How I know I am a runner

 

At the Runners Lounge, the take it and run Thursday topic is, "In 13 words or less, finish this sentence about when you knew you were a runner...

 

"I knew I was a runner the first time I turned down going to the bar Friday night because I wanted to be fresh for a Saturday long run."

 

Okay, that's more than 13 words. So sue me.

 

But here are 13 other reasons that I know that I am a runner now.

 

*Did you read my six-word memoir?

*When everyone else is in bed on a 30-degree Fort Worth day, I'm looking for a pair of running socks to wear.

*I have bought more pairs of running shoes in the last four years than I have of any other clothing item.

*I like to stand around after races or group training runs to talk to other runners about running.

*I am trying to make Endurox its own food group.

*I know where every pothole, loose rock, and squirrel gathering is on my trail run.

*I feel cheated if my run doesn't last at least 50 minutes.

*Though I've recently realized which foods negatively effect my running, I still eat whatever I want when there is not a key training run or race coming up.

*Outside of my son, I think about running more than anything else.

*I have a log of every run I've ever done and often find myself staring at it for long periods of time comparing one run or one set of runs to another.

*I am most proud of my accomplisments as a runner than anything I've ever done in professional career.

*If the choice was run every day or drink wine every day, I'd pick running.

*If something is hurting, I have to talk myself out of running.