I like the video though if I were to count my score, I'm a poser LOL. For me, if I think I'm a runner, even though I don't have a shelf dedicated to Gatorade and I have yet to even enter my first race, I'm a runner. That's all that matters to me. I do have alien toenails and get high when I complete my runs. Maybe one day I'll look at this video again and will score higher, but it doesn't really matter. I will continue to lace up my sneakers and enjoy every moment of running, just like someone who scored 45

I score 38. Some of the fact does not apply to me though. I have a dog, but it's a small 6 lb Yorkie, he never run with me.
The 50 facts are really cute. Here's a few that I rem:-
o Spend more money on training clothes than school uniform. In my case, I am willing to spend money on a running jacket which my non-runner friends will never understand.
o I do drink soda - Do not know the relationship of giving up soda and runner, may be I will learn to kick off this habit now.
o Foam @ the mouth - LOL- I thought I was the only one with this problem, so it's common to all runners.
o I use the odometer to find out the distance around my neighborhood before I get my GPS watch
o I remember most of the race date and yes I make plans around that.
o During my morning run - I have cars pass by and horn at us, or yell at us.

Thanks for posting this - I will send it to my friends.

Haha I love #19

Some of these things sound mean-spirited or unhealthy to anyone else? It sort of reminds me of the Pearl Izumi ads that made fun of people who walk. Since when is it healthy for a woman to have 5-7% body fat?

Ok, i gotta say, i'm with esanderc, that was a little... off

Some of the things i didn't get (getting egged or shouted at by passing cars? Maybe because i'm English, is that an American thing or something?), and some i thought weren't fair (10 mile = easy? only to a runner who aims for distance, what about sprinters), and some i thought were rather unrelated to running (you pay attention to the weather channel, though surely the type of runner it's talking about wouldn't skip a run because it's drizzling?)

To me, it says you have to be very good to be called a runner - no short distance, just for fun runners please!

I like the idea of what he was doing though, just not how he did. (I feel like a right spoil sport now though, sorry!)

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Absolutely loved this, I scored 38 (although my toenails are NOT a freak of nature!)
Some of them werre definitely characteristics of a more experienced and skilled runner as opposed to lightweight jogging whcih is more my style, I agree with the above comment that 10mile + easy would never be said in the same sentence! Still I definitely identified with the pasta and 40 mile comments!

If those 50 things define runners, I don't want to be a runner. I enjoy the occasion jog - but living off power bars and gatorade and feeling superior for being able to call a 10 mile run "easy"? No, thanks.

16 - I knew I shouldn't have bothered to watch it!
But I think this was meant for men, and I definitely am not one of those. I think the body fat percentage question (yikes!) and the question about being yelled at by passing cars (um, yes, I have boobs, thanks for noticing) should cancel each other out for us ladies.

Ha, I definitely have some of those traits...when I was running a lot, I only had 7 toenails and two of my remaining ones were black.

Lol...I'm definitely more of a jogger than a runner. I only manage 6 miles max but hey, that's good enough for me. But if I had a runner's metabolism, I would totally eat my weight in pasta!

"Your laundry bin smells like the inside of a goat's ass."

I'm not a runner, but I do like the video. Funny stuff.

I'm more of a jogger. Some of the points I identify with are:

-Having no idea what an off season is (I exercise all year around, including during that special time of the month)
-I can get high without drugs
-My heart rate is under 50 bpm
-I realize how obese the rest of the world is
-I love getting hit by sprinklers

That's all that applies to me, but I do like the video.

44. You almost wish someone would grab your wallet just so you could chase them down.
^ I've always wanted to show a thief how fast I was ahah. *knocks on wood*

ha, that's funny. A lot of good stuff in there, although, I think this is geared for male student athletes with dogs. I do not have magazine pictures of runners or models in bikinis because I am adult female who does not decorate with magazine cut-outs. I don't try to pick up any women, so no need to brag to them about being a fast finisher. And 5% body fat and 4000 calories a day?!?! Not even during marathon training can I eat 4000 calories a day. I also don't have a dog but I do have a career, so unfortunately work does have to come before running if I want to be able to afford work-out clothes and race entries.

I only got a 32, which means I am afraid of pain...I think the 55-mile trail relay race I did yesterday and all the other scratches & bruises on my body say otherwise.

ps.. the kids in Prefontaine t-shirts are the posers in my opinion.

haha
38

lol that was pretty funny but im not much of running material dont have the time

A lot of good stuff in there, although, I think this is geared for male student athletes with dogs.

Totally agree!

The whole time I was thinking, is this for 16 year old boys? And then when I saw the "you're a poser" score, I definitely knew that it was made by a teen-aged boy.

But I agree, some were funny. I liked the toenails one, the wishing someone would grab your wallet one, and knowing the street names and their precise distances.

I'm definitely very exact when giving directions around my town. "Oh, that will be a .5 mile walk, and then if you go there that will be .25 miles."

highschool humor IMO

lol at #17, but I would have to blame my running trail book on that one. It has the more routes to run on then I ever came up with on my own. In fact, I was able to spot a runner at a lunch place the other day because they the same book, "Fun on Foot in New York." Too funny!

So according to the video, the more smug, the more "legit" a runner you are?