Sunday, September 6, 2015

A Fun Fact About My Body

Does anyone else finish a training cycle with their plan looking like this? Yeah, there were just a few adjustments. Mechanical pencils are my favorite writing tool in case you were wondering what my favorite writing tool was.

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Not going to sugar coat. Today’s run sucked. It was to be an easy 6 miler after yesterday’s hotter and harder run. There was nothing easy about it. I slept late and started under the blazing sun. I didn’t bring water because…I’m always on the fence with water when it’s only 6 miles. But I should have brought water because  this slacker called myself got up too late.

By mile 4.5 I was all dried up and I really wanted a sip of water. I was just waiting to come upon the water fountain for a bit of relief. As I approached said fountain I noticed a nice pile of puke right beside it. Gross. Yep, no thanks. I mean for God’s sake people, be polite pukers. Do it in the grass or even the street, but not right by my water fountain.

Btw, I am more grossed out by vomit than most people (I have full on emetaphobia for real, yes it is a thing) so I thought about the pile the whole way home, which is not good for my psyche. It's kind of like telling yourself to not think about eating a custard filled donut and all you can do is think about a custard filled donut. I will say, I like custard filled donuts more than puke, though.

One nice and pleasant part about this run was these new shoes.

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They are a trail shoe, and I wasn’t really running trails today, but wanted to try them out before Friday’s relay. Result: comfy, light and very very pretty. I like pretty shoes.  Thanks Pearl Izumi for the kicks.

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Fun fact: Did you know I am extremely bow-legged? I cannot touch my knees together when I stand. Or my calves.

So, I am at the end of training and ready to suffer. I will be runner #1 on Friday morning and I will cross the start line at 5 a.m. Because no race could ever have you starting at a decent hour. I think it is in the unspoken running rulebook.

Other things in the rule book:

  • The undeniable urge to poop will occur when you are the furthest from any sort of a toilet
  • The moment you get confident about your running and training, you will get injured
  • Someone you know always drives by the minute you decide to walk for just one second
  • Your race pictures will suck and will show you from the most unflattering angle possible
  • Your Garmin will die in the most important race of your life
  • When you bend over to tie your shoe with your ass in the air, a car full of guys will drive by (why do they like a 48 year old ass anyway? Get a life)

What else would you put in the rule book?

Do you have a phobia? What is it? Is it an SUARphobia, fear of this blog? I understand.

Fun fact about your body? I also have matching birth marks on my ass and my stomach.

SUAR

37 comments:

  1. Right there with you on the puke thing. It's abondon ship when one of my third graders lets loose not to. Mention my 2 1/2 year old.

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  2. My running rule would be the colder it is outside the longer your dog will take to sniff around before taking a pee or poop.
    My phobia is rats. I get sweaty, goose-bumpy and so grossed out if I see a rat. My dog is obsessed with killing rats which sometimes makes my phobia worse and sometimes better.
    Fun fact about my body: I had a toenail permanently removed, it always hurt from running and I would lose it after every longer race. So now I just put a little toenail polish on the little callus where the nail used to be and no one is any wiser. Of course everyone knows now....

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    1. That IS a fun fact. I can't even come close to that.

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    2. My Name is Bella Boke i want to give thanks to my dr and i will always give thanks to DR ADUDU who brought back my love that has left me for 6years within 48hours, i have said about this last week but i promised to always tell people about this every week end so that those that did not read about it last week will read about it this week, i have been looking for how to get this boy back to my life because i love this boy with the whole of my heart, i could not replace him with any body,one day i was watching my television when i saw a lady giving thanks to DR ADUDU and telling the world how he helped her i was so shocked i could not believe it because i never taught that there are powers that can bring back lost love, then that was how i decided to contact him too because i do really need my love back,when i contacted him i told him everything and he told me not to worry that my love will surely be back to my arms within 48hours at first i could not believe because i was thinking how could somebody that has gone for 6years come back within 48 hours,so then i decided to watch and see,unbelievable within the next 48hours i got a call from unknown number so i decided to pick the call the next thing i could hear was my loves voice he was pleading and begging me on the phone that i should forgive him that i should forget all that have happened that he did not know what came over him,he promised not to leave for any reason, that he was really sorry for what he did,i was so surprised because i never believed that this could happen,so that was how i accepted his apology and the next morning he came to my house and still pleading for me to forgive, him i told him that everything is okay that i have forgiven him, that was how we started again and now we are married, i promised to say this testimony in radio station, commenting this testimony is still okay but before this month runs out i promise to say this in radio station and i will,sir thank you very much.World please am begging you people to try and thank this man for me,or if you need his help here is his email address draduduspelltemple@gmail.com or Call him through his mobile number +2347050270268 THANK YOU DR

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  3. Seriously? You printed out a race plan in spreadsheet form? Did those colors look better on your screen before you printed them? Why two shades of yellow? Why is the final row not in color? Does this look good on your fridge?

