Can I ask him to go on a hike/run with me?

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So next to the college I go to are some popular hills that are used to train for cross country by the high schools and colleges nearby. we share parking lots with it, that's how close it is. There's this guy I've been crushing on for as long as I can remember. We can never seem to have a conversation despite him always approaching me and initiating a convo. I'm just so damn shy around him. I forget how to talk. Which is a problem because I've know him half my life. I don't really have any friends, and I don't know anyone that would want to go for a run/hike. I'm thinking about asking him when I bump into him at school but I don't want to make it seem like I'm interested.. Like I just want to be good friends with him. I hope it doesn't come off that way, I mean he's invited me before to his church group, he said whenever I wanted to go to let him know (which I never asked about after because I hate church) and he's tried helping me in school. One time he did me a big favor and I told him I owed him and I was like "I'll buy you food, everyone loves food" but he said as much as he wanted my offer he also wanted me to succeed and he was just doing it to help me. So yeah, should I go through with this
Can I ask him to go on a hike/run with me?
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