“Someone who likes to run” – a person who looks outside and sees the sun and 70 degree temperature and feels as if it would be fun to go out and run. Or a person who feels they ate too much pizza the night before and wants to burn it off.
“A Runner” (*) – a person who is training to reach their full potential as a runner and they want to run as fast as they physically and mentally are able. A person who looks out the window and sees the rain or snow or 90 degree temperature and is tired from the long day but they still go out to run in order to train to make themselves better. A runner sacrifices in order to reach their running goals. If you can’t make a list of things you have sacrificed to reach your goals, you are “someone who likes to run”.
“A Runner” (*) – a person who is training to reach their full potential as a runner and they want to run as fast as they physically and mentally are able. A person who looks out the window and sees the rain or snow or 90 degree temperature and is tired from the long day but they still go out to run in order to train to make themselves better. A runner sacrifices in order to reach their running goals. If you can’t make a list of things you have sacrificed to reach your goals, you are “someone who likes to run”.