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  4. You print out a race plan? Holy doodle. I've never, ever printed out a race plan. More importantly, the guys don't care how old the ass is. All it has to be is shapely. And runners, oops, did I say that out loud?

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  5. I also print a training plan. It never prints the way I want it to but I do it anyway. Thank you Google calendar. And no...it never stays on track the way I need it to. It ends up being complete chaos.

    I keep mine in a binder....nothing goes on my fridge. Oh...a quote reminding me when I screw up there's always tomorrow. Cause I'm always going to screw up. Welcome to my life.

    Looking at your rule book I'll be honest...none of them reached out and grabbed me except the second one. Why? Because it freaking happens EVERY SINGLE TIME>
    Right now...I have Chicago in a low enough number of weeks I'm not mentioning it and my achilles is NOT happy. No running for me. What to do? Defer? Run? Wing it? I don't know. I'm in denial for at least another day.

    Fun fact: Hmm. Nothing really interesting. My fingers are pretty long and skinny and my left ring finger is so tiny I wear a 4 3/4 size wedding band. That's it. Nothing else is that skinny. Ha.

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  6. Myxophobia. I hate mucus. Even when it's still in the respiratory tract but someone is trying to hack it up. When I'm running and it's on the ground I will run around it. I don't want it to touch my shoe. Why do people have to spit it out?

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  7. I have trypophobia, and have since I was just a kid. My parents could never understand why the sight of those dried lotus flowers or even spores on the backs of ferns (AUGH!) would send me into hysterics.

    I would add to the rule book that the worst runners' rhinitis will strike whenever I forget to stash some tissues in my fuel belt. This is especially a problem in the summer when I don't have sleeves....I need to work on mastering the art of the "farmers' blow" or "snot rocket", but alas, I don't seem to have much nostril power.

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  8. I think " your period will suddenly show up during the last half of a race while you aren't prepared or even wearing a long shirt to cover it halfway" should be added to the book.
    I also have emetaphobia and I distinctly remember during a 5k and some high school kid puked right in front of me! I freaked out and sprinted past him. Puking didn't phase him and he sprinted past me only to puke on front of my again at the end if the race. While it made for a faster finish for me I was mental wreck the rest of the day as I found this kids puke on my shoes when I got on the car!!!!!!!
    : /
    A fun fact about my body: I was born with extra bones in my feet ( navicular) it looks like I have two ankle bones. ( not so great for runners though as all the ligaments are attached to the wrong spot so I over pronate like crazy and don't have normal movement)

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  9. I am the opposite of you. I am knock kneed. I am so knock kneed, that when I stand with my legs together and feet straight, my knees turn inward and kiss.

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  10. I guess heights are my phobia, so I am safer in woods than mt. hikes. Then why am I living in CO?
    BTW the American Heroes half marathon started at 8:46 am on Sat. which was too late.. Turned out to be very hot and you were right- no shade.

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    1. How did you do? I saw you all out there when I went to the farmer's market. Yes, it was HOT.

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  11. I think I read something about plans: "write it in pencil." Pretty sure I won't be doing intervals tomorrow, my legs are still screaming from Saturday's downhill plunge of over 4,000' in 16 miles. (Part of the Revel Canyon City Marathon course.)

    My Garmin died during my second marathon with about 8 miles to go. I've since replaced it with a Suunto Ambit2 and it had 78% battery left on Saturday.

    I'm pigeon toed - it was so severe that I wore braces on my legs as a toddler. We have proof via old home movies of my older sister "helping" me walk then letting me go in the middle of the room. And she wonders why I tormented her during our teen years...

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  12. I have a phobia of butterflies. Sure, they look all pretty with their flashy wings and whatnot, but then they land on you and show you their true side -- a billion furry legs and antennae and three or four eyes. Freakin' gross.
    I can spread my baby toe away from the other toes a good inch and a half. Also gross. And, I sustained two thoracic vertebrae fractures from running a few years ago (I wasn't in a good place nutritionally and my bone health was poor). In fracturing these, I lost my natural lumbar curve. So now in order to look like a normal human, I have to stick my ass out all the time, and spend at least half an hour each day lying on my belly to stretch everything out. Word to the wise -- don't get osteopenia. It sucks.
    Happy Labor Day! I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!

