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" 1. There&amp;#039;s nobody smugger than a runner Every time you manage to drag your arse out of bed for a jog on a cold, wet morning before dawn, or whizz past shuffling commuters on your run home from work = instant #smugface. 2. Nothing tastes better than a post-long-run meal (or beer) Third helping of mac&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;cheese? I&amp;#039;ve just burnt a gazillion calories \u2013 keep it coming. 3. You secretly think rainy runs rock Unless it&amp;#039;s a full-on monsoon, running in the rain makes you feel like a totally hardcore Superwoman type with added smugness. Wind, however, can DO ONE. 4. You have one favourite piece of kit you wear to death Hello, cosy sucks-everything-in compression top. That vest with the weird mesh cross-over straps? Not so much. 5. If you&amp;#039;re totally honest, you do get satisfaction out of overtaking another runner \u00A0It was a child? OAP? Meh, still counts. 6. Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, lost tourists, rules of the road \u2013 get out of my way I don&amp;#039;t have time to pause at traffic lights or give you directions, don&amp;#039;t you know I&amp;#039;m about to hit a sub-8-minute mile here? 7. You&amp;#039;re more proud of your PB than your promotion \u00A0Hey, you trained hard for that time. 8.\u00A0Some runs are easy, others are inexplicably hard And when you lace up your trainers, there is literally no way to predict whether it&amp;#039;ll be an &amp;#039;I can run forever!&amp;#039; day, or a &amp;#039;Oh god my legs feel like lead,&amp;#039; every-step-is-hell day. 9. The look of respect you share with a random runner when you&amp;#039;re both wearing the same race t-shirt (Shout-out to Royal Parks Half 2013 finishers.) 10. If you ignore that niggle, you will regret it Trust me. 11.\u00A0 Anti-blister socks are the greatest invention ever Seriously, they will save\u00A0your life. Foot blisters are the WORST.\u00A0 12. Well, maybe the second worst, after sports-bra chafing \u00A0Which is the worst pain known to woman. Seriously, can someone please invent some sort of jiggle-stopping device for\u00A0big boobs\u00A0that doesn&amp;#039;t cause friction burns after three miles? 13. \u00A0Random strangers love to shout comments at you \u00A0If we had a penny for every time we&amp;#039;d heard an unwanted opinion (&amp;quot;Knees up, love!&amp;quot;; &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s the rush?&amp;quot;), we&amp;#039;d have at least enough cash for noise-cancelling headphones. 14. You&amp;#039;re totally OCD You mapped the route and psyched yourself up for a full 10K \u2013 only to arrive back at your front door more than half a km short. Gah! Cue: running up and down your street until you can stop dead on the dot of 10K. 15. If it&amp;#039;s not logged, it didn&amp;#039;t happen There&amp;#039;s no panic like getting back from a long run to realise you forgot to turn on Strava/MapMyRun/Nike Run. But how will I find out my splits?!? 16. Crossing that finish line is the Best. Feeling. Ever.\u00A0 It doesn&amp;#039;t matter if it&amp;#039;s your first\u00A05K\u00A0or your gazillionth\u00A0marathon, making it over that line results in a\u00A0sudden\u00A0rush of joy, pride, and er, bursting into tears (just me?). Katie and David are running the Virgin Money London Marathon in aid of Cancer Research UK. Don&amp;#039;t forget to donate at Just Giving. Katie&amp;#039;s\u00A0training has been kindly supported by Reebok Sports Club, Surrey Physio and Deep Heat. Are you training for a marathon too? Let us know in the comments, or tweet @Katie_Teehan using #Cosmomarathon "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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