What I Am is What I Am

I got this from the Runner's World Forums. The ones that are in bold are then ones that I relate with.

You Know You're A Marathoner When…

o Your "easy" runs top the weekly mileage of 95% of the general population.
o You eat like a 400 lb. man, and look like you're starving.
o You've got a great looking set of legs, but if you were ever able to get into a fashion magazine, they'd show nothing from the waist up.
o Getting up early to get a weekend long run in actually sounds better than sleeping in, even if you've only had 15 hours of sleep all week.
o You miss a run and you're irritable and pissy all day and evening, as well as the next day.
o People avoid you when you're tapering.
o Your friends gag when they catch a glimpse of your toes.
o You roll your eyes when people talk about low carb diets.
o "18 weeks" becomes your most important unit of time.
o You start debating about Galloway.
o You'd rather run a marathon than go on a "real" holiday.
o You no longer think people who run marathons are crazy.
o After finishing a really tough 26.2-mile run, your first thought is: "Next race, I'm going to...."
o You have a pile of shoes in your closet because you feel like you have to have new running shoes every 400 miles.
o Any run less than 16 miles feels like an easy workout.
o You spend too much time on the Internet reading about other peoples' workouts.
o You say you're going out for a short run and come back two hours later.
o You've been busted up forever, can't really run and you go out and buy a Camelback Rogue for the long runs that you can't do.
o You think high 40s/low 50s and overcast sounds like perfect weather.
o You think it's completely normal to put band-aids on your nipples.
o When someone mentions that they live in another city, you immediately think, "Oh, I hear that's a good running city" or "Good God! I couldn't live there! Their marathon is cruddy and there's nowhere to run!"
o You start to lobby elected officials to revoke "right turn on red" laws. You don't understand why everyone in your office thinks that's crazy.
o You get up earlier on weekends than you do during the work week.
o You hate math but you do this equation in your head: T2 = T1 x (D2/D1)^1.06.
o You've heard the joke "You can say 'fartlek' with a straight face' so often that you don't remember when you laughed at it.
o You shower about 12 times a week.
o You try to negative split mowing your lawn.
o You wonder if you can get your business suits made out of Coolmax.
o Every time you see a runner when your driving you feel like you too should be running, even if you ran 15 miles earlier in the day.
o Your favorite shorts, singlet, socks and shoes cost three times as much as the clothes you got married in.
o All you get is running stuff on those gift giving occasions.
o You tell your wife you want a marathon entry as a birthday present.
o You think 40 miles is an easy week.
o Your wife wonders why you don't run 20 miles every weekend.
o When you go away for a weekend (or week) your most consuming thoughts are how you are going to get your runs in.
o When you're driving somewhere and you see a distance to next town sign and automatically calculate how long it would take to run there.
o You plan your vacations around your training schedule. A trip to Colorado is an opportunity to get some great hill work in. You could never imagine going on a cruise or a small Caribbean island. Trying to map out a 20 miler would be too hard.
o Your sons refer to you as chicken feet or ****atoo toes cause your feet are so beat up.
o You do more laundry than a family of four.
o You eat constantly and look anemic.
o Getting up Sunday mornings at 6 am is something you get excited about.
o Actually thought about Power gel as a dessert topping.
o When someone asks you how far you are planning to run, you say "I'm ONLY doing 10 today".
o When your non-running friends stop calling you to hang out the night before you do your long runs.
o You spend more time on the marathon forum than the company's intranet.
o Your friends don't understand why you'd rather get up at 4:30 and run 20 miles than get blitzed the night before and sleep in.
o You start planning your training for the next marathon before you finish the one your training for now.
o You get new shoes every "200" miles because you've gotten to know the Adidas rep personally.
o Someone asks your 4-year old whether her mom is a lawyer and she says "No. She's a runner!"
o You know what "Galloway" is all about and you have an opinion on it.
o You plan your vacations around marathons so your training turns out OK
o You actually think twice when your significant other invites you back to bed before you actually get out the door for your run.
o You have a dozen pairs of pretty nice looking running shoes that are no good for running anymore.
o You wear more electronics on a run than are in the dash of your car.
