So, today, while I was in the bathroom “reading a magazine”, I came upon an interesting tidbit about men and jogging. (Uncle Hohn’s Bathroom Reader… the Long Lost one.)
Apparently:
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[li]Research tells us that if you’re a guy out running for exercise, and you pass a woman - any woman - you’ll actually speed up significantly as you pass her… if she’s facing your direction. Even if she’s buried in a book, or completely preoccupied and looking through you, your performance will increase as you pass.[/li][li]But if her back’s towards you, you won’t change your pace.[/li][/ul]
Ha! It’s so amusing that I believed it when I first read it eons ago… but does anyone have a cite for this? Uncle John leaves this one surprisingly vague, with no sources to speak of.
Anecdotally, this is very true for me. I definitely DO speed up… :smack: