SWFTR
TOP TEN WAYS TO TELL YOU'RE
AN OLD RUNNER
10.
You can remember when Nike Waffle Trainers were the latest thing.
9. You consider metric distances new-fangled.
8. You fondly recall the days when
you only got a race t-shirt if and when you finished a race. It had
to be earned.
7. Bicycles had no more than ten
gears.
6. You remember when lanes on the track
were marked with temporary lines of powdered chalk.
5. You remember when cross training meant
jumping fences or hedges to escape mean dogs.
4. You think a Nordic-Trak is where Lasse
Viren raced.
3. You've been chased by twelve generations of rottweilers.
2. You learned all the words to Ray Stevens'
"Jogger" from an 8-track.
1. You haven't PR'ed since 1973.