Tell Tale Signs You Are A Runner 1-20

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Posted on 05 Oct, 2018

If you've got enough safety pins to supply an army, and if the names Pre and Meb are familiar to you, you're probably a runner. Just to be sure, how many of these apply to you?

#1 You know you're a runner when you spend more than $20 on a single pair of wool socks and wear them in the summer.

#2 You know you're a runner when you go to bed so early, you have to close the blinds to fool yourself it is already dark outside.

#3 You know you're a runner when at least one of your website usernames or email addresses has the words run, runner or running on it.

#4 You know you're a runner when all the gifts you give or receive are all all running related.

#5 You know you're a runner when you plan your schedule around races and not races around your schedule.

#6 You know you're a runner when you look for the L and R on your regular socks.

#7 You know you're a runner when you scoff at paying $10 for a movie ticket but you'll happily pay $40 for a 5K that you hope lasts less than 30 minutes.

#8 You know you're a runner when you finished 10 miles and you don't brag to your friends because it's not a big deal anymore.

#9 You know you're a runner when you are looking forward to a girls' weekend, that consists of a 6-hour ultra run.

#10 You know you're a runner when you dread rest days because that means you can't run.

#11 You know you're a runner when you go away over a weekend and check if there is a parkrun anywhere within a 50-mile radius.

#12 You know you're a runner when you get out of the shower in the morning and the first thing you put on is your GPS watch.

#13 You know you're a runner when someone asks you how far the beach is, and you say, 2.68 miles, unless you run around the block first. Then it's 3.77 miles.

#14 You know you're a runner when your birthday present is a new pair of running shoes, from your hubby.

#15 You know you're a runner when you just realized that your first 3K on the run is just considered a warm up.

#16 You know you're a runner when you have running clothes for every season.

#17 You know you're a runner when you suddenly notice you forgot your Garmin. And then you realize you're on your way to work.

#18 You know you're a runner when you see another person running and get jealous.

#19 You know you're a runner when your co-workers refer to you as, the masochist.

#20 You know you're a runner when you can back up your bumper sticker, "Toenails Are For Sissies!"