How to spot a sportsman

There are several sacrifices you make if you want to do sport at uni. Well maybe not major sacrifices: just things that will happen time and again. The biggest sacrifices are almost certainly dress sense and room in my rucsac. Observe:
You can always identify a sportsman from the fact that in their rucsac will permanently be:

• clean underwear, t-shirt, socks (tracksuit can be worn because you tend not to train in it, so jeans not required. Same for trousers)
• showergel (can double as shampoo to save space)
• a hand towel (because real ones take up so much room)
• plasters
• cereal bars, oatcakes, bananas... other healthy type snack food... (because you're ALWAYS hungry)

This is especially the case if (as in my case) your other half lives nearer to where you train than you do. In this case going home becomes less appealing, and you tend to shower in your department, or at the pool, or at their's, and only go home when you need more clothes.
You will always be wearing trainers. Shoes, jackets and nice clothes do not feature in your world. You are likely to always have a raincoat (because it's hard to judge the weather at 6am when you get up). People at the gym know your name...

Do I sound bitter?

Second draft of dissertation so close to being done!