Shouted encouragement (Read 794 times)

Hard to tell what you could say without it maybe coming out sounding like Sarcasm... If I was to go by another runner and they said "Wow, you're hauling!" I woudl take it as a compliment. If it was yelled by someone driving by me in a car or truck I would probably take it as sarcasm and flip them the bird. Sorry, not very helpful but I think in this situation you probably shouldnt say anything just so it is not taken the wrong way - which might discourage him more if he is struggling.

I agree with Teresa...if it's yelled from a car it's hard to understand it especially if they are going fast. A guy on a motorcycle told me to "good job, keep it up" and that made me feel good, but I haven't heard one good thing come from someone in a car so generally I just ignore them.

I would really enjoy a nice lady in a car screaming "nice butt"

Yesterday another running said "good job guys! Keep it up" to me and my beagle and it made me feel pretty good. I think that it might sounds sarcastic coming from a car though, like someone mentioned.

If a complete stranger were to yell something at you while running, what would make you feel good? It was really hot this morning, and I saw a guy running while I was driving to work. I wanted to yell something out to him to encourage him (he looked like he needed it!), but couldn't think of something that didn't sound odd. I also wouldn't want anyone to mistake encouragement for teasing. (Like I would probably do). Thoughts?

No man is going to mind a pretty lady cheering on his running. Trust me. You'd have made his whole day.

Wave, smile, thumbs up, or something along those lines. And the runner can return the acknowledgement. And I always assume that the cars with the most enthusiastic wavers / thumbs uppers are ones with runners. (or maybe cyclists) But usually the person running can't hear you or understand what you're saying from a moving vehicle, so I wouldn't say anything. And don't stare at them like you're an out-of- town tourist. (My hill roads will soon have lots of tourists, but fortunately the snow is starting to melt from the trails.) I should add that the few times I'm on roads, I'm doing big hills - ones that are popular with runners and cyclists, esp. early in season before mtn trails are runnable.

We had a woman yell "Girl power" before , that was pretty cool especially since none of us knew her personally. Usually we get a few honks and sometimes not so nice things from men....I would go with the thumbs up.