August has been and gone

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

You folks are definitely real runners. I am definitely not a real runner, so I speak with some authority

In any case, who cares what you are tagged, and by whom? None of us here are running for social status, are we? Sometimes I think we forget (and it's easy to do when surrounded by tens of thousands of other runners in a major race) that only a tiny percentage of the population can run at all, let alone make the effort to train regularly. If you must compare yourself, compare down the scale of running endeavour rather than look up at the elite - the view is much more satisfying behind you