You know you're a runner when...

Found a great post on the RunnersWorld website.


You know you're a runner when:


1. You know how many miles there are in a marathon.
2. Your weekly mileage is how much you run, not your commute to work.
3. You know how many miles you get out of a pair of running shoes.
4. You can convert Kilometers to Miles in your head
5. You measure your running route in your car to get the exact mileage
6. When someone tells you their age, you automatically know their Boston/VLM qualifying time.
7. You know Grandma's as the route from Two Harbors to Duluth, not the person.
8. You can drink, blow your nose and pee on the run.
9. The problem with the treadmill is there's no place to spit.
10. You have less than ten toenails and that's normal for you.
11. Body Glide is your friend.
12. Ibuprofen is affectionately known as "Vitamin I".
13. Navigating walkers, dogs and baby strollers annoys you because it interrupts your pace.
14. When you participate in an organized event, you know not to run in your race t-shirt.
15. You have a favorite energy gel and flavor.
16. The "Picasso" above your fireplace is last year's TCM poster.
17. You have pre and post race rituals.
18. The journal you keep is in miles and pace not feelings or thoughts.
19. When you look at the weather conditions, you calculate how many layers to wear.
20. The pride you feel after a good run is worth the pain it took to get there.
21. You have more t-shirts than you could possibly wear.
22. When you hear the word "bib", you think of race numbers not babies and Gerber food.
23. The "no carbohydrate diet" does not apply to you.
24. You know that Fartlek is not vulgar terminology.
25. A hill is an opportunity just waiting to be challenged.
26. You know the phrase "you're almost there" only applies when the finish line is in sight.
27. Your vacation destination is determined by your race schedule.
28. When asked how your jog was, you are offended!
29. 'Have you ever run a marathon' is an annoying question.
30. Chaffing and blisters are acceptable.
31. You sometimes dream about running and are annoyed when you can't pick up the pace
32. When you are willing to give up your weekly lie-in to go to a race instead
33. You will happily spend £15 on a pair of special socks
34. When people say "Are you training for the Marathon?" and you have to ask "Which one?"
35. When trying on shoes is a lot more than a trot up and down JJB.
36. When you can tell straight away if a treadmill is calibrated realistically
37. when someone says how far today and you say ''only short 6miles today'
38. Colleagues look at you warily on Monday "How many did you do on Sunday?"
39. ''You went running in this?''
40. It's perfectly acceptable for a grown man to have a large pot of vaseline in their possesion.
41. Anything over £10 for regular shoes or clothing items that you'll wear for years is 'a rip-off', but £80+ for a pair of running shoes that will last a few months is perfectly acceptable.
42. When watching a girl on the treadmill in the gym you are admiring her form rather than her arse.
43. When you find some safety pins and get excited if there are four of them.
44. When you keep safety pins with your running kit and not with the rest of the stationery.
45. You go to book a B&B for the night before a race but always check first that they will make you porridge for brekkie and give you a late check out so you can come back for a shower after the race.
46. Whenever you go on holiday you check to see if there is a race you could do whilst there.
47. When someone says "i did the great north run last year" and you're bursting to ask "what time did you do".
48. When you have an arguement with the checkout girl in Tesco because only selling 16 Ibuprofen at a time is a stupid rule.
49. You know which shops sell Ibuprofen in boxes of 96.
50. You are on first name terms with the local pharmacist.
51. When someone asks you if you've "ever thought about going in for the Olympics."
52. You shout at the TV when they leave a 5k track race half way through to cover some bloke doing the shot putt
53. Your family knows to buy your Xmas gifts from an online running shop
54. You can't be bothered with getting online at 9am to get Take That tickets, but you will be online at 9am tomorrow to enter that race that sells out in a day.


I was surprised how many I could empathise with, when I've only been running for 7 months.