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Readers Respond: You Know You're A Runner When

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Updated July 15, 2009

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You know you're a runner...

when you try to convince your fiance that you won't injure yourself in an "easy" half marathon on the morning of your wedding day.
—AJRhodes

You know you're a runner when...

... the phrase "off season" is not in your vocabulary.
—Guest ehsrunner

You know you're a runner when

After completing a race, your friends and family ask if you won and stop listening when you say no.
—Guest runher

You know you're a runner when...

it doesn't matter how much your pain in, all you can think about is your next run.
—Guest runher

PennTrack XC RULZ

You know you are a runner when you check milesplit/dyestat as soon as you log on to a computer.
—Guest Trackgirl

You know you're a runner if

- You've NEVER had to buy safety pins. - you measure songs on the radio by runnability - you have devised a secret way to sneak into the local track, even with the gates locked. - you impress others with the number of different ways to tie and laces your shoes.
—Guest Michele

easy runs

You use phrases like "10 mile" and "easy run" in the same breath.
—Guest robrunner

spandex

You know you're a runner when you own spandex clothes in more than one color.
—Guest stephenb

facebook

Most of your facebook posts mention run, running, or something about races.
—Guest marcus

passwords

you know you're a runner when use your PR & event name as passwords
—Guest runningfool

You know your a runner when...

The most expensive things you own are your running shoes and stopwatch.
—Guest Runnerlife

bonehead runner

brain scans show nothing but bone in the cranial cavity.
—WillGorman

You know you're a runner when

You suffer any kind of injury and immediately evaluate whether/how you can still run while recovering.
—Guest monsterblond

you know you're a runner when

you spend the last two miles of a marathon thinking about what you're going to differently when you run it next year.
—chaimsmom

Shoe sales

You know you're a runner when you know the web site prices better than the expo people.
—Guest AF Marathon man

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