1. You have battle scars from accidentally stabbing yourself with a safety pin while putting your bib on.
2. You never got to go to the mall or hang out with friends right after school because you always had practice.
3. And you couldn't go out on weekends because that was always race time.
4. You had a watch tan.
5. You. Wore. Short. Shorts.
6. And, when it was cold, tights.
7. Steeplechase was reliably the most fun part of your day.
8. You missed your last period classes because of meets. A lot.
9. You measure distances in meters because that's all you know.
10. You got territorial when other teams used your track.
11. Other sports that practiced in the infield were a threat.
12. You had abandonment issues when a new season started and some of your teammates inevitably left you for another sport.
13. Shopping for shoes when you first started track was the hardest thing...
14. ...until it became the easiest.
15. You tend to opt for bright colors.
16. You got pissed when non-track people lounged on the pole vault or high jump mats.
17. The mile in the presidential fitness test was your bitch.
18. Your wardrobe is full of shirts you bought at races.
19. Your goals were constantly changing as you ran faster and faster times.
20. You still know all your PRs (and probably all of your rival's too).
21. You had pasta every Friday night.
22. You ate bananas constantly to try to stop everything from cramping and hurting.
23. You could pretty much eat whatever you wanted after a race. So you did.
24. You walked like a jelly-legged doofus after workouts.
25. Above all, you worship The Stick.
