Who also seriously dislike the idle (and wasted) time before races are set off? Recollections of being one of a range of milling and mulling crowds of runners (and walkers) awaiting set-off (and sometimes getting going after set-off, shuffling ahead for quite a while) comes to mind.
Perhaps it is worse for introverts, or the productively inclined? Historically, when I noticed tips about how to be more productive, it irritated me, because often the things mentioned are things I am conditioned to do—a natural mindset?
Furthermore, I am not skilled in small talk—the polite conversation about insignificant things. Chitchat fillers of idle time, when there are important things to accomplish (that needs getting done).
These, added to an anxiousness about being late, getting lost, getting delayed due to traffic jams or parking constraints; all together causes frustration.
There is a degree of belonging—of being part of, and of encouragement, when participating in a club’s time trials. The faster runners ahead, prompting a little more effort to try a keep up. The breathing (or footsteps) behind, to try staying ahead. However, fellow club members have not become more than running acquaintances.
Is it rude to want to arrive just in time for the time trial and to prefer to disappear on completion? I’ve only been a member of a physical running club for a short while. Previously, for some time, being a member of a virtual club, where I found the hospitality gazebo daunting.
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