We’re a quirky bunch, we runners… We do odd little things and don’t think twice about it, yet our non-running friends think we’re nuts. When I tell my friends something about a one of my runs and they don’t understand, I say, “Never mind, it’s a runner thing.” So buckle your seat belts, sit back, and see how many times you say, “Oh yeah, I do that!”
Have you ever seen someone hold their Garmin up toward the sky to try to get a better satellite signal? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Photo courtesy of Meagan
Have you ever seen someone dressed in florescent green or yellow from head to toe and they think they look good? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen a guy’s nipples bleeding through his shirt? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone stand in a porta-potty line, only to get back in line when they finish? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone wear shoes with toes in them? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone wear a shirt with the name of their sport on on it, as if they might forget what they are supposed to be doing? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone get giddy with excitement over the number 26? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone that would prefer to shop in a store like this, over Nordstrom? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone get truly happy when the trail water fountains get turned on in the spring? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone jump for joy because they see a porta-potty? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone blow a snot rocket? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever heard someone yell, “Poop!” on the trail, so his friends don’t step in it? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone crash a hotel in the early hours of the morning just for the bathrooms? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen anyone touch a sign or mile marker before turning around to make the distance official? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone get to what appears to be the end of their run, only to see them keep running down their street, around their neighbor’s house and back, just to get to that magic 5.0 mile number (or more, but never less) on their Garmin screen? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Photo courtesy of Meagan
Have you ever seen a group of friends at a restaurant the night before a big race, laughing, talking about running, and eating pasta? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
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Have you ever seen someone eat lots of pasta and call it carbo-loading? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen someone standing along the trail with Gatorade and water; or have you seen a bag of Gatorade and water setting along the trail? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen a birthday cake get inhaled in one night by a group of very fit friends? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever seen a birthday gift bag that’s full of GU, Sports Beans, Gatorade, a Runner Girl magnet, a water bottle, and a running store gift certificate; and known that it’s exactly what your friend wanted? Don’t worry…
IT’S A RUNNER THING
Have you ever been out on a run and wondered how anyone would know how to get in touch with your family if you were hurt or injured? You should worry…
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Need that Road ID to stay safe during marathon training for Richmond 2013!! LOVE this post!! Definitely a runner thing!
You need to take all of the precautions you can when running on those narrow winding country roads!
This was great!! I probably do the Garmin thing and the run back and forth until you hit your magic number thing most. But I am also guilty of yelling “poop” and getting overly excited about porta-potties. Way to tie in the Road ID as well 🙂
I’m running the In God We Trust 5K tomorrow. It’s in Bland county and the word on the street is the race course is pancake flat. I’ll believe that when I see it. Good luck in your race tomorrow! I hope you place in your age group 🙂
I’ll believe that the course in Bland County is flat only after you post pictures! I finished 7th in my age group and cut a minute off of April’s 5K time on a similar grade course! I hope you did well in your race! How did you end up with bid number 2?
It went well- my race recap is up! I have no idea how I ended up with number 2, haha. I hope it doesn’t mean I was the second person to sign up… I only signed up last week!
You’re really coming with some funny posts lately!!! I love this! I saw a bunch of guy’s at the ironman with sponges all over themselves where they were bleeding. It must be an Ironman thing!
Emma @ a mom runs this town
Thanks!
Had the IronMen fallen and scraped themselves?
That was hilarious, Debbie! I could have done without the picture of poo, but that’s because I see it all too often on my runs! 😉
I do LOTS of these things ~ and when I eventually do others I’ll know I’m not alone. My garmin works much better when I hold it to the sky, and I have run around in circles if necessary to get my watch to say what it NEEDS to say!!
I just linked to this post on my FB page! 🙂
HaHaHa! I got caught taking that picture and I’m sure the person thought that I’m nuts! 😉
Thanks for linking me up! 🙂
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This is awesome and as you can see “waterboy” did his job!!!
It was such a delight to see you waiting for us with those cold drinks! Thank you again! 🙂
Lots of truth here! I am most frequently “guilty” of running around the block as many times as necessary to get my Garmin to read that “magic” number!
Same here!
Bahahaha this was GREAT!! I was reading and kept being like “yup….umm hmmm…yup…all the time…yup” ha. Perfect!!!!
As I did my odd little quirky things on my runs I kept thinking that it would something perfect to write about, so for several weeks I jotted those silly things down so I wouldn’t forget them! 🙂