14 Problems Only Runners Will Understand

It’s hard, this running lark, and not the cake-walk many believe.

Runners. You see them everywhere now. Chances are, before 2012, the only runners you saw were people quietly weeping on the 3rd of January as they stagger around your housing estate or the large group from the running club who look terrifyingly fit. Things are changing though. Maybe it was 2012 or maybe it€™s the fact that there are so many great events every week or maybe, and whisper it, maybe people are discovering what great fun running is. From a 5k ParkRun to an Alpine ultra marathon, chances are the event will be oversubscribed with fit, healthy people trying to beat a Personal Best. And we can all be one too! So, you€™re a runner. You€™re out most evenings after work before a cheeky Saturday morning ParkRun and every couple of weeks you do a Sunday half marathon or 10k. You are fitness. You are healthy. You are a runner. Only, you know running has its problems too. It€™s not all perfect being a runner. Sometimes it would be so easy to limp back home, crack open a beer and watch endless reruns of Friends. It€™s hard, this running lark, and not the cake-walk many believe (God, what you€™d do for a piece of cake sometimes). Just to prove it, here are 14 Problems Only a Runner Will Understand.
 
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