When are you considered to be a runner?

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  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    Being a runner is not a one's qualification, it's a state of one's mind.

    - A Buddha.
  • aarnwine2013
    aarnwine2013 Posts: 317 Member
    I was thinking about this very question this weekend as I paid for my first pair of real running shoes, sweat/hair band to keep the sweat out of my eyes and various workout clothes.

    I realized I have changed from the person I was. I don't know if I count myself a runner just yet, but I'm close. I run about 3 miles everyday. I love it.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    My friend and I were having this discussion the other day. She was arguing with a guy who said because she didnt' run X miles a week she wasn't a runner.

    (so stupid)

    anyway- I do not honestly consider myself a runner.

    I don't run when I'm bulking.

    I do sprints when I want because I LIKE them. I do run occasionally because I like it- it's a completely different state of being than lifting- but at this point- I just don't think I'm a runner.

    And I think that's the case because running is not a regular part of my routine- I do it when the spirit moves me rather than because "it's what I do".

    I'm a dancer- because it's what I do- I breath- I eat I sleep- I dance- because without these things- I die.
    I'm a lifter- because it's what I do. breath- eat sleep- lift. without these things- I die.

    But I run when I want to - not because I love it- or feel I MUST do it to keep my sanity.

    So no - while I do run- and I run pretty well- I do not consider myself really "a runner".

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