Anonymous
Post 07/12/2022 20:34     Subject: Can we normalize the "runner's wave" again?
i'm in Bethesda/Chevy Chase and run on the Capital Crescent Trail. Too many people to wave to! I only wave and smile at the people I see on the trail all the time.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2022 16:30     Subject: Can we normalize the "runner's wave" again?
Anonymous wrote:OP here - glad to see this post revived! I still try and wave or acknowledge other women that I pass!

But a follow up question - how far away do you make eye contact or acknowledge others? I think I'm missing people or my timing is off. I do it close - 5-6 feet or so. But I think others "initiate acknowledgement" further, maybe 10-15 feet.

What's the best distance to do this?


You can wave to me as we cross paths, like we can high 5 each other.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2022 16:12     Subject: Can we normalize the "runner's wave" again?
OP here - glad to see this post revived! I still try and wave or acknowledge other women that I pass!

But a follow up question - how far away do you make eye contact or acknowledge others? I think I'm missing people or my timing is off. I do it close - 5-6 feet or so. But I think others "initiate acknowledgement" further, maybe 10-15 feet.

What's the best distance to do this?
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2022 14:32     Subject: Can we normalize the "runner's wave" again?
I think about this post often. People in Bethesda never wave to me, but when I go to Kensington, Rockville, or other parts of the state, they always wave. Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2021 11:11     Subject: Can we normalize the "runner's wave" again?
Anonymous wrote:Another thing that I rarely see anymore is the wave of acknowledgement when you allow someone to get in front of you in traffic.


Oh I definitely still do that one. NoVA native but lived in the Midwest for years and now we're back. It's a habit.