What constitutes a 'runner'?

Chris99mu
Chris99mu Posts: 352 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
*Must your shoes be expensive?
*Is there a "minimum miles run per week" requirement?
*How many running subscriptions must I receive before I am authentic?
*How long until I fill up my whole back bumper and windshield with "26.2" & "3.2" and "0.0" stickers?

Basically I just want to know when I can confidently claim myself as a true and legitimate runner.

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    If both feet are off the ground while you are in stride you are a runner. Walking requires one foot to be in contact with the ground at all times.
    Pace, distance, gear, races, etc do not make a runner. No bumper/window stickers required :) Although I hear race medals make nice Christmas tree decorations.
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    When you get up and go for a run, you are a runner.

    I have run countless races, but own no bumper stickers and have not one running mag subscription. My shoes are expensive, but that'll happen. There's no secret password to the club. Well, ok, maybe "bodyglide" is the secret password.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I don't understand the question
  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    If both feet are off the ground while you are in stride you are a runner. Walking requires one foot to be in contact with the ground at all times.
    Pace, distance, gear, races, etc do not make a runner. No bumper/window stickers required :) Although I hear race medals make nice Christmas tree decorations.

    Hold on a sec...I'm pretty sure that sounds like a jumper. I could be wrong though. I only run if I'm being chased, and am not in possession of 1 or more guns.
  • JeffTCole
    JeffTCole Posts: 140 Member
    If you run you are a runner. That's it.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    the both feet off the ground thing has me questioning my form. i am a new runner (c25k completed and 1 week of solid 3 miles behind me) and i am pretty sure i have 1 foot on the ground at all times. so great, im not a runner. its ok, my pace is really more of a fast walk anyway i guess. lol
  • runnerchick69
    runnerchick69 Posts: 317 Member
    If you go out and run then you are a runner :wink: I admit I have 26.2, 13.1, Trail Running, 25K and Run Anywhere stickers on my back window but that in and of itself does not make me a runner. What does make me a runner is the fact that I run whether it be for health, for a big race or just to relax. You are a runner and don't let anyone tell you that you aren't!
  • Theresafinallygetsitright
    Theresafinallygetsitright Posts: 157
    If both feet are off the ground while you are in stride you are a runner. Walking requires one foot to be in contact with the ground at all times.
    Pace, distance, gear, races, etc do not make a runner. No bumper/window stickers required :) Although I hear race medals make nice Christmas tree decorations.

    I barely break a 12 min mile but I am certainly more of a runner than I was a year ago and I LOVE it!!!
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    Runner - one who runs.
  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    Runner - one who runs.

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    Get out of here with your simplistic (perfectly reasonable) nonsense! Go on!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    the both feet off the ground thing has me questioning my form. i am a new runner (c25k completed and 1 week of solid 3 miles behind me) and i am pretty sure i have 1 foot on the ground at all times. so great, im not a runner. its ok, my pace is really more of a fast walk anyway i guess. lol

    It was more of a joke. If you've ever watched speed walkers they have an exaggerated walk because their rule is to keep one foot on the ground at all times. They get pretty strict about what constitutes walking.

    If you run you are a runner :). We aren't as strict as the speed walkers.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    If both feet are off the ground while you are in stride you are a runner. Walking requires one foot to be in contact with the ground at all times.
    Pace, distance, gear, races, etc do not make a runner. No bumper/window stickers required :) Although I hear race medals make nice Christmas tree decorations.

    i thought that was sex when you didn't want to make a baby
  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    the both feet off the ground thing has me questioning my form. i am a new runner (c25k completed and 1 week of solid 3 miles behind me) and i am pretty sure i have 1 foot on the ground at all times. so great, im not a runner. its ok, my pace is really more of a fast walk anyway i guess. lol

    It was more of a joke. If you've ever watched speed walkers they have an exaggerated walk because their rule is to keep one foot on the ground at all times. They get pretty strict about what constitutes walking.

    If you run you are a runner :). We aren't as strict as the speed walkers.

    I feel bad for laughing at speed walkers but I can't help it. It balances out though when I realize that regardless of how silly it looks, they're still moving faster than me. (when I'm sprinting)
  • labellecanuck
    labellecanuck Posts: 105 Member
    I run to the bus stop most mornings. I want a bumper sticker!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    the both feet off the ground thing has me questioning my form. i am a new runner (c25k completed and 1 week of solid 3 miles behind me) and i am pretty sure i have 1 foot on the ground at all times. so great, im not a runner. its ok, my pace is really more of a fast walk anyway i guess. lol

    It was more of a joke. If you've ever watched speed walkers they have an exaggerated walk because their rule is to keep one foot on the ground at all times. They get pretty strict about what constitutes walking.

    If you run you are a runner :). We aren't as strict as the speed walkers.

    I feel bad for laughing at speed walkers but I can't help it. It balances out though when I realize that regardless of how silly it looks, they're still moving faster than me. (when I'm sprinting)

    I was once beaten in a race by a speedwalker (which funnily enough autocorrects to sleepwalker).
  • zillah73
    zillah73 Posts: 505 Member
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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    If both feet are off the ground while you are in stride you are a runner. Walking requires one foot to be in contact with the ground at all times.
    Pace, distance, gear, races, etc do not make a runner. No bumper/window stickers required :) Although I hear race medals make nice Christmas tree decorations.

    i thought that was sex is you didn't want to make a baby

    I guess I can delete my post on the pregnancy board now.
  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    the both feet off the ground thing has me questioning my form. i am a new runner (c25k completed and 1 week of solid 3 miles behind me) and i am pretty sure i have 1 foot on the ground at all times. so great, im not a runner. its ok, my pace is really more of a fast walk anyway i guess. lol

    It was more of a joke. If you've ever watched speed walkers they have an exaggerated walk because their rule is to keep one foot on the ground at all times. They get pretty strict about what constitutes walking.

    If you run you are a runner :). We aren't as strict as the speed walkers.

    I feel bad for laughing at speed walkers but I can't help it. It balances out though when I realize that regardless of how silly it looks, they're still moving faster than me. (when I'm sprinting)

    I was once beaten in a race by a speedwalker (which funnily enough autocorrects to sleepwalker).

    Don't feel bad. I was once beaten in a race by a sleepwalker.

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