Haha, if I were a lesbian, she would not be my type! I prefer thin to chubby, natural hair color to dyed, and my age to about 10 years older. She's not unattractive, but more "cute" than "hot". I don't do "cute". I'll be talking to her tomorrow (Monday), so I'll post what happens later.

Well thanks again for all the responses. I tried the honest but polite way, but I'm definitely not going to be a friend of hers anytime soon.

She came by my office on Monday and I told her nicely- I'm training for a race and I usually do my tempo runs at XX pace and recovery days at XX pace. Before we set anything up, I want to make sure that pace will be alright for you."

She said that she didn't run that fast but would it really hurt me so much to slow down for her. I told her that in order to meet my goals, I had to follow my training plan and that included staying on pace. She kept pressing and asking why I couldn't slow down and was running fast really all that important, because wasn't the purpose to have fun. Finally she said that I was selfish and obviously thought way too much of myself if I thought I was too good to run with her.

I felt like saying, I AM too good to run with you, but instead I told her I was sorry she felt that way & hoped she could find another running partner, and she left. Thankfully we're not in the same department. I don't think I was being selfish. I've slowed down easy runs by a couple minutes per mile to run with other people before, and I'd be willing to do that once a week, but honestly, I googled her times in some local 5ks, and her per mile times are about 5 min/mile slower than my recovery. So I guess that I'm through with running partners for the summer!