I do not think this makes me a "runner", just a mt bike chick that now loves to run.....

Ruth
Hi Ruth,
Your enjoyment of running certainly comes over loud and clear It reminded me of a story I often think about. I once worked with a woman who ran at a national level and we would often talk running talk- and I'd often say, " but I'm not a runner". I guess I felt she was a real runner and I wasn't.
One day she said to me, " do you love running?, do you get out there even when your backside would rather be sitting on a seat?" Well, yes. Those things would be true. So she rolled her eyes and said, " well, you are a runner"
So maybe you can be a mt bike chick and a runner

Laura