May 28, 2014
For today’s blog post I’m going Letterman on you by providing a list of things that make hurdlers hurdlers. I came up with twelve, and listed them in descending order, Letterman-style, although I’m aware that the order doesn’t really matter.
You know you’re a hurdler if:
12. You have had dreams in which you are hurdling.
11. You have yelled at people for walking in your lane, sitting in your lane, standing in your lane, and/or placing gear in your lane.
10. You have run over somebody who was standing in or walking through your lane.
9. You have attempted to educate non-hurdling teammates on how difficult and physically demanding hurdling is, only to realize they’re never going to understand.
8. When running with no hurdles in your way, you feel a bit unsure as to what you’re supposed to do.
7. You have tripped over something while walking and played it off like you were practicing your hurdling technique.
6. You practice your hurdle motion while walking in the mall, down the street, in the grocery store, etc.
5. You view random objects in everyday life as potential hurdles. You have hurdled over book bags in the hallway, over fallen branches on the greenway, over abandoned tricycles on the sidewalk, etc.
4. No matter what you’re doing, you’d rather be hurdling.
3. Hurdling is your therapy. When you’re down and out, hurdling picks you up. When you’re angry enough to punch somebody in the face, hurdling settles you down. When you’re confused about life and your sense of direction, hurdling clears everything up.
2. You have, on at least one occasion, wondered why you bother hurdling at all.
1. You have fallen … and you have gotten back up.
