I was in a situation like that, last summer (although minus the part where the other person wants a ride).
I had started to run and as another person in my office was a runner too, we were talking about run a lot. She started to run with me after work and we soon became runner buddies. Which was fine... until a certain point.
She wanted me to tell her everytime I was running, after work, during the weekend, etc. It was fine for a while, but it quickly became annoying.
At some point, I wasn't feeling free to run when I wanted too. Having to call someone, wait for them to get ready, set a meeting spot, argue because the meeting spot I wanted too is not okay with her... it became annoying, and you don't want that the thought of working out becomes annoying!!
I would make it clear from the beginning that you probably won't call the friend everyyyy single time. If that cause some friction, the guy was visibly using the situation and you SOOO don't have to feel bad about this..
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