For me, back to school means back to seeing all the runners around UVA.

I’m not quite sure exactly what it is about Charlottesville that seems to give people this unnatural desire to run all the time everywhere, but it’s hard to go an hour without seeing several of these ambitious individuals running down the street. 

Some might be inspired by this. Not me. I never get the urge to go on a run, and I can pretty much always come up with an excuse not to go if someone asks me to go with them.

I’ve compiled a list of common excuses not to run. I can’t say that I don’t identify with some of them. So here are a few:

“There are too many hills.”

“It’s just not really my form of exercise.”

“I haven’t eaten, and I don’t wanna run on an empty stomach.”

“I just ate, and I don’t wanna run on a full stomach.”

“It’s hot out.”

“It’s raining.”

“It might rain.”

“It already rained, and there’s a lot of water on the ground.”

“It’s too humid.”

“I hate sweating.”

“I just showered."

“I would have to shower afterwards.”

“I have to do homework.”

“I want to relax since I don’t have a lot of homework today.”

“I woke up too late.”

“I have to be somewhere in two hours, and that’s not enough time.”

"I don't have anyone to run with."

“I don’t want to have to change clothes.”

“All my athletic shorts are dirty.”

“I don’t know where my running shoes are.”

“I don’t own running shoes.”

“My running shoes aren’t cute. I want some new neon ones.”

“I just got Nike Frees, and I don’t want to get them dirty.”

“I ate pretty healthy today — isn’t that enough?”

“I look fine, it’s not worth it.”

“I don’t want people to see me looking gross running.”

I also just wanted to share this hilarious tweet I found a while ago. I think it expresses the feelings of many very clearly: “some ppl just walk out their door and run. like not 2 arbys or anything just like they go for a run. Wtf”—Conor Tripler (@ConorTripler) September 26, 2012.