Lacing up

"You have a runner's body"

I've been running for about 2 years, and recently I've started hearing this.  Wtf does that even mean?  I mean, y'all, I've got the same body I've always had and I'll tell ya, not once in the first 50 years of my life did anyone ever say that.  Granted, no one said "you have a quilter's body" either, but still.  Quite honestly, I weigh about the same as I did before, there's just a little more muscle. I'm still wearing the same size clothes. I figure if you run, you have a "runner's body".

I have learned that running is more a head game than a "body" game anyway. Even though I've been running, or trying to run for a while, I've never identified with being a runner.  And right there has been my problem.  I was finally able to at least type, in a hash tag, "I am a runner".  I've not said it out loud yet, nor have I formally announced it in print. I'm not sure why. Maybe I was afraid someone would call me out and expose me for being a liar. Maybe I don't think I'm fast enough. Who knows. But I've finally started thinking "I am a runner" and I can see the difference in my running.

I have a runner's body and so do you, my friends.