You know You're a Runner When . . .

You Know You’re A Runner When . . .
1. You circle the for when MCM, Cherry Blossom 10, and Annapolis 10 race registration opens.
2. You jog in place, staring at your watch, to round up your training run.
3. You favorite coffee shop barrister knows what you order after your Sunday run.
4. You swap ortho, podiatrist, and chiro doc info with friends
5. You like to include DC, MD, and VA all in the same long run.
6. You know your way on the the RCP trails.
7. You can tell what shoes someone is wearing as they run past.
8. You don’t think it’s weird to talk about your urine color.
9. A forecast of a cool cloudy day sounds wonderful to you.
10. You consider sports gel to be a food group.
11. You’ve considered using sports gel on your pancakes
12. You think sweat is sexy.
13. You think shower-time should be earned.
14. You can’t find a T-shirt in your drawer that is blank.
15. You know what to do with a foam roller.
16. You don’t know why your family objects to spending the day at a race expo
17. You knwo what pronation is.
18. You know what a PR and a BQ are.
19. You know what your race split times are for the past 5 years.
20. You don’t think the word "fartlek" is funny.
21. You own more than 3 pairs of running shoes.
22. In most weeks, you put more miles on your runing shoes than on your car.
23. You think an ideal vacation is centered around a race.
24. You think a race is a good place to catch up with friends.
25. You know which pubic water fountains work, and which don’t.
26 You know where the cleanest public bathrooms are.
27. You think "Without Limits" was a great movie.
28. You think hills are great for running.
29. You consider bananas to be the perfect food.
30. You have a towel on your front seat.
31. You keep a drawer full of throw-away-clothes.
32. You can recite the current Marathon world record, who set it, and where.
33. You’ve taken an ice bath.
34. You think garbage bags are the perfect pull-over.
35. You always find safety pins in your gym bag and in your car.
36. You’ve forgotten your anniversary but you know all your PRs.
37. You’ve run in the cold . . . in the snow . . . in the dark . . . and liked it.
38. You think the perfect sandwich is two Fig Newtons with peanut butter in between.