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Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
madness baby
Michelle
Vim
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Lazy idiot
Wow, asking me to name dumb things I'm guilty of is like asking someone to fish out of a barrel -- it's just too easy. A few "highlights": ■ Causing my heart to fibrillate after slamming ice-cold liquid following a run. It's happened 3 times, each resulting in a trip to the ER, and the last two requiring cardioversion (CLEAR!) to get me back to normal rhythm. Message to cold liquids from Jeff: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on my parents because stupidity like that can't be learned -- it can only be bred.
■ Most recently (still ongoing), repeatedly trying to stretch my calf over the last week ever since I had a bad cramp last Tuesday. Up until yesterday, I kept stretching the hell out of it throughout the day, and it kept on hurting. Now that I've stopped cold-stretching it and leaving it alone, it's improving.
Tick tock
Gah, my right leg is still hurting...not as bad today as yesterday, but I'm hoping it doesn't cause me to shorten today's run. No more wearing flashy shoes for short, easy runs. k
It's amazing how much of an impact our shoe type can have on our body. Live and learn! I learned not to wear my old worn out trail shoes for running anymore. OUCH.
It wasn't the shoes...it was me running like a dumbass the day after a long run--because I had my speedy shoes on and felt the need to run speedy instead of slow and easy, as I *should* have done.k
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
How about going out with 2 pairs of sunglasses? One on head and wearing a pair.