1. You typically try to blend in with the recreational walkers by the end of the race.

2. Evaporation has depleted the water stations by the time you get there.

3. Tying your shoe during the race doesn’t affect your pace.

4. You ride your bike the first two miles and no one complains.

5. You plan to stop for lunch at the halfway point.

6. The only time you ever passed anyone was when that pit bull got loose.

7. Transient’s shopping cart keeps hitting you in the calf.

8. You have trouble finding the finish line in the dark.

9. All races you have been in now have a time limit.

10. After every race the promoter asks you to volunteer next time.