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    you might be a RUNNER if....

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    • Posts: 840 Member
      You might be a runner if...

      you know every dog walker in your neighborhood... by sight.
    • Posts: 378 Member
      You know what ITBS is






      GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

      Your favorite books are biographies of runners



      Great thread :)!
    • Posts: 840 Member
      You might be a runner if...

      You can't wait to mess up your newest pair of shoes
    • Posts: 840 Member
      You might be a runner if...

      The first thing you do when you are sent away on business is check out the local area on MapMyRun for decent 5 milers.
    • Posts: 840 Member
      You might be a runner if...

      you regularly forget your credit card PIN and wedding anniversary but you remember your finishing time of your last race down to the seconds.
    • Posts: 1,328 Member
      Hahha- you might be a runner IF, you set the trip thingy on your car when you're driving down what you think a good running route would be to see how many miles you could get outta it!

      I do this ALLLLLL the time.:drinker: I even have to drive a route AGAIN b/c when I'm on it the first time, I'm distracted by the kids and forget to set the trip!!
    • Posts: 1,328 Member
      You might be a runner if...

      ...you know the backroads by how wide the shoulders are, where the potholes need to be filled, and where the cows cross (patties ahead).
    • Posts: 241 Member
      You might be runner if: Even if you haven't been able run for months due to injuries you still go through this thread to see which apply to you.


      ---
      So what I'm not actually running this year. I AM a runner.

      YES you are still a runner!!! i was injured for 2 months.. it was horrible :-( I'd run in sleet and snow and 100+ w/ humidity now that i've experienced no running!

      "You might be a runner if the only time you see a doctor is when whatever is ailing you starts to interfere with your running... you'll run rain, heat, snow, through a cold... the moment that you can't run... Hey Doc..."

      this is best thread EVER!!!
    • Posts: 363
      If your "cooldown" after running a 5k is twice as long as the 5k was
    • Posts: 95 Member
      Construction and road work bug the crap out of you...not because you are going to get stuck in traffic, but because you have to plan a different running route.
    • Posts: 4,059 Member
      awesome thread -- I resemble these remarks! :bigsmile:

      you might be a runner if....

      you know what plantar fasciitis is --
      you own "the stick"
      the mention of not running makes your kids run and hide
      you have more gu in the pantry than food
      you have several different colors of the same shoe
      you store shoes in different locations so no one can see exactly how many pairs of shoes you have
      your first question to the doctor -- can I still run?
      you plan vacations around races
    • Posts: 800 Member
      when you plan your family vacations around a race
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      are upset when you get sick because it's messing with your training program.
    • Posts: 363
      if you've killed two iPod shuffles by drowning them in sweat and finally broke down and paid $140 for a waterproof version
    • Posts: 720 Member
      you might be a runner if...

      you have a strict pre-race or pre-long run morning routine to um "get things going"..:blushing:
    • Posts: 226 Member
      if you've killed two iPod shuffles by drowning them in sweat and finally broke down and paid $140 for a waterproof version

      Ha ! I just did this.
    • Posts: 4,059 Member
      you might be a runner if...

      you have a strict pre-race or pre-long run morning routine to um "get things going"..:blushing:
      that made me giggle -- knowing the importance of the race day poop!
    • Posts: 783 Member
      you get upset about injuries because they keep you from running, not because you have actually damaged your body.

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      I like your picture! They look like the hills I train on.
    • Posts: 1,328 Member
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      Ha ! I just did this.

      There's a WATERPROOF version?!?!? :love: :love: Hallelujah!
    • Posts: 783 Member
      if you've killed two iPod shuffles by drowning them in sweat and finally broke down and paid $140 for a waterproof version

      Maybe that's what is wrong with mine!
    • Posts: 783 Member
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      that made me giggle -- knowing the importance of the race day poop!


      Ha.ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha:bigsmile: That is sooooo me!
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      There's a WATERPROOF version?!?!? :love: :love: Hallelujah!

      http://www.amazon.com/Waterfi-Waterproof-Shuffle-4th-Generation/dp/B00474HQAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343827359&sr=8-1&keywords=waterproof+ipod+shuffle

      I've had mine for 3 weeks or so. It's been great so far.
    • Posts: 1,459 Member
      * the stickers on your vehicle have numbers (13.1 or 26.2) rather than names...
      * you finish a workout and figure that you can also get in a "quick 5K"...
      * your teen age daughter says "there is something wrong with you" and it has nothing to do with clothes, music, etc...
      * fast food looks more like protein bars and fruits rather than golden arches
    • Posts: 350 Member
      Construction and road work bug the crap out of you...not because you are going to get stuck in traffic, but because you have to plan a different running route.

      Like when the sidewalk is blocked for repavement.... but I don't mind gettin whistled at by the construction workers neither... lol!!!

      "Lift Heavy! Run Hard!" =D www.facebook.com/jenaesmithfitness
    • Posts: 522 Member
      You see someone running while you are riding in your car and wish it was you.


      :embarassed: (all the time)

      THIS!!! i get insanely jealous when i see i runner. happened just this morning on my way to work!
    • Posts: 5,310 Member
      You get irritable and itchy if you have 2 days off running, and are shouting at people after 3.
    • Posts: 901 Member
      While on vacation, you wake up to run at a God Awful time in order to beat the heat and humidity.
    • Posts: 783 Member
      you might be a RUNNER IF.....

      .....you've filled out a race application. If not, you're a "JOGGER".

      I don't necessarily agree with this. There are all kinds of runners. Not all want to race. Some just want to feel the ground under their feet and the wind in their face and not compete. It doesn't mean they're not a runner.

      I'm not one though.
      I enjoy the challenge.
    • Posts: 783 Member
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      "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."

      Very well said!:drinker:
    • Posts: 166 Member
      just getting into it...

      "What is a rest day... do I have to take one... Is that neccesary?"
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