After years of walking races, logging miles, and proudly announcing I’m walking (not running) the race, I’ve noticed a few things we walkers have in common. See how many of these sound familiar.

• You refuse to run across the street when the light turns yellow because that would be cheating.
• You have to wash your walking clothes on Friday night so your favorite socks, shorts, and top are clean for your Sunday long slow distance.
• Your coworkers move out of the way for you in the halls because they know they’ll get run over if they don’t.
• You proudly announce you are walking the half marathon, not you’re “just walking” the half marathon.
• You might say you are walking JUST the half marathon.
• You race every moving sidewalk in every airport. And you win.
• You signed up for a race just because it had a great medal.
• You know exactly how many steps it is from your car to your office.
• You own more pairs of walking shoes than other shoes. And you can explain why each pair is necessary.
• You’ve calculated the walking distance between two cities just out of curiosity.
• You judge hotels by whether they’re in a walkable neighborhood.
• You count the number of runners you pass in a race.
• You have opinions about socks. Strong opinions.
• Taper week makes you genuinely grumpy.
• You’ve eaten toast with peanut butter before more walks than you can count.
• Your Garmin has more steps logged than your car has miles.
• You automatically scout walking routes whenever you visit a new city.
• You wake up at 4:00 am on a Saturday for a 5K race.

How many do you relate to? Share this with your walking friends and see how they score — and tell me in the comments what I missed

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