Why You Don’t Want To Be Friends With A Runner
Many of the habits we've adopted as runners are a mystery to our non-running friends.
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*Courtesy of Daughter of a Runner
Being friends with a runner can be a tongue-in-cheek experience. You’re subject to several crazy mannerisms and behaviors, including outlandish race-spectator expectations and peer pressure to carbo-load along with your runner friend.
When we’re talking to you we expect you to:
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Let us constantly complain how much we hate running
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Let us convince you to join running because it’s so much fun
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Be entertained by the story where they unexpectedly got runner’s trots and had to duck into a bush to go
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Sympathize with us when we tell you we “had such a bad training week because I missed 1 of my 9 workouts”
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Be okay that we talk about things we did with our “running friends” 80 percent of the time
At races we expect you to:
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Know which races are important to us and be there
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Create a plan prior to the race to spectate along multiple spots along the route, by analyzing the route and taking into account our expected pace
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Show up with a cowbell and clever posters
On social media we expect you to:
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Be impressed by the daily screenshots of Strava we share
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Interpret whether the min/km from the Strava screenshot meant we had a good/bad run
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Tolerate SnapChat’s of black toenails, blisters, chafing, etc.
When we’re eating we will:
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Not take into account that you are trying to eat healthy/diet, and shamelessly carbo load in front of you
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