The crazy things runners do because well we are just runners.

• you wear a plastic sports watch with your dress clothes.
• you can remember a time from a race 4 years ago, but you can’t remember your spouse’s birthdays or your anniversary
• you are not embarassed to show someone where your hamstring “really” hurts
• you know your resting heart rate, maximum heart rate, and exactly what your heart rate is at all parts of your run
• you wear your running shorts underneath your work clothes so that you can quickly get running after work
• you love shoes…running shoes.
• you own 5 pairs of shoes and only one pair are not running shoes
• you won’t drive by any running store without a quick look inside
• you know exactly how far a kilometer is
• you take the day off to watch the Boston Marathon on television
• you have more old dirty shoes piled by the door than a farmer
• you’ve seen Chariots of Fire at least 5 times, Prefontain 5 times, Without Limits 5 times and even Personal Best 5 times
• you read each month’s issue of Runner’s World cover to cover within 24 hours
• you get excited when you hear that there is a new Gatorade flavor
• you not only know how you did in a race, but you know exactly how every other runner finished
• you spend at least 25% of your income on running stuff
• you drive by a golf course and think what a nice place it would be to run
• you wish there was more running on television
• you know splits are something that not only cheerleaders care about
• you get up earlier to run on the weekends than you do for school/work
• you think that the inventor of Powerbar should have his likeness engraved on Mount Rushmore
• you have hundreds of safety pins scattered around your house
• you have more T-shirts than a souvenir shop
• you would stand in line for Bill Rodgers autograph
• you know who Bill Rodgers is
• you know that there is no such thing as too much pasta!
• you install hooks in your shower for wet running clothes
• you can’t wait for your next birthday so you move into a new age group
• you check out the running stores for the new styles
• you know that cotton is not the best fabric for running!
• someone asks you how your run was, you go into a 10 minutes description of every factor of it
• you can use endorphins in a sentence
• you can use fartlek in a sentence without laughing
• you could watch a whole marathon and not be bored
• you enjoy running in the rain and snow
• you think of distances in terms of mile repeats