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    1. me too w/ the butterflies! (and moths) terrifying...they always find your face to attack. *shaking thinking about it*

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  13. The puke thing is just gross. At least the shoes are really cute!

    My rule is whenever I look up from a trail run to check out a noise I've heard, I will trip.

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  14. My legs are exactly the same... calves and knees have no chance of touching... it's nice to know I'm not the only one in the world. ;-) I always blamed it on being born breech and my hips getting messed up when the doc pried me out, but who knows...

    My only real phobia is arachnophobia -- I can handle the little jumping spiders that move sideways and look around at things, but anything bigger and I freak out.

    That's quite the calendar you have there. I have something less detailed in Google Calendar, mainly reminding me to strength train, but that's about it. At some point I may need to do something similar.

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  15. My sister also has real emetaphobia. Once, when we were kids riding the bus to school, she ran from the back of the front of the bus while it was still in motion, white as a ghost. "Uh oh, someone puked," was my first thought. Sure enough, someone had puked in the back.

    I can handle pretty much any bodily fluid except snot and ear wax. I've candled my husband's ears before and seriously almost barfed. So I guess that makes me a snotophobic and waxophobic. =)

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  16. Rule: It there is a chance of rain, it will happen farthest from shelter and it will downpour.

    Phobia: claustrophobia

    Body: Got so sunburned one summer, but one little section didn't peel so now I have a fake birthmark

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  17. I love trails but HATE snakes. Really really dislike, - ophidiophobia. I can't relax and enjoy running on the trails during the summer because I'm always on snake-alert.

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  18. Rule: If I need to pee one more time before a race and do something about it, it's just nervous bladder and there's nothing there. If, on the other hand, I decide it IS just nervousness and to ignore it, it's not, and I have to stop in the first mile or two.
    Phobia: I hate hate hate the sound of people eating. It drives me into paroxysms of disgust. (over-reaction, I know, but I can't help it).
    Body: I can move my pinky toes and the toes next to them without moving any of my other toes.

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  19. I have my first 5K in less than 2 weeks and (between a dark unlit theatre step, newish heels and clutching 32 ounces of alcohol) I went down and jammed the hell out of my right knee Saturday night. Running not happening at all next few days. Don't know what will happen with 5K. SIGH.

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  20. I have the exact same thought about 6 miles. I frequently have a fight with myself about bringing water and I usually don't do it, because I'm lazy and hate carrying more than I need to. Today I attempted 6 miles in nasty ass heat and humidity. I failed. Water battle wins again.

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  21. The only rule I can think of is, "When everything is going great with training for your big event of the year, something disastrous/amazing and non-running-related will happen to throw everything out of whack." Because why should I get complacent about having a normal life? So far, I've had everybody at work quitting and leaving me holding the ball (Hellooo, long hours! Goodbye, long runs!), getting accepted to grad school and having to move in the middle of training (happy, but chaotic), and catastrophic injury from falling on the ice and needing surgery. Sigh. Fun fact: I found this blog when looking for ways to cope with that one and stuck around for the ride!

    Phobia: I've got a serious, serious needle phobia. Like, I've delayed getting tetanus boosters, vaccinations, and allergy shots because of it. Better now. Oh, and apparently misophonia. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/08/misophonia_research_disorder_of_irritation_by_chewing_lip_smacking_sniffing.html

    Body: I'm double-jointed and can make my fingers do weird, sick things.

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  22. I'm bowlegged, too. My knees and/or calves can touch - if I bend my knees. My husband and I did the American Heroes run, too - 5K started at 8:37. It's shorter than my short run, but hubby's a couch potato, so it got him off the couch and running, woo! We were eyeballing the farmer's market. No rules, other than invariably, everything tries to keep me from sticking to the training plan (I print mine, too).

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  23. Oh, my training plans are way more marked up than that by race day. If they even wait that long before being tossed.

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  24. I always print out my training plans!!

    I have a phobia of snakes. They terrify me and they just don't move right...things that live on land should have legs!

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  25. I too am a pukaphobe (my own non-technical term). It made me gag a little to read your post. In fact, large crowds make me nervous because I'm afraid someone will puke.

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