o You have spreadsheets for every variable that could explain or affect your running.
o You know every mile-landmark for a ten mile radius around your house.
o You are excited about an upcoming birthday because it will bump you up to a new age group and make it easier to get into Boston.
o You start buying GU or PowerGels in bulk from RRS.
o You realize you have more than six pairs of old running shoes that are relegated to "lawn mowing detail".
o You tell non-runners you ran 5 miles when you really ran 15. Just so you won't have to sit through the "Wow, that's far!" conversation.
o You put off having lunch with a good friend to get in 6 miles instead.
o A 5k is considered speedwork
o You spend hours on RRS reading shoe reviews.
o Every time your mother sees you, she says "You're too skinny!!"
o Even though you burn twice as many calories a day as a normal person, you feel guilty eating junk food.
o You daydream about Sunday morning's LR all week.
o You actually begin to enjoy the taste of powerbars and cliffbars.
o Missing a day of running depresses the &*#@ out of you, even if you're sick or injured.
o You use the phrase "and foot massages shall be administered..." in your wedding vows.
o You can't cuddle with you husband at night because you have ice on your knees, or your shins, or ....
o You walk into your laundry room to find coolmax running clothes hanging on everything to dry.
o You gasp when you see someone running in everyday gym socks.
o Your friends and coworkers introduce you as "this is Heather, she runs marathons".
o People no longer great you with "hi how are you", they now greet you with "hi, how many miles today?"
o You buy gels that aren't for your hair.
o You speak of clydesdales and penguins and aren't referring to animals.
o Your recycling bin at home is filled with Gatorade and water bottles.
o After you finish a race they wrap you up like a pop-tart.
o You never get around to wearing your 10k T-shirts.
o You lie about how long you'll be gone for your run.
o The Fartlek joke was never funny.
o You have a hawk's eye for seeing running trails in the distance.
o You schedule pregnancies around marathons.
o It seems like fun!
o When you plan to move to a new town you make sure it has running trails and a track nearby.
o You go home early on weekend nights so you can wake up and do you long weekend run.
o By the time everyone else is waking up on the weekend you have already completed about 15 miles
o You set the trip odometer everywhere you drive to measure potential running routes.
o You use old running shoes as flower pots.
o Your best watch is a Timex.
o You're no longer embarrassed to be seen in tights.
o You recognize everyone in your neighborhood who leaves for work before 6 A.M.
o You understand what is meant by BQ,CIM,MCM, etc.
o You can drink from a cup while running and don't mind that half goes on your chest.
o Your car smells a little sweaty from your running shoes in the back seat.
o You have cardboard boxes full of T-shirts.
o You get excited until you realize that the Nickelodeon Marathon is just a whole bunch of cartoons.
o You don't think Professional Basketball players are really in very good condition.
o Your alarm clock is set for three hours before you leave for work.
o You have lots of safety pins in your glove compartment.
o All of your running t-shirts have two Vaseline stains on the chest.
o You get nothing done around the house in the evening, if a running magazine came in the mail that day.
o You are sitting in a waiting room while your daughter is having out-patient surgery (minor), and you look desperately around for someone in running shoes and a marathon t-shirt to chat with.
o You'd much, much rather run a full marathon than a 5K.
o Your friends and co-workers always ask you how far it is from one place to another -anywhere in the town - because you just know.
o Complete strangers come up to you and say "I saw you running the other day..."
o Another complete stranger will say the exact same thing on the same day, except she saw you running on the opposite side of town.
o GU is a diet staple, and you've eaten so many bananas you feel closer to monkeys than you ought to.
o The phrase "you're crazy" or "how can you possibly run that far" doesn't even warrant a response any more.
o You have friends that tell you "I don't even drive 26 miles without packing a lunch."
o You see the pasta salad bar as the self service gas station for your body.
o Buy more jars of Vaseline than when you had 2 babies.
o When the best conversation time with your friends is when they are all sweat and smell bad after the long run.
o You do not have a boyfriend or significant other in your life unless they run.
o If they do not run they cannot spend the night so you don't feel guilty getting up early heading out for a nice beach run.
o You continually look at the odometer reading in your car to calculate a new route.
