u/pathofuncertainty

Hello all!

I’m looking for ideas on how to feel cuter during my runs.

I’ve always been primarily a solo runner, and haven’t really cared much about how I look while running.

Lately I’ve started running some of my runs with someone else, and do a weekly group run. As much as I try not to care, I’d love to find ways to not feel like a drowned rat so much.

No one has made comments or anything, if anything it’s the opposite. This is just to give myself a little confidence boost.

Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated!

Several of you asked I provide an update after I recently fell, and was helped by someone nearby. Here’s a link to the last post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/XXRunning/s/LPO73ElywQ

After I texted him, he replied pretty soon after. After some flirty back and forth I asked him to meet up so I could give him a card and some cookies I made to show my gratitude. We ended up getting dinner that night, and I got incredibly sick halfway through. He came back to my place and took care of me until I fell asleep, and left me Gatorade on my doorstep the next morning.

We went out running yesterday, and I found out he runs a similar pace to me, and on similar routes to me. He had previously worked different hours, which is why I had never seen him before, but they changed recently. I’m supposed to see him tomorrow to go for another run.

Also, thank you to all of you for sharing your own stories about falling. I was so embarrassed in the moment, but I guess those things happen to all of us.

Update: I’m very appreciative of those who replied with concerns for my safety. As someone who experienced a sexual assault in my teenage years, there are some safety steps that I didn’t outline in both my original post and follow up that I had implemented. We ran this morning (combination of road and trail) and then had bagels afterward, and everything went well.

Finally happened unfortunately. I was running near an intersection, and a bunch of loose gravel that had accumulated were like marbles. As soon as I hit them my feet went out, and I went down hard. I had a decent cut and some road rash. A (really cute) guy watched the whole thing happen, and came running over with his dog to check on me. I was so embarrassed I couldn’t even get words out. Thankfully I wasn’t too badly hurt. The guy met up with me a mile or two later with some bandages, and bottle of water, and a sweet note, and checked on me one last time before he went on his way.

I’ve run in all sorts of rainy, snowy, and icy conditions, but I had to wipe out on one of the nicest days of the year so far…an of course, it had to be witnessed.