Appearance

            Runners don’t care about what they look like when they run or after they just finished running. It’s a great thing to not care what you look like when you run. Most people are normally concerned about their appearance and I think most people who enjoy running don’t care about their appearance when they run because your appearance just helps show how hard you have been working and running.

            Running is really hard and so when you have completed a run for the day you are not necessarily going to look your best. You especially are not going to look your best when it’s a hundred degrees out and you just ran ten miles. If you run on a consistent basis I think it is impossible to run really any length without sweating. So of course you are not going to look good with sweat dripping down your face during and after a run. Because avoiding sweating is pretty much impossible when you are a runner, I think most runners aren’t concerned about their appearance as much as they normally would be. If it’s really hot outside sometimes your clothes can even get so drenched in your sweat that your clothes change to a different shade.

            I think runners also don’t care about their appearance as much as they normally would after they just ran because being sweaty and looking disgusting is something you would expect of a runner so when you see a runner looking disgusting you know they just finished running. Being sweaty seems to tell everyone that you just worked out or just ran ten miles which many people are unable to do. So I think some runners don’t care if other people see them right after a run because running is really hard and it’s awesome if you are able to run for exercise or to run for fun. Though I think runners may not really care about their appearance right after a run I hope that they still care about their appearance for the rest of the day and don’t go out in public right after a run without showering.

            I think running gives me an excuse to not care about my appearance even if it is only for a short time. After my cross country race no one there really cares that you are all sweaty because it is kind of expected and if you weren’t looking like a complete disaster after running a hard cross country race it would just be weird.

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