Nine running moments when your inner Shalane Flanagan slips out

Warning: one very offensive (and oh, so appropriate) word is used, over and over again.

When your lucky shorts are clean for that big workout:

When your favourite shoes are 50% off:

When the race uses your favourite kind of gel on course:

When the weather clears up just in time for race morning:

When you finish a run right in front of a bar, and you brought a credit card:

When the public restroom isn’t locked:

When you make it out of the trail just as the sun sets:

When you finish a run right on the “.00” on your Garmin of your planned distance:

And, of course, when you win the fucking New York City Marathon:

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