1. Your feet have calluses and your calluses have blisters.
2. You wear compression socks under your jeans for Saturday night parties.
3. You run while on vacation.
4. You know what arnica is and how to use it.
5. You sign up for a race as a training run. [Spring Blast Half Marathon, here I come!]
6. It’s not “food,” it’s a “recovery” snack.
7. You have calculated and memorized the number of calories you burn per mile at your current weight.
8. You can name at least four different brands of commercial sports drinks, plus you have a recipe for making your own.
9. You wake up earlier for your long run on the weekend than you do for your normal day during the week.
10. You go to the gym and see the same woman there you’ve seen the last five times you went. You think, “Wow, that lady is always at the gym! I wonder if she has some kind of exercise disorder.” Then you realize she is probably wondering the same thing about you!
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Fit Fun Mom 
My favorite is the last one – so true!!!
Also, every time I get a pedicure, I’m always a little embarrassed when they try to scrub off my calluses – I always ask them to just leave it because if they do too much work on it I will end up with blisters on my next run!!!
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The worst is when I’m trimming my toenails the night before a race and I am so tempted to scrub off those calluses. I have learned, as you said, to leave them alone!
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Adding to #8: and you have a strong opinion about each of them!
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Yes! I definitely have some brand loyalty, although it’s not so much that I like one brand over the other as that I stick with what I know works for me!
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You have a sports drink recipe? Do tell!
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