Central Park Underwear Run

Want to spice up your love life? Better start training for the next New York City marathon then. A recent British survey found joggers have a better sex life -- or at least a more active one. The survey, which polled 1,000 runners and 1,000 non-runners, found that one in ten joggers have sex at least once a day and three per cent of joggers said they have sex twice a day. Comparatively that's a lot, considering the one in four non-runners said they have sex once a month or less.  

The poll also found that ten percent of males and five percent of females think about sex while running (perhaps that's why they're so out of breath). And as if you needed anymore motivation to get out bed and go for an early morning run, twenty-five percent admit to going for a jog with the intent of flirting. Even more impressively than a third said they have managed to strike up a conversation with someone of the opposite sex while running.  

This trend has gotten so big in the UK that they've even given it a goofy nickname: flunning. (Get it? Neither did we. It's flirting and running.) Though given Americans' love for indolence and fast-food delicacies, we're skeptical flunning will catch on anytime soon.

Commentarium (9 Comments)

Nov 11 10 - 9:06am
Twolane

>>one in ten joggers have sex at least once a day and three per cent of joggers said they have sex twice a day<< Obviously the study included masturbation and classified it as having sex.

Nov 11 10 - 10:05am
Demanda

This speaks to the sex advice from marathon runners piece last week. I dunno. I know they're in shape and all, but people who run that much with no one chasing them freak me out.

Nov 11 10 - 10:59am
explainerguy

I'll take a boring sex life over shin splints any day

Nov 11 10 - 11:45am
sczpro

Well, that explains my sex drive - and here I thought it was all the pornography I watch...

Nov 11 10 - 12:07pm
Matt

sadly, Twolane, my experience as a runner bears that out

Nov 12 10 - 6:40pm
meh

Just going out on a limb here, but maybe age has something to do with this?

Nov 12 10 - 10:00pm
JT

Dammit... another thing I'm doing wrong! I didn't know there was a wrong way to jog, but apparently there is otherwise I'd be having sex right now instead of reading nerve and eating noodles out of a pot. *sigh*

Nov 16 10 - 8:50pm
GeeBee

Why are they using "running" and "jogging" as synonyms? Jogging is what my fellow middle aged out of shape people do because they aren't fit enough to run. Me, I just watch them jiggle by and have another beer.

Jan 02 11 - 12:44am
lies all lies

This is absolutely not true. Most of the time runners are too tired from training to f*ck.