Have you noticed that there is definitely a saluting protocol between runners who meet each other on the road?
A salutation from one jogger to another can mean so many different things ...
Here are a few of them:
(1) "Hey, good job! I admire that you're on the road just like me! We're brothers -- or sisters -- in spirit! Have a good one!"
(2) "You're okay, buster... Not too great, don't get puffed up, but for your age and condition, you're not too bad either. At least you're trying (fatso!). You have a heart."
(3) "OMG -- isn't this TERRIBLE?! You're hurting too, right? Don't you think we should just turn around and go HOME, and turn on the TV and watch a good football game?! I mean, what-is-this that we got ourselves into?!"
(4) "You suck man, you definitely SUCK and I don't know how else to say it. I'm embarrassed to share the same city block with you!"
(5) "Wink wink! Flirt flirt! Chirp chirp! What a gorgeous day! You're beautiful. I am beautiful. The world is beautiful! Hooray!!!!"
The one I love the best is the first one delivered with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand extended like letter-L -- the visual equivalent of "you've got it!"
There are other shades and nuances of salutations but I think these are the major ones that I get on a regular basis. This is the MAIN CATALOG of runners' salutations for me. Do you get others? Feel free to share.
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