I Saw This Last Week

[purplecat]

This is JayManCan who cycled past me in the park one day when I was running. Strava has this "flyby" feature where you can see runners or cyclists you passed on your route and he friended me. Against all the advice of many Internet gurus I friended him back. He ran the Manchester Marathon the weekend before last and we caught up at Park Run on Saturday. I don't think he enjoyed it any more than I enjoyed my first marathon, but at least he didn't leave the T-Shirt behind on the train!

Comments

[isis]

I have a lot of fun with Strava-flyby-meetings and have made several friends that way! I tend to run particular routes and so I often see the same people.

[purplecat]

It feels safer, I suspect, because it does definitely feel less impersonal - but I'm not sure that actually makes it safer (it does mean this person knows a lot about where to find you).

On the other hand, meeting other runners is part of the fun.