I read this great article in Runner’s World called the Waver’s Dilemma. It’s about runners who wave and those who don’t. I found it so interesting because I’m a waver, and when I wave to someone and they just totally ignore me, I was always a little offended by that. This article goes into more of the psyche about that.

It says people are either wavers or not. People can get into the zone while working out and its as if they’re the only one on the course. The real question was what do waver’s do it for. The author, Robert Sullivan, said it’s like sitting down at a barstool to grab a beer and saying hi to your fellow companion.

This made me think though…is this a culture thing? a generation thing? the author felt older runners (>45 years) tended to wave more. He wondered if today’s youth, brought up to believe everyone is a stranger, treats everyone that way. Either way, very fascinating to me. If you see me running, wave or i guess, just wave back.

on a side note, i tried finding the article online to post. not available anywhere. if you find it, let me know. to me, this was very poor magazine subscription / online content management. If i read something in a magazine I want to share, this should be available online! it’s like free promotion!