10.  If you enter a race just to get out of mowing the grass....

        9.  If running a marathon would violate your parole....

        8.  If you pay your race entry fee with homemade beef jerky....

        7.  If your running shoes are patched up with duct tape....

        6.  If you ever rode in a boxcar to get to a race....

        5.  If your training log includes a running total of all the roadkill found on your training runs....

        4.  If you don't start running until the starter says "Ready, ... Set, ... Y'all go!....

        3.  If you chase coons up a tree for fartlek training....

        2.  If your running singlet is decorated with NASCAR patches....

         1.  If you heard about this website on the CB....