You might be a runner if...

gbgurt

RE: You might be a runner if... 10/10/2010 5:53PM - in reply to coyote4runner

...your internet went down during the Chicago marathon so you ran 5 miles to your friends house (car was in the shop) to watch it with him
...running 5 miles was no big deal
...every time you run by Webb pl. your first thought is of Alan
...you can tell roughly when each of the posts on this website were written based on the old world records that were mentioned in the post
...you know the track jargon in not only english but another language as well
...a commercial comes on about how THIS yogurt only has 80 calories and you giggle
...the thought that you would stop running in the middle of a run/workout/race doesn't even cross your mind.
...every time you visit a new doctor you have to calmly explain why your pulse is so low
...you are constantly asked whether you have run a marathon
...people are astounded by the fact that you run so much to train for such a short race
...people tell you that you are over-training because they have this friend that ran 30-35 mpw and they ran a marathon so your 70 mpw is way too much for a 5k
...you have used running as a means of transportation before
...they don't make pants that have that small of a waise AND that long of a leg so you have to special order them
...you meet someone new and during the small talk they tell you off because what you are eating is "bad for your heart" and you have to resist the urge to laugh in their face
...you have ever contemplated commiting a crime just to see how easily you could outrun the cops
...you know exaclty where you would run so that the cops couldn't follow you in cars and would have to follow on foot
...you know that one kid on your high school team who would one-step EVERYBODY
...you know what one-step means
...you would never cut in front of a teammate at the start of a race so you cut in front of everyone else
...your favorite quote from a sports commentator is "look at Mills!"
...people look at your shoes and have to supress vomitting
...you can make an allusion to page 17 of this thread
...you come on to make one comment and end up making many, many, more
...you run more miles each day than most recreational runners do in a week
...you subscribed to the gym one block from your work so that when you run to work you can shower before you go to work
...you are furious that your work doesn't have a shower
...you have tried to get a shower at your work
...when asked to write an essay about yourself the only topics that you can think of are running related
...you get excited when you hear that another running related book is coming out
...Hicham is all you need to know exactly what I am talking about
...you can easily lap everone in your gym class at the mile but don't because you have a hard workout later
...the reason why you run isn't to lose weight, or because your doctor said you needed to exercise more, or to simply complete a marathon
...you think people running while listening to music are missing the whole point of running
...you've never made fun of runners in general on letsrun, or anywhere else
...you've read all 299 posts on this thread and can relate to the overwhelming majority of them
...you just posted the 300th post on this thread

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