I am something of an exercise addict. I run, a lot, race and a do a lot of classes at the gym (can't bear the gym itself!)
Races are quite social things and I bump into the same people at a lot of them. The gym is the same, a lot of the people doing Pilates etc are runners.
There's a man I often see at races and in classes. We say hello and compare notes about a race we both did at the weekend but nothing more. He's quite quiet/shy and so am I. Although friendly, the conversation has never progressed despite seeing him c. 3 times a week for at least a year. e.g. I have no idea what he does for a living or if he is married/has DC.
In a couple of weeks time we are both entered for gruelling 15 miles cross country. It's about an hour's drive from home and he has offered me a lift. That makes perfect sense, we get to share the cost/save the environment, organisers ask for car sharing where possible as parking is limited and TBH it would be nice not to have to drive my exhausted self home, but:
- I don't know him
- I have no idea what we'll talk about
- He's significantly quicker than I am, so he'll have to wait for me to finish, but he knows that
- I will be completely stranded if something goes wrong
- It feels a bit odd, I have no idea why and suspect it may be me?