am a 19-year-old student athlete on my college's cross country and track and field teams. Here are 15 struggles that every runner will relate to. We all feel this pain!

1. Picking between two different colors for your trainers.

2. The difference between feeling motivated enough to run 6 miles all on your own just because you feel like it, and seeing a 6-mile run that you have to do because it's on your training plan.

3. Walking up or down a flight of stairs after a hill workout.

4. Finding pants that fit your thighs, waist, and and butt simultaneously. This will never happen as a runner, invest in a bet, and move on.

5. One headphone constantly falling out of only one ear, or worse, getting tangled around your necklace.

6. Non-runners calling it "jogging."

7. That one black toenail that you get every. single. year.

8. Long bus rides to meets.

9. Sketchy hotels when staying over for an away meet.

10. Realizing halfway through your 60-minute run that you need to go to the bathroom.

11. Not being allowed to wear just spandex and a sports bra at all times.

12. Having five minutes left of your run, then suddenly, it starts to torrential downpour.

13. Running 2-seconds off your mile PR.

14. That one teammate who thinks every workout, every run, and every race is the last competitive event they will ever perform in.

15. Getting off the couch.