To live with a runner?...

So that’s the moment… you just met this guy/this girl.

And great, besides his great smile, she/he does sport … Cool …

He runs … She runs … Cool …

And it’s true, someone who does some sport, it’s reassuring … Ok, great, you decide to have a crush…

But don’t be too hasty with our rejoincing … because you will soon be discovering new things by living with a runner … Do you need some examples? …

For sure these colorful t-shirts are beautiful. And obviously this breathable fabric is very practical. But you should stop breathing soon… Because 3–4 t-shirts per week piling up in the laundry room until the next laundry day, you’ll smell the days passing…
And as we are talking about clothes, you will discover a drawer endlessly filling up with T-shirts, race after race, like trophies. Finisher of this, finisher of that … will you soon finish to be finisher? … The drawer is full, can’t you see?…
By the way, what about these bibs, well, that’s how he names these crumpled pieces of paper with a number on it … Do not be surprised if they are hanging on the wall of the living room … Okay she/he is not a pro interior designer, but anyway … And in addition your lover could even be a one hanging medals around the bibs…
Let’s going on with the collection issue, and it’s time to talk about this cardboard filled with old running shoes, exhausted by hundreds of miles, and fragrant, which he/she can’t waive : “but, I can’t, don’t you know that each has history, they are part of my life ”… Each its own history maybe, but the guest room is not an Asics outlet…!
You think that spending an evening in shorts and socks on the couch is not super glam? So what will you say if we add an ice pack on the knees, and compression stockings in the calves?…
And actually, what’s that fucking green little roller that lies in the bathroom, and on which he/she rolls his/her foot while brushing teeth, and that you pick up all the time not to fall on it?
Do you like sleep in on Sundays mornings? Forget about it, it’s long run time… and it’s nice trying not to make noise when waking up… And for your breakfast in bed, you can wait for a while … so long that you will not be still in bed when he gets his breakfast, when back from the run… And in addition, you don’t even know what a long run is (don’t worry, you’ll soon know what it is…)
Do you like sleep in on Sundays mornings? Forget about it, it’s race day. 238km away, and that’s what long runs are all about. Alleluia. Wake up at dawn to go far away to watch thousands of unknown runners passing by, your eyes drunk with neon colors, and in addition you finally don’t even see him/her pass (but of course you won’t confess). Then it’s 238km long debriefing on the way back home, and you’ll hear about the runner’s high in the 8th, the hard time in the little climb in the 14th, the station of the 17th where there was only water, and this great negative split with the best km in the 20th… And here is a finisher t-shirt for the drawer. Well, you’ll go at first, but even if it’s great fun, it’s not compulsory, because you’ll see, it’s even harder than running… And do not worry, he/she can go to races on its own, when you’ll be fed up… Even if it’s always a great excuse not to have dinner at the in-laws …
Uh didn’t I just hear “negative split” ? … Yes, you did. And yes you will learn many new words. For example drop (which has nothing to do with the tv-show), negative split (which has nothing to do with the Croatian city), fartleck (which is not IKEA furniture), puls (which has nothing to do with this pretty pull-over you saw yesterday at Zara), carboloading (which has nothing to do with a computer), pace (which has nothing to do with music), gels (which has nothing to do with hair), pasta party (which has something to do (ah finally) with pasta, but nothing with a party (too bad)), etc.
As we are talking about food, I hope you like pasta and rice, and that you do not mind someone who rottens the kitchen cooking pasta at 4:30 on Sunday morning. No, seriously, you did such a mess, only for white pasta? Pfff …
Do you like travelling? So, that’s good… short getaway weekends in capitals, he/she loves that… But forget strolling around in the old town, forget the gastronomic restaurant and the good bottle of wine. No it’s running expo, rest at the hotel, and marathon… Well, so you’ll have plenty of time for some shopping, and you can even negotiate: a marathon = a handbag … Yes, yes, it works …
And be careful, despite all this, you will end up buying your own running shoes. And he will never have been so happy that you buy a pair of shoes … Oh looooove …
And finally you have plenty to choose among many cities to make him happy and take him on weekends (for sure, check-it out), and you will have some time for yourself, since he will not miss the opportunity to discover the city with urbirun…

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