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So when do I know Iam a runner

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  • 13-09-2006 7:16pm
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    ace101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭


    This is gonna sound padandic. But how do I know when I running. I resently decided to get back in shape. Doing about 15 Miles a week. I'am pacing myself at 7 kph. am i a runner or just walking fast


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    damianmckeever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭damianmckeever


    7kph, is a little too fast to be a walker, some of the women you see really swinging those arms and power walking would be touching 7kph but I reckon you're a runner already:D


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    thirtyfoot
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    I'd say you are a runner but you'll also know you are a runner when:

    1 Wearing ridicoulous full length running tights in public won't bother you.
    2 You start checking out other runners while driving and wonder are they real runners too.
    3 If you are male, getting changed at the side of the road won't bother you.
    4 If you are female, getting changed on the side of the road won't bother you.
    5 You wake up in the morning to go to the bathroom and your left hip is really stiff and your right ankle is killing you, but it feels good.
    6 When out for your 7kph run you see someone jogging just ahead of you and you wonder could you pass them if you upped it just a little bit.
    7 You get drunk very easy.
    8 You spend half an hour in sports shops checking out running shoes, the heel, flexibility at the toe etc even though you have no intention of buying and just bought a pair of Ascis Kayano last week.
    9 On the first inkling of a cold/flu/sneeze your first thought is sh*t am I going to miss training.
    10 You know exactly what/who Frank Duffy is.
    11 You eat like a horse and friends will wonder where you put it.

    Any of these are symptoms of being a runner.


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    aburke
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭aburke


    You might be a runner if..

    .. your weekly mileage for your runners is more than for your car...


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    tunney
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    Way I heard it was:

    You're always a runner. Those a lot slower than your are walkers, those a little slower than you are joggers and those that are faster than you are on drugs.

    Less than an hour for a 10km and you're a runner in my books!


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    hunnymonster
    Registered Users Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭hunnymonster


    I still don't feel like a runner and I've been at it for over two years. It's a state of mind.


    A slight hijack but tunney might recognise a few of these signs
    http://tribarb.blogspot.com/2006/07/top-50-signs-youre-triathlete.html


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