you might be a runner if.......

runnermel
runnermel Posts: 278
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
1.If a good day is when you put more miles on your running shoes than your car tires.

2. If you get jealous of runners you pass while driving.:wink:

3. If it took you longer to pick out your last pair of running shoes than your last car.

4. If the faces you see at races are starting to look familiar.

5. If you correct people when they say a marathon is 26 miles.

6. If chips are something you wear, not something you eat.

7. If acronyms like PR and DNF are verbs.

8. If your underwear are built into your shorts... and you're okay with that.

9. If the biggest decision of your day is "Should I go one more mile?"

10. If you know what it feels like to run across a sea of crushed paper cups.

11. If you try to guess the pace of people running alongside the road as you pass them in your car.

12. If you know it's okay to farlek in public.

13. If your resting heart rate is too low to give blood.

13.1. If you plan your day around how far you have to run.

14. If you analyze every song that comes on the radio to determine if it would be a good addition to your running list.

15. If you take a separate bag just for running gear when you travel.

16. If you think there's nothing odd about sweating after you get out of the shower.

17. If you put on compression clothing and like the way you look.

18. If you look at pictures of yourself before and after training periods to see the difference in your leg muscles.

19. If you have nightmares about missing the bus to the starting line.

20. If your jeans get too tight... in the calves.

21. If you keep a spare pair of shoes in your trunk or at your desk "just in case."

22. If you have fonder memories of your first pair of running shoes than your first boyfriend or girlfriend.

23. If you choose your next dog for running companion potential.

24. If you come home from work/school and your family asks you to go for a run.

25. If you've ever said, "Oh, good, there's a port-a-potty."

26. If you've ever used a port-a-potty, then gotten in line to use it again.

26.2. If you've ever mentored anyone on the skill of "snot-rocketry."
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  • sla0814
    sla0814 Posts: 240
    Great post!:)
  • 27strange
    27strange Posts: 837 Member
    Like!
  • Mollydolly10
    Mollydolly10 Posts: 431 Member
    Bump!

    P.S. I thought of one more the other day when I was in the car - I hope you don't mind if I add this.. ;-)

    You might be a runner if... you judge every new song you hear by whether or not it'd be a good song to run to.

    (I do this ALL the time I'll hear a song and think, "oh this would be good for my easy long runs," or "this would be GREAT for a fast workout" haha)
  • mfreeby
    mfreeby Posts: 199 Member
    Or you might be a runner if....

    you run.

    That's always been my standard, haha.
  • taldie01
    taldie01 Posts: 378
    Yup, especially the snotrocketry
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    I have one to add....


    If you constantly paint your toenails to cover your runners toes! :smile:
  • juscallmeb
    juscallmeb Posts: 369 Member
    awesome.
  • BeautifulScarsWECHANGED
    BeautifulScarsWECHANGED Posts: 749 Member
    Soooo true!! :laugh:
  • BeGreat25
    BeGreat25 Posts: 78
    This just made my morning, made me smile! Thank you for the post.
  • jpowell3976
    jpowell3976 Posts: 144 Member
    *LIKE*
  • Mollydolly10
    Mollydolly10 Posts: 431 Member
    I have one to add....


    If you constantly paint your toenails to cover your runners toes! :smile:

    Oh my gosh, YES pilotgirl! (I did that this morning since I was wearing cute sandals..) hahah!
  • lildevil968
    lildevil968 Posts: 152 Member
    I think #25 at every race....lol. I also get really excited if they have them along the path because it never fails...lol.
  • blowtotheskull
    blowtotheskull Posts: 28
    27) If you think that having seven toenails is more than enough.
    28) You start pissing blood during an ultramarathon and are secretly pleased.

    :)
  • smaem
    smaem Posts: 12
    All so true! Pilotgirl, if you paint your toes to cover the fact that a few toenails have fallen off somewhere in the last 5k!
  • RunningMom09
    RunningMom09 Posts: 29 Member
    Love it! I'm #2 practically every morning on my way to work:smile:
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    A lot of those are great!
  • juscallmeb
    juscallmeb Posts: 369 Member
    13.1. If you plan your day around how far you have to run.


    I thought that's what everyone did.. ;) lol
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    I have one to add....


    If you constantly paint your toenails to cover your runners toes! :smile:

    Oh my gosh, YES pilotgirl! (I did that this morning since I was wearing cute sandals..) hahah!

    I was just looking at my stash of polish his morning thinking about whether I needed to change colors! lol I have criteria when I buy nail polish: It can't be any of those light colors that might not cover my runners toes (and one from cycling!) and if it is a lighter color it can't be that see through sheen ya know! Right now my color is almost a mint ice cream green color : )

    Now I want to go nail polish shopping!
  • runnermel
    runnermel Posts: 278
    glad you all enjoyed! thought they were great as well...and love your add ons! especially about the toes!! I also find myself constantly checking out the roads when I travel thinking...OH....that would be a great route!! Happy Friday to everyone!
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    All so true! Pilotgirl, if you paint your toes to cover the fact that a few toenails have fallen off somewhere in the last 5k!

    haha I have done that too!! from a distance nobody will ever know that you have just painted your skin with nail poish to make it LOOK like your toenail is still there. My boyfriend gets grossed out when I say "oh I think I might lose a toe nail!" lmao
  • runnermel
    runnermel Posts: 278
    I think #25 at every race....lol. I also get really excited if they have them along the path because it never fails...lol.

    Sooooo true!!!!
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    glad you all enjoyed! thought they were great as well...and love your add ons! especially about the toes!! I also find myself constantly checking out the roads when I travel thinking...OH....that would be a great route!! Happy Friday to everyone!

    NIke+ shows you where the locals run. I use that to choose a route in a place I have never been
  • runnermel
    runnermel Posts: 278
    glad you all enjoyed! thought they were great as well...and love your add ons! especially about the toes!! I also find myself constantly checking out the roads when I travel thinking...OH....that would be a great route!! Happy Friday to everyone!

    NIke+ shows you where the locals run. I use that to choose a route in a place I have never been

    Cool! Thanks! :happy:
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    Hmm I think I might need a running shirt with some of these on there : )
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    You might be a runner if you noticed that there was a 13, then a 13.1 and a 26, then 26.2 in the list of numbers.
  • AnaNotBanana
    AnaNotBanana Posts: 963 Member
    I love #2 and #14!
  • maemiller
    maemiller Posts: 439 Member
    SO TRUE!!
  • casey_when_u_go
    casey_when_u_go Posts: 83 Member
    you're driving somewhere unfamiliar and it's uphill, and you wonder how hard it would be to run up. Then you wish you were running up instead of driving. Then you wonder if you can schedule coming back so you can run up that hill!!
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    Love it!
  • corimac
    corimac Posts: 30 Member
    # 25 so true.... I think "oh good there's a port a potty" even when I drive past one!

    Thanks for sharing! Great stuff!
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