Running Sucks

Running Sucks

The Weakly

When do you start calling yourself a runner?

Is it the main part of your life? Who deserves to call themselves a runner? And lets run together in NYC!

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Raziq Rauf
Mar 24, 2025

It’s a question that arose during my conversation with Dora Atim earlier this year. Dora talked about boxing with people who ran 5 miles every single day. They still started sentences with, “I’m not a runner, but…”

It’s because they identified as being a boxer. The sport they’d chosen was boxing. Even though 25-30 miles a week is a very healthy mileage f…

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