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As someone who writes about health and fitness for a living, I regularly find myself chatting with people about workouts. And, as one of the most classic workouts around, running often comes up in conversation.
Funnily enough when I ask other people the same question, many of them will also tell me that they're only "sort of" a runner, followed by those same caveats. And my response to them is always the same—it still counts! I know this, and I preach it to other people. I sometimes still find myself in this weird "I run, but I'm not hardcore enough to be a runner" limbo.
I hated being forced into running, either by other people or by the pressure I’m putting on myself because I feel like it’s what I’m supposed to be doing. And all this time, I told myself that I sucked at running and always would. I now realize that this protected me from ever feeling like I'd fail at it. My expectations were set at zero, because I didn't believe that I could meet even the most basic goal. After all, I "just wasn't a runner.
Because I knew runners. These were people who signed up for 10Ks and half-marathons. People who followed training schedules and tracked their mileage on Garmin watches. People who posted photos of race bibs on Instagram. Even people who ran the same amount as me but looked more like what I thought runners were supposed to look like—women who were leaner than me, had more defined calf muscles, and wore more running-specific gear.
About a year ago, I challenged myself to focus on only doing workouts that I actually enjoyed. I was kind of in a slump, feeling disenchanted by exercise, and thought that if, once and for all, I gave up what I “should” do for what I liked to do, maybe I’d get excited about fitness again. Soon into my experiment, I was surprised to find myself gravitating toward short, 20- to 30-minute runs.
I’ve started saying “yes,” more often when people ask if I’m a runner. Not every time, but I’m getting there.
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