You Know You Are A Runner When:

Contributed By Sandy | Published: Aug 31, 2004

You know you are a runner when:

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