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When you feel incredible guilt over taking a rest day:
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When going on a run seems like a good idea until you actually go on a run:
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When your stomach feels like a bottomless pit after you go on a long run:
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When emojis perfectly describe what it's like to run 13.1 miles:
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When you've been out for 10 minutes and all of a sudden you can feel your left leg cramping up:
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When running sometimes doesn't just feel like a workout but a lifestyle:
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When you yank your earbuds out too fast after a run and this happens:
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When the activity of running seems like a paradox:
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When some Beyoncé comes on in the middle of your run, and suddenly there's a little more pep in your step:
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When you think you feel a shin splint coming on, but your doctor tells you that you were just overthinking it:
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When you think about your body before you became obsessed with running:
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And when you're feeling sore from a long run, but have to come up with a makeshift ice pack:
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When your calves never, ever give you a break:
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When your desire to look good clashes with your desire to work out in the morning:
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When you need to dry your running gear in the fastest way possible, cleanliness be damned:
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When you hear people talk about getting a tan at the beach, and all you can think about is this very real problem:
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And when you are in a constant need of a pedicure, because your runner's feet look just like this:
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When you've been running with sneakers that have looked like this for a month, and you realize you're really overdue for new kicks:
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And when this is only HALF of your running sneakers stash:
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When you want to quit, but reality (and the empty pit in your stomach) hits back:
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When staying in shape isn't necessarily beneficial to your life as a whole:
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When you know any REAL runner would do exactly this, because rounding up isn't a thing — you have to actually hit the number:
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When food is, and always will be, your biggest motivator:
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And finally, when your obsession with running is summed up in one image: