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YOU KNOW YOU’RE A RUNNER WHEN…

 

You have a whole row of running shoes to choose from.- Duane Nelson

 

You don’t think covering your nipples with band-aids is the least bit weird. -Rick Laliberte

 

You can run only three miles until the pain kicks in and makes you stop.  Unlike a normal human being, you aren’t happy with this little amount of exercise, so are willing to go under the knife, and 12 weeks of rehabilitation, in hopes of running the long distances you used to.  - Gregg Trautwein, having foot surgery January 4^th

 

A negative split is not a divorce. -Terry L. Styf

 

Tempo has nothing to do with music. -Terry L. Styf

 

You do a workout in -20 degrees weather then go inside and take an ice bath. -Karl Nyberg

 

You realize they just can't make a jar of peanut butter large enough. -Karl Nyberg

 

You decide to play a game of pickup basketball only to discover you only own skimpy running shorts, you then find out that they are not acceptable by the "street ballin" crowd, you then end up running for your life thanking god you run so that you can escape scary situations such as this. -  Karl Nyberg

 

The chip that you carry is not on your shoulder or edible.- Marilyn Laliberte

 

You’re with a group of men and women talking about fartleks and no one is laughing (i.e. except Rick and Steve). – Marilyn Laliberte

 

You have 20 pairs of running shoes that look like they are only slightly used.  -Ray Kotchian

 

All you wear is racing t-shirts because you have a closet full.  - Ann Dolence
 

You check out people's hands and veins on their arms because you can tell a distance runner by their hands. . - Ann Dolence
 

You meet someone and they tell you they run and you go right home and check on line to see what their times are.  - Ann Dolence
 

You have a melt down because you are on an out of town trip and you forgot your running shoes.  - Ann Dolence
 

You see that healthy glow, smiling face and overall contentedness of a total stranger you often times know they are a runner. - Ann Dolence
 

You have to remind your doctor that you are a runner so that he doesn't get concerned with your low pulse rate (and fit you with a pacemaker!). – Joel Rovang

 

You catch your friend taking your pulse rate by watching your chest. – Joel Rovang

 

You schedule your wedding so that it doesn't fall on Grandma's Marathon weekend (not me, by the way). – Joel Rovang

 

You bring your dog out for a run and the dog has to stop and rest.   And the dog starts avoiding you after that... – Joel Rovang…all true stories…

 

 You plan family vacations to places that match up with your race schedule.

-Brent Lorenz

 

You get up at three to go for a run cause it's the only time you can get it in that day and you don't find that odd... – Brian Arett

 

You go home early on New Year's Eve so you can get up for the New Year's Day run! And you don't think that's odd either! – Brian Arett

 

You can "farmer blow" your nose without skipping a beat. –Steve Wenzel

 

The guy in front of you hits you with his "farmer blow" (Rick) and you have quit whining about it. – Steve Wenzel

 

You have a closet full of "lawn mowing" shoes. – Steve Wenzel

 

You open you dresser and running t-shirts fall out. –Monica Fedora

 

You go to bed at night and your Quilt is made out of your race t-shirts. –Monica Fedora

 

It's like 50 below zero and you are the only one outside running. –Monica Fedora

 

Or it's a blizzard and you take your dog out for a run and he looks at you and says what the hell are we our here for. –Monica Fedora

 

You know you're a runner when you refuse to stop running no matter who tells you to do so (doctors included!)   -   Dick Bailly

 

For your birthday you receive a pasta pot, a pasta cookbook, and a subscription to the pasta of the month club. -Sonia Jacobsen

 

The hotel clerk gives you directions to an eating establishment but adds "it's too far to walk".  Upon pressing for further information, you find it's about 0.25 to 0.5 mile and look at him/her in shock and disbelief! -Sonia Jacobsen

  

Those around you ask advice on running, fitness, and treatment of injuries. -Sonia Jacobsen

 

You plan your family vacations around a marathon or a race.- Mike Almquist

 

You think nothing of getting up a whole hour before your long run so you can go out and stash sports drinks and water along your running route.- Mike Almquist

 

Every time you go out for a drive, you end up hitting the odometer and start planning a future running route.- Mike Almquist

 

Not only do you have a whole row of running shoes in the closet, but there is a story or race memory behind every one of them....thus you save them and the row gets longer and longer. – Mike Almquist