you know you are a runner if...-you spit -you have been spit on, and not cared -you run through goosepoop like it doesnt exist -you have been spiked -you use frozen peas/vegetables to ice -taping is heaven -you know carbs are good -you have a warm up mix -you say "catch my drift" a lot -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 cheer when athletes from different countries to beet the US -you get excited when a new flavor of gatorade comes out -theres no such thing as too much pasta -you wear a black, plastic sports watch with your dress clothes. -you can remember a time from a race 4 years ago, but you can't remember your friend's birthdays. -you are not embarassed to show someone where your hamstring "really" hurts. -you know your resting heart rate, maximum heart rate, and exactly what your heart rate is at all parts of your run. -you wear your running shorts underneath your work clothes so that you can quickly get running after work. -you love shoes...running shoes. -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 read each month's issue of Runner's World cover to cover within 24 hours. -you not only know how you did in a race, but you know exactly how every other runner finished. -you drive by a golf course and think what a nice place it would be to run. -you know splits are something that not only cheerleaders care about. -your friends know to never call you after 8:30 at night. -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 can't wait for your next birthday so you move into a new age group. -you check out the running stores for the new styles. -you know that cotton is not the best fabric for running! -someone asks you how your run was, you go into a 10 minutes description of every factor of it. -you could watch a whole marathon and not be bored. -you think of distances in terms of mile repeats. -you don't care what the temperature is, 0 and snow or 100 and 100% humidity -you can convert miles to km and back in your head in a second -people think you disappear into the woods -you wear multicolored socks for no reason -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've mastered the evil eye to give to all competitors before a big race -you can eat almost anything and the pounds never show (and your non-running buddies hate you for this) -you enjoy racing your shadow. -your wardrobe consists of at least 1/2 race/school team t-shirts. -your "nice" shoes are your new running shoes. -You've considered calling your child speedy, prefontaine, bowerman, bullet, unna, olympia, etc. -You drink water as quickly as a fat child eats cake. -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 dont even bother to use your car to get to nearby stores -you look at other people's running shoes to see if they really run....you can tell -any parking spot is never too far away.... -you know when all the latest running shoes are to come out -you spend way too much time shopping for socks -you know every runner in you're community -when you run a mile in school, you finish at least a lap before everyone else -when you run a mile in school and you critisize the way other people run -all you can talk about was you're run from the day before -you think frisbee is the ultimate workout :)