Runner

One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself as a runner is the low entry cost. There isn’t membership fee, like what you do for a gym. There isn’t expensive equipment, like what you do for golf or ski. All you need is a pair of running shoes, and some would even argue that those are optional. 

To join the tribe of runners, on the other hand, you will quickly realise there is something called runners’ lingo. I’m going to be really honest – I didn’t know much vocabulary within this group. Thankfully, there are informative books such as Think Like a Runner. 

That is how we learn the meaning of hitting the wall, Fartlek, footstrike, or bandit. What did I learn today? Well, terms like negative splits (I have those) and relative energy deficiency in sports REDs (that too).