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| Vomit virus...run anyway? (Read 280 times) |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 2:18 AM
modified: 1/15/2008 at 2:19 AM |
| Ok, I'm not sick yet, but my son is (along with his cousins, and probably his sister), so I'm asking this one in preparation for the inevitable. If you've got a vomit/diarrhea thing going, but otherwise feel mostly ok, would you run anyway? |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 11:54 AM |
I run (or exercise) through almost every illness. I may not run hard, but I run - mostly because its a guaranteed way to feel better, at least for a little while. I've read that hard runs may temporarily weaken your immune system and decrease your body's ability to battle infection - but 1) I may have read it on a cereal box, and 2) even if its true, I don't much care. An easy run feels good. What do them fancy-pants doctors know, anyway? I know one doctor who can't even figure out how babies are made, apparently.
But there's one exception to my personal rule: uh, diarrhea. No running through that one. For two reasons. The medical one: if its bad, you may be pretty dehydrated whether you think so or not. The real one: getting stuck 4 miles from home when you really, really gotta go sounds like a nightmare. And everybody carries cameras these days. The thought of what might happen is scary. Although it would make a great running story ...
Unless you really want to end up as a hilarious YouTube video, I'd skip the run.
Or do it at home on a treadmill, so you can hop off and run to the john if necessary. |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 12:49 PM |
| Quote from JakeKnight on 1/15/2008 at 11:54 AM:
But there's one exception to my personal rule: uh, diarrhea. No running through that one. For two reasons. The medical one: if its bad, you may be pretty dehydrated whether you think so or not. The real one: getting stuck 4 miles from home when you really, really gotta go sounds like a nightmare. And everybody carries cameras these days. The thought of what might happen is scary. Although it would make a great running story
Yeah, the dehydration thing, alone...that would keep me home. But the added risk of sharting one's shorts--no way. |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 1:04 PM |
Yeah, running shorts are way to expensive to risk becoming Forest DUMP  |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 1:06 PM |
| Diarrhea. Runs. Heh. |
| It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack. |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 1:54 PM |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 4:41 PM |
| Quote from JakeKnight on 1/15/2008 at 11:54 AM: Or do it at home on a treadmill, so you can hop off and run to the john if necessary.
Sounds like a winner to me, if I end up with the same problems my son has. |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 7:17 PM |
I have not refilled your water bottle. Therefore, vomiting is dispossible.  |
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posted: 1/15/2008 at 8:02 PM |
Quote from Bonkin on 1/15/2008 at 7:17 PM:I have not refilled your water bottle. Therefore, vomiting is dispossible.
Hmmm. Maybe that means I'll be stuck with CB. I think I'd rather have you refill my water bottle. |
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