What does it take to become a “real” runner?

There is no such thing as a real runner. If you run, you're a runner.

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I've been working with a lot of new runners lately (hello middle school cross country), and if I had any advice for them - of which I have plenty - this is what I would stress to them as often as I possibly could.

And listen, you might be a veteran runner, but …