You know you're a serious runner if....

A change of pace.....

You know you’re a serious runner when….

...your Saturdays for the next 4 years are ruined.

...your weekends are shot.

...a 12 mile run is an easy day.
...pizza, pasta, pizza, & pasta are your four food groups.
...your watch is more expensive and complicated than your car.

...watching the New York Marathon on T.V. made you get up and go for a run.

...you drink more water than Free Willy.
-you run through goosepoop like it doesnt exist
-you use frozen peas/vegetables to ice
-you know carbs are good
-you know the ammount of time to digest before you run
-you know what PR's are
-you get mad when people dont know what a 400 is, or any distance for that matter
-you own more running shoes than regular shoes
-you enjoy running in the rain
-you get excited when a new flavor of gatorade comes out
-theres no such thing as too much pasta
...your shoes have more miles on them than your car does.
...you need a magnifying glass to see your name in the paper.
...people say, "You run three miles...at once?"

...you combine phrases like "10 mile run" and "Easy Run" in the same breath.
...a meal involves more than 3 servings.
...you spend more on training clothes than work clothes.
...your christmas list includes more than one pair of running shoes.
...you feel lost without your water-bottle.
...you have running withdrawl if you don't run everyday.
-you won't drive by any running store without a quick look inside.
-you know exactly how far a kilometer is.
-you have more old dirty shoes piled by the door than a farmer. .
-you not only know how you did in a race, but you know exactly how every other runner finished.
-you know splits are something that not only cheerleaders care about.
-you get up earlier to run on the weekends than you do for school/work.
-you think that the inventor of Powerbar should have his likeness engraved on Mount Rushmore.
-you have hundreds of safety pins scattered around your house.
-you have more T-shirts than a souvenir shop.
-you check out the running stores for the new styles.
--you could watch a whole marathon and not be bored.
-you think of distances in terms of mile repeats.
-you can convert miles to km and back in your head in a second
-when someone asks you what you did today, you respond with a number
-you run 2 miles for practice and tell your coach that was a nice warm-up
-you enjoy racing your shadow.
-your wardrobe consists of at least 1/2 race t-shirts.
-your "nice" shoes are your new running shoes.
--you look dumbfounded when everyone asks you how long your marathon was. (26.2 miles... duh)
-instead of candy bars you keep energy bars in your desk.
-you don't blink an eye at $100 for running shoes, but you have to think about $100 for any other shoes.
-you save bib numbers in a scrap book
-you know to the hundreth of a mile how far it is around your neighborhood
-you have imaginary lines on the ground (start/finish)
-you look at other people's running shoes to see if they really run....you can tell

-you count your strides per minute

-you know the optimum stride rate (180 – duh!)

-You run hills just because. The turn around and do it again.

-You run small marathons in the boonies just so you can say not a single Kenyan beat you.

-You know that those cotton race shirt giveaways are for show and not to be worn to races.

-You can tell your IT Band from your patella.

-Gait, stride and over-pronation makes sense to you.

-You’ve had the gel of your ASICS freeze from running in extreme cold.