You buy your shoes based on which colors you like the best.
Those same shoes stay that color for more than a week.
You buy matching running shorts and tops, and ALWAYS wear them together.
You get a subscription to Runner's World every Christmas.
You have no idea that the NCAA and National Championships just happened.
You don't have a watch tan line because you don't really care how slow you "run".
AREN'T YOU GUYS ALL JOGGERS?
Hey, I don't have a watch tan line because I switch wrists everyday. I not a jogger, I'm vein.
vain???
Wouldn't you have two tan lines?
- You wear one of those number bibs
- Comment that someone warming up is wasting energy
- Stand in line to take a leak instead of going on someone else's bumper
- Think Eye of the Tiger is a great motivational song
- Wave to a camera as you "race" at 9 minutes per mile
- Walk up to the winner with you headphones still on and ask them about their race
no, see, the tan blends in on the exposed days
carry a water bottle with you when you run. gag
Think the Penguin is a better writer on the sport than Chris Lear.
Carry GU on your 10 mile long run.
Carry a cell phone and use it, preferably speaking loudly.
Carry a fanny pack
Jog in knee length shorts and a baggy shirt
Get training advice from Runner's World
Your Long run is 5 miles
The Local 5K winner is an Olympian with his 17:05 pr
You think pasta the night before help you break 25 minutes for the 5K.
The Roc
...you eat within 20 minutes of racing
...are worried about getting hyponutrema on a 5 mile run
...ever ask anyone that looks fast if they won the race
...you think a couple beers will affect your training
...you read runnersworld for the articles
...you think that the heaviest, most stable shoe you can find is the best racing shoe
Feel a huge sense of accomplishment for finishing a marathon in 5 hours.
What if your long run is 5 miles, but you still kick everyone's ass?
your like me then
The Roc
I'm hip, dude. I don't run anything over 5k and I don't do long runs over 5 miles. I win most of the local 5ks. The ones who beat me run 5x the mileage I do, and they don't beat me by much. I ain't no jogger, chump.
if you think winning races in antartica makes you a runner
Nothing wrong with staying hydrated, it gets hot in Ohio too I'm sure
- The first thing that you tell people about yourself is that you're a "marathon runner" although you've yet to crack 5 hours.
- You buy runner-shaped Christmas tree ornaments.
- You take RW's advice and run your long runs at goal race pace, which doesn't give you pause at all because its not the least bit uncomfortable at 9:30 per.
- Your license plate declares that you "luv2run."
- The highlight of your month is when the new RW hits your "jogging shoe" shaped mailbox.
What is the threshold that separates a "hobbyjogger" from a "sub-elite" runner?
Caitlin Clark thinks she can beat Eagles draft pick Cooper Dejean in 1 on 1
Do "running influencers" harm the competitive nature of the sport?
BREAKING: Leonard Korir not going to Paris! 11 Universality athletes get in ahead of him!
Cade Flatt with yet another DNF, this time in the SEC Championships