My feelings about casual runners.

I hate them. Okay, hate is definitely too strong of a word. How about, I dislike them. Not because I think they are too slow, chasing pathetic goals, or bad people. I dislike them simply because they try to blur the line that separates runners. Runners are not one big, happy, group that are all the same. There is a clear divide among us. There are those who run for fun, to get in shape, to make friends, and then there are those who run to be the fastest person on this planet. There are those who run for fun and those who run to win. Sure, those trying to win have a lot of fun along the way, and there are those who run for fun who end up winning a few times, but we are fundamentally different. I have made a separation for the running community: runners and people who run. And the difference is simple. Runners eat, sleep, and breath running, as to say, we eat what we eat only to fuel our bodies for our next run, we sleep only to recover our bodies for our next workout, and we breath only to provide our muscles with the oxygen needed to sustain forward momentum of our bodies. People who run, however, may eat just because, even if it may hurt their running. They sleep when they want to, even if they will miss a run. And they breath to talk or some other less important task. Sure, sometimes they will dedicate one or more of these things to running, but once the run is over, they have a different task. And this post is not to say we can't all get-along or live together or even run together. It is simply to let us know that we are different. We have different goals, ideas, and reasons for running. Do not think we are all the same, because we are not. We are as different as the trails we run on, no two are alike.