Sunday, November 30, 2008

You Know You Are a Runner When ...

Admin note: Recycled from my old blog (originally posted March 2006) - and originally discovered on the blog of another runner.

* you spit.
* you have been spit on, and not cared.
* you know carbs are good.
* you have a warm up mix.
* you know the amount of time to digest before you run.
* you know what PR's are.
* you get mad when people dont know what a 400 is, or any distance for that matter.
* you own more running shoes than regular shoes.
* you enjoy running in the rain.
* theres no such thing as too much pasta.
* you can remember a time from a race 4 years ago, but you can't remember your friend's birthdays.
* you know your resting heart rate, maximum heart rate, and exactly what your heart rate is at all parts of your run.
* you love shoes...running shoes.
* you won't drive by any running store without a quick look inside.
* you know exactly how far a kilometer is.
* you read each month's issue of Runner's World cover to cover within 24 hours.
* you drive by a golf course and think what a nice place it would be to run.
* you know splits are something that not only cheerleaders care about.
* your friends know to never call you after 8:30 at night.
* you get up earlier to run on the weekends than you do for school/work.
* you think that the inventor of Powerbar should have his likeness engraved on Mount Rushmore.
* you have hundreds of safety pins scattered around your house.
* you have more T-shirts than a souvenir shop.
* you can't wait for your next birthday so you move into a new age group.
* you check out the running stores for the new styles.
* you know that cotton is not the best fabric for running!
* someone asks you how your run was, you go into a 10 minutes description of every factor of it.
* you could watch a whole marathon and not be bored.
* you think of distances in terms of mile repeats.
* you don't care what the temperature is, 0 and snow or 100 and 100% humidity.
* you can convert miles to km and back in your head in a second.
* people think you disappear into the woods.
* when someone asks you what you did today, you respond with a number.
* you run 2 miles for practice and tell your coach that was a nice warm-up.
* you've mastered the evil eye to give to all competitors before a big race.
* you can eat almost anything and the pounds never show (and your non-running buddies hate you for this).
* you enjoy racing your shadow.
* your wardrobe consists of at least 1/2 race/school team t-shirts.
* your "nice" shoes are your new running shoes.
* you've considered calling your child speedy, prefontaine, bowerman, bullet, unna, olympia, etc.
* you drink water as quickly as a fat child eats cake.
* you look dumbfounded when everyone asks you how long a marathon is. (26.2 miles... duh).
* you don't blink an eye at $100 for running shoes, but you have to think about $100 for any other shoes.
* you save bib numbers in a scrap book.
* you know to the hundreth of a mile how far it is around your neighborhood.
* you don't even bother to use your car to get to nearby stores.
* you look at other people's running shoes to see if they really run....you can tell.
* any parking spot is never too far away.
* you know when all the latest running shoes are to come out-you spend way too much time shopping for socks.
* you know every runner in your community.
* you run a mile in school, you finish at least a lap before everyone else.
* all you can talk about was your run from the day before.
* you think frisbee is the ultimate workout.
* you have a running blog and religiously read running blogs of your friends (most of whom you've never met).
* you check the finish times for your running blog friends and cheer for them states away.
* you have the ability to pee while you run (more for the elite, but still).
* you don't mind squatting behind a bush to relieve yourself during a long run.


My additions:
* you have to convince your significant other that the pain you experience will pass.
* you actually enjoy pushing a double stroller (with the kids in it) up hills.
* you plan your vacations around race events.
* you find yourself upping the anty (a little farther, a little faster...).

4 comments:

  1. LMAO! Oooooo I so can relate to many of these EXCEPT for the AG thing. NO WAY do I want to bump up to the 30-35. All too hardcore for me ;-)

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  2. This is a great post! Great addition about the planning vacations around races (I'm surprised that wasn't in the original part).

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  3. How about, You ocasionally go into your closet and look at all your worn out pairs of running shoes.

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