Idioms for runners and walkers – "All eyes on me" to "Ants in your pants"

All eyes on me

“I thought he had all eyes on me at the finish line until I turned around and realized that the crowd was cheering for the oldest contestant approaching the finish line behind me.”

All fingers and thumbs

“Forget you can operate a GPS wrist unit. When it comes to small devices, it’s all fingers.”

All hat, no cattle

“That runner with the cap falsely implying that he ran that marathon in Montana is all hat, not won.”

All heart

“The fact that he handed me the only energy gel he had left on the marathon wall showed me that he was all heart.”

All in one day of work

“Running the final 0.1 mile of the half marathon was all in one work day.”

All in your head

“Unless you are an elite runner, having a number 1 racing bib is on your mind.”

All previous

“‘All of the above’ is always my answer when a race volunteer asks me what food and drink I want after crossing the finish line.”

The whole half acre of hell

“We covered the entire half acre of hell when we got lost during that 100-kilometer race in Death Valley.”

All over the place

“That walker didn’t know where he was going. He was everywhere.”

All roads lead to Rome

“It doesn’t matter where you train for the Rome Marathon. All roads lead to Rome.”

All skin and bone

“Did you see that runner? He was all skin and bones when he finished the 100km in the desert.”

All that glitters is not gold

“That finalist medal was disappointing. It seems that all that glitters is not gold.”

All eggs in one basket

“When you walk that Easter 5K, don’t assume you can put all your eggs in one basket!”

All’s well That ends well

“When it comes to walking a marathon within the legal time limit, it’s okay to end well.”

Alter ego

“After running or walking with a training partner for several years, he or she is your alter ego.”

Ambulance hunter

“Did you see how fast she was? She was like an ambulance chaser!”

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

“An ounce of sunscreen before a run in the sun is better than spending a fortune trying to cure skin cancer.”

Ants in your pants

“You don’t sit on that weed with melted energy gel on your hydration belt. You’ll end up with ants in your pants.”