- Public urination doesn’t faze you, whether it’s a runner or a guy in a suit.
- You can always spot an elite runner in your regular loop. And a newyorker never stares.
- You go into a dark Central Park at 11 pm or 5 am, and don’t think twice about it.
- Un-showered post-race brunch is mandatory.
- You scream/curse at any one who crosses in front of you/is using the wrong path/walking or running more than two abreast, or even looks at you for more than three seconds.
- You run out-out-towners through Cat Hill or the Harlem Hills to impress them.
- You run into 500 people in your regular loop and know most of them, from work, your team, the races, tv, or the papers.
- You are used to seeing people talk on their bluetooth while running, and/or iphone in hand.
- You might pause your run to see what the polar bears in the Central Park zoo are doing.
- You have some of the most amazing races in your backyard and you either can’t resist doing all of them or are totally jaded and don’t participate in any of them.
- You live at a 3 block distance from five runnings stores and have to shop in all of them for different things.
- You spend the whole day on your feet, running shoes or dressy shoes.
- There are a billion running teams but you still think running has to be THE thing where you get to be alone. Headphones on!
- You do hill training on the bridges
- You would never even dream of winning/placing in your AG; this little island has way too deep a field in every race!.
- You always bring your metrocard with you on your run, because you never know where
lifethe run is going to take you. - In any given run/race you’ll see the ex-governor, Al Broker, Rafael Nadal, Mr G, Ilsa Paulson, Ryan Reynolds, or Prince Harry, and not look twice.
- You are used to signing up for races four months before, or they’ll be full by the time you come around to making a decision.
- The only way anyone will see you in Times Square (oh, the horror) is during the NYC Half Marathon.
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