o You continue running despite the distance covered and never think .. Gee I might have to run BACK at some point.
o All your friends are runners too.
o You eat huge desserts with no feelings of guilt.
o Your partner/wife/husband asks if you "want to get an early night?" and your reaction is "great, I'll be more rested for my long run in the morning".
o You have more running shoes than work shoes.
o You have a harder time deciding which running clothes to wear than you do deciding what to wear to go out for dinner.
o You never go out for dinner anyway because you "have to get up early to run".
o You do LESS laundry since you had kids.
o You've run more miles than you've driven so far this year.
o You wish work was closer, even though it would take longer to get there.
o You can calculate splits and finish time predictions in your head but you can't calculate change at the store.
o The customer support people at RRS recognize your voice.
o You think ultra runners are only slightly crazy.
o At 5kms, the race is shorter than the warm up.
o You miss the award ceremony because you were on a 3 mile cool down.
o The only paper in your office desk draw is the wrappers on the dozen energy bars in there.
o Your cookie jars are full of medals.
o You've never seen the 10 o'clock news.
o You always get asked directions in cities you're visiting for the first time.
o You ask for directions to the nearest running trail BEFORE checking into the hotel.
o Your work desk is cluttered with running photos, trophies and water bottles.
o You don't have running web sites bookmarked - you know the URLs by heart.
o The biggest file on your PC is your running log spreadsheet.
o A pre-requisite for a new job is showers at the office and a nearby trail.
o Next up - training, training and more training.
o You moved 6,000 miles to get a better training environment.
o Your knowledge of geography is limited to places you've raced. i.e. as you meet people
o You instantly connect with "yeah, i once did a race there..."
o House hunting is further complicated because you MUST live near trails/track.
o Your friends realize they can't threaten you with "I'll kick you out of the car right here" because they know you can make it home, and you might actually enjoy the challenge.
o You can throw around words like "Fartlek" without thinking twice about it.
o You go somewhere with your S.O. and you bring your running gear thinking you can get in a good LSD running home.
o Your password is PR time in a marathon.
o When someone say the word WALL and you have memories of your worse marathon.
o When all your marathon finisher T shirts are the most expensive clothing you have.
o Little kids say "he's in a hurry" when you run by.
o You're convinced, dog owner or not, that retractable leashes are the worst idea that people have come up with.
o It's okay to have a mistake and run an extra mile, but if you realize you shorted yourself .2 miles on any run, you freak out.
o Your list of favorite restaurants sounds something like Noodles & Co., Olive Garden, Macaroni Grill, Einstein Bagels, (stick your other pasta/bagel/high carb restaurant here).
o You only learned to use Excel or a database so you could make a log and geek out over your running numbers.
o All your non-running co-workers avoid asking you "how was your weekend"?
o 2 litres (quarts) of ice cream isn't dessert for 6, it's a meal replacement.
o You think running shoes are business attire.
o You work out the difference in distance between running in lane 1 and running in lane 4.
o You have a permanent rash on your upper ribcage from wearing your heart rate monitor.
o You know who Pheidippides is.
o You know the story of why the marathon is precisely 26 miles 385 yards (42,195 metres).
o Even if you love cycling, you really do it as cross training for marathons.
o You are on the banned list at every all you eat restaurant in your home town.
o Your colleagues at work rush to the exercise room as soon as the bell goes, because they know they'll NEVER get the treadmill if they don't.
o Your colleagues at work complain/make jokes about getting to the exercise room too late.
o Your colleagues at work are glad when the second treadmill is fixed.
o but, when they run at your cadence, next to you, they keep asking if theirs is still broken, because yours shows 4 miles when theirs shows 3
o Before going to someone's house for dinner who doesn't know you run, you have a plate of rice, salad, two baked potatoes, and bring some energy bars for carbo short-change emergency.
o You've heard the following phrases after describing a long run to an outsider:
o I don't even like to DRIVE that far."
o "Was anyone chasing you?"
o "Did you do it all at once?"
o You feel a little insulted when you tell someone you've just run a marathon and they ask, "Did you finish?"
o NASA calls you regularly for orders of 'Space Blankets'.