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TimRuns
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Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia
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 Posted: 04/07/04 - 13:28 Post subject: Ya know if you're a runner if...
[Let's have some fun brainstorming some cool things that make us runners special  ]
you schedule everything around your training routine/races
you know the location of every single bathroom on your running route
10 pm is about bedtime and 11pm or 12 is just cutting it
your feet are ugly (with calluses and black toenails) compared to your legs
7-9 miles is just a normal training run (ie a "medium long" run)
your nonrunning friends don't dare to go running or "jogging" with you cuz they are afraid that they can't keep up
you despise the word "jog"
you have race numbers pasted all over the walls of your room
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elkid
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Location: hiding out in Philly
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 13:33 Post subject:
I have never had problems with my toenails.
You know you're a runner if:
- you do more laundry for yourself than a family of 5
- you buy so much Vaseline the CVS employee thinks you're a parent of triplets
- 60 degrees feels hot
- you'll spend twice the price if the hangtag reads COOLMAX
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robp
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Joined: 26 Jul 2002
Posts: 16241
Location: Waiting in line at the beer store...
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 13:34 Post subject:
You despise anything labeled low carb or no carb.
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TriBob
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Location: Lost in Transition
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 13:48 Post subject:
You are sick to your stomach at 2:00 in the morning and check the back of the Pepto Bismol bottle for caloric content and grams of carbohydrates, fat and protein.
You have plenty of water bottles, safety pins, and t-shirts.
You have trouble keeping lunch under 2000 calories.
You usually wake up at 4:00 in the morning but do not get to work until way after 9:00.
You think about having sex, but You don't want it to effect your morning run splits. (Or if You do, you wear a heart rate monitor and measure your recovery time afterwards)
Your kitchen cupboards are organized into "protein", "carbs" and "etc"
Your breakfast consists of enough bagels that the bagel guy hands you a freezer bag with Your order.
Somebody hands you a cup of water and you have to restrain yourself from pouring it on your head.
You forget that talking about daily LSD and speed weirds some people out.
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purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
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Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 13:49 Post subject:
You've been saying PR for so long that you're forgotten what the P and the R stand for.
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HYPERASHEL
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Location: The South's Sauna, Atlanta
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 14:01 Post subject:
you decide what socks to wear by the cuff design that best fits your mood of the day.
you wear Cool-max socks all the time because they feel normal to you now.
you "yardwork" shoes cost 150.00 six months ago, and this is the only thing they are good for now.
you can do a 4-1 carb protien ratio to your weight in your head, but can't balance your checkbook.
the numbers on your watch are large enought for Ray Charles to read.
you only wear your running watch cuz you hope to squeeze in some miles somewhere/anywhwere you can.
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Laurie Ellen
Queenie
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Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 11286
Location: The Dark Side of the Moon
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 14:51 Post subject:
You're driving home from a run, pass a be-tighted runner legging it at high speed, and want to stop the truck and join him.
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cherylpf
crazy cat lady
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 15:01 Post subject:
you know you're a runner in the south if you are getting up shortly after most people go to bed so that you can get your runs in before daylight/100+ degree temps. It got so bad/early at one point marathon training in july and august last summer that my friends and I refused to mention the hour.
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MechEngDropout
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Location: Off the grid
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 15:10 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | You've been saying PR for so long that you're forgotten what the P and the R stand for. |
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | you "yardwork" shoes cost 150.00 six months ago, and this is the only thing they are good for now. |
-You take 2 or 3 showers each day (2 a days).
-You have a specific drawer in your dresser for running socks.
-People are shocked at how much you pay for a pair of shoes... that last 6 months.
-Your friends say "That's pretty far, huh?" when you tell them about your run.
-You have a wicked sock tan.
-If someone else wants to go run, you'll go also, no matter how far you've run earlier that day.
-You're the only person driving at 5:30 in the morning on a Saturday.
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MM
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Location: Next door to Crazy Mary
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 16:30 Post subject:
You're completely comfortable going to the bathroom in the bushes.
You think Runners World is terrible.
Your non-running friends ask you such intelligent questions as "How far was that marathon you ran last week?" The conversation typically goes like this:
Idiot friend: "So, how far was your last marathon?"
Me: "It wasn't a marathon, it was a 10K."
Idiot friend: "How far is that?"
Me: "6.21 miles."
Idiot friend: "Cool. Hey, MM ran a 6 mile marathon..."
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Pebbles
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Location: Bedrock
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 16:40 Post subject:
| MM wrote: | You're completely comfortable going to the bathroom in the bushes.
You think Runners World is terrible.
Your non-running friends ask you such intelligent questions as "How far was that marathon you ran last week?" The conversation typically goes like this:
Idiot friend: "So, how far was your last marathon?"
Me: "It wasn't a marathon, it was a 10K."
Idiot friend: "How far is that?"
Me: "6.21 miles."
Idiot friend: "Cool. Hey, MM ran a 6 mile marathon..." |
So true it's sad...
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spongebob
Former FFL Champion
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 16:47 Post subject:
A typical Saturday in the summer involves losing 5 pounds before 7 am and getting a new t-shirt before noon.
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andydp
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Location: Upstate NY near Albany
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 17:04 Post subject:
People think you've NEVER had a weight problem.
You have driven so many crazy loops through your neighbohood to determine distances, some people though you were stalking.
You book vacations to coincide with races in the area.
You pre-drive your run route to drop off water bottles. (Post drive after to pick them up)
Spending an hour on a stepper or treadmill is just a "good stretch of the legs".
Your T shirt collection is getting uncontrollable.
You wish you had the gumption 3 years ago to run the "Dare to go Bare 5K".
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runaroundsue
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Location: supporting GREENer pastures
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Posted: 04/07/04 - 19:33 Post subject:
you know the distance of parks, landmarks, children's schools by minutes rather than miles.......14 minutes to the elementary school, 22 minutes to husband's work place the long way, 14 minutes to the library, 15 minutes brings me to Dr. O' house, 12 minutes to Dr. R's
when you go on a car trip....you look at the odometer and think "I'd be at mile 24 right now and starting to feel the pain."
your son tells you that you have way too many running socks to pair up.
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