thus
inadvertently increase speed?

I've realized lately that when I become tired or bored I start getting
sloppy and slow down. Head up, shoulders back, chest out, forward lean
and pick up the feet all help to pick up the pace.

Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

ed

Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

ed

Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

ed

Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

ed

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Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

Bill is the Lance Armstrong of obnoxious' tour de france.

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ed

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Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

Bill is the Lance Armstrong of obnoxious' tour de france.

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ed

"Ed Prochak" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

Bill is the Lance Armstrong of obnoxious' tour de france.

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ed

"Ed Prochak" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hmm. You have no mathematical ability AND no athletic ability, yet you
post with a better-than-thou attitude.

Sadly you can't even win the obnoxious contest. "Bill" has that trophy
locked up.

Bill is the Lance Armstrong of obnoxious' tour de france.

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ed