You Might Be a Running Nerd If...

I went out with a friend of mine from college this past Saturday. We went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago for the Harry Potter exhibition. We arrived early and ate lunch at the museum. We somehow got to talking about running (probably because it's all I ever want to talk about, ha!), and I mentioned that I had run 16 miles that morning.

Friend: "Well, how do you know you actually ran that far?"
Me: "Oh, I have a Garmin. It's basically GPS and it calculates distance and pace and stuff like that."
Friend: "Oh God, that is the nerdiest thing I have ever heard!"

So I got to thinking, what makes a "running nerd?" Feel free to add your own!

You might be a running nerd if...
... you alternate (or rotate, depending on the number) your shoes,
... you track your runs with GPS, thus knowing precisely how far you have gone, and how long it took you to get there,
... you begin your sentences with "One time, when I was running,"
... you schedule the rest of your life around your runs,
... obsessively checking weather.com occupies some of your day,
... you keep your running shoes in carry-on in case the rest of your luggage gets lost,
... you scoff at people wearing old cotton shirts,
... you plan your vacations around what race you can do there,
... you have elaborate displays for all of your running momentos!