Saturday, 08 October 2011
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How Can You Tell if Someone Is a Real Runner? Look At Their Face!
A while ago, I posted an entry on how there's no point in distinguishing "real" runners, and "fake runners". But it turns out, there is a distinguishing factor between the two: Glamour shared with us that you can tell if someone is a runner by simply looking at their face. What should you look for?
The condition is called the "runner's face," and it affects many runners and intense exercisers. It is said that intense "athletes burn off fat beneath layers of their skin," and that the significant loss of volume makes a prominent appearance of the bones, accelerated development of loose skin, and deeper wrinkles.
"What's making your legs hot, may make your face look, well, not"
Plastic surgeons say that many athletes are recommended to recieve botox and injectable fillers if they suffer cases of the "runner's face."
So maybe you don't exactly want to look like a runner... at least not your face.
What do you think? Do you exercise to the point of suffering the runner's face? Is it worth it?
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I saw that in the army. Is it worth it? If your body wants it. Our bodies all want different things. Some want to be fat, others thin.
fuck that. i will take my pretty face on a mediocre body over a hot body and ugly face. lol.
i don't understand why everyone thinks that age is ugly. i personally would much rather feel good about knowing i can run a 5k (which is my goal) than know that my damn face may be more wrinkly or whatever than someone who sits on their ass all day. you know what else makes you wrinkly? TIME, smoking, stress, freaking LIFE makes you wrinkly. it's silly to make people feel self conscious about the effects of exercise on their body. i will take a runner's face ANY DAY over being out of shape and cellulite-ridden.
I am not into running. But I am into being fit- weights, zumba, yoga, pilates... wonder if I'll get yoga face?
Oh man, I totally have this. I'm 20 years old but I can totally feel my facial skin "jumps" up and down and disintegrates when I do my daily 5 to 7-mile run :( But if I don't run ... I don't know how else to survive!
Oh man...is there an elliptical face? A treadmill face? A dancer's face? =/
Maybe I shouldn't aim to lose those last fifteen pounds...
I call BS on this. I'm in a running club, and it's hard to guess anyone's age- we all look younger than we actually are. I know my dad's face aged quickly from years of intense bike riding, but I think with running it would only happen if you are starving yourself or something.
How about the alternative- a weak heart and muscles, and possibly die earlier, instead of exercising? Use some common sense.
@islandinthesun@xanga - i don't think that the alternative is sitting around all day long..i know what you mean,i just want to point out that everything should be done in moderetion.even exercise=)
Not true.
i think this is full of shit.
What a bunch of nonsense.
@syedanoor@xanga - hahahaha your comment made me smile.
Oh no. I guess I'll never be beautiful.
I can't run because my face will get ugly.
I can't eat or else I'll get fat because I can't run.
Diet pills are the only way!
People piss me off. I LIKE faces like this. The people who have them are real. I hate how many people don't see how beautiful they are because some idiot has to go around telling everyone "you're only beautiful if--". How dare a runner look like a runner - they should be injected with botox and injectable fillers to be beautiful. Why don't we concentrate on being healthy, for a change, so we can actually enjoy our lives and be beautiful on the outside and the inside, instead of spending it worrying about how we will never look good enough for someone else.
wow. i never knew that!
This post is wrong. If you're thin (regardless of how hard you exercise, if you do) you're going to show wrinkles and fine lines in your face because you don't have enough fat their to cover it. It has nothing to do with exercise itself.
This only happens for marathon runners over the age of 40...
Zsa Zsa Gabor put on weight so she'd stay looking younger longer. I believe it. Running blows anyway haha.
The solution, my friends, is to wear a face hugging mask when you run.
Exactly the changes which occur in aging.. How interesting.
"real runner"?
If a person gets off the couch and goes for a run IMO that's a runner, not what happens to their face....What kind of doctor reccomends boxtox, a plastic surgeon?
They're wrinkles. Normal and natural occurring. Everyone will end up with them sooner or later. The way you live your life many determine the number and kind, but nobody can avoid them. I like to exercise to be healthy. I'm going to have wrinkles anyway.
@laughxlovextravel@xanga - a doctor who wants money, either as a referral fee or from doing it themselves :/
I could see this happening if you run to the point that you are losing fat in your face.
Artist's face: covered with little hints of charcoal and paint. ;D
If I was really athletic, I don't think it'd be that big of a deal. I have a lot of baby fat on my face anyhow, I could probably afford to lose some! Lol and plus I know lots of athletes and runners, and its not like their faces look all that bad. Then again, I (and my athletic buddies) are still pretty young.
I dunno. i have a naturally wide, chubby face, so when i started running and my bones became more prominent after the fat melted away i looked so much better and i loved it. So i have to agree with @Colorsofthenight. Our bodies all want and need different things.