You know you’re a runner when…

you get excited to go for a run even when the sky looks like this

The weather in San Francisco changes hour to hour and from neighborhood to neighborhood. The sun was out when I left my office downtown, but as the bus travelled home the clouds creeped closer with every stop sign. By the time I got home the dark line in the sky was toeing the perimeter of my block and I eagerly threw on my running shorts and hit the pavement. I managed to run a whole four miles rain free and made it back to my apartment to stretch thoroughly.

After my second running injury I am being very careful to strengthen my body and stretch out my muscles. Some of the essentials include:

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Stretching is also a great time to let my body cool down before I hop into the shower. That is probably one of the worst feelings in the world – continuing to sweat once you get out of the shower -eew.

How do you know you are a runner/active person?

A little Friday fun:

One thought on “You know you’re a runner when…

  1. lol!! this is funny because i took my students to the zoo yesterday and one of my students said he saw a penguin fly…. lol oh kids

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