Runner's World had an article recently that defined what makes you a runner, which basically got narrowed down to one fact: if you resent it when people say you "jog," then you are a runner. But then people started listing all their personal reasons that make them feel like a runner and I liked the idea. When my runs got hard I started making my own list of things that make me a runner. Here they are in no particular order:
1. I've made myself sick to my stomach running more times than drinking alcohol
2. A heat index of 117 is not a good excuse not to run that day
3. When Kelli told me my calves were "huge! like a boy's!" in tenth grade, I pretended to be insulted, but was secretly proud
4. When I'm injured so that I can't run, and I see someone running it makes me want to cry
5. I spend more money on running (clothes, gear, race entry fees) than on my regular wardrobe
6. My destination vacations are sometimes planned around races (the rest of the time it's mission trips, which is one of my favorite things about my life)
7. I'll get up at sunrise to run, even if it means sleeping for only three hours and then going back to bed after
8. I know exactly which foods I should eat before a run depending on exactly how much time will pass between putting it in my mouth and pressing "start" on my Nike+ app
9. I have scars on my back, legs, and now chest from running and it's still not stopping me
10. Running makes my boobs smaller (I swear it's true) and yet I run
More to come, I'm sure :-P
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