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May 6, 2010
Well, crap
This is one of those things I can't believe I'm going to tell the world, but it's too funny to keep to myself.
Tonight's run was supposed to be 25 minutes with no walking intervals. I was...concerned, but eager to get started and get it done. I felt great when I left the house, but about 5 minutes in, I started to wonder if my gut was going to take over this run. By 10 minutes in, I was debating stopping and getting my business done with while I still had some control over the where. I decided to try to tough it out, which seemed like a mistake immediately after I passed my last good stopping point.
About 18 minutes in, I tried pushing the button on my iPod to see how long I had left. Between there and the end of my run, I mispushed something several times. Both apps seemed to continue in spite of my mistakes, so I didn't really worry about it.
With maybe 5 minutes left, the stomach issues became desperate. The upside is that I was in a section of neighborhood that is only developed on one side of the street. The downside is that I went behind a thigh high barrier and copped a squat up against a low rock, from which I had an awesome view of all 4 houses in the cul de sac across the street. Luckily, no one walked by, drove past, or took their trash dow to the curb while I was, uh, busy.
Crisis past, I pulled up my shorts and got back to my run. (Note to self: fanny pack with tp worth the fashion faux pas.) I finished the run, started my cool down and pulled out the iPod to check my distance. That's when I noticed that the distance had stopped on the Nike+ app, even though the time was still running, and the C25K app seemed to be a bit off as well. The hell I'm not counting this as a complete run, though. I figure the minute I stopped was totally offset by the 15 minutes of clenching to that point.
I got home, stripped down to jump in the shower, and found this:
I'm either totally badass for finishing the run with a rock in my panties, or really pathetic for having to stop in the first place.
Mostly, I'm pissed that my Nike+ stats are off, and I smudged THREE TOES of my brand new pedicure.
Posted by me at May 6, 2010 11:00 PM
Comments
I've had to cut runs short to bolt back home to uhm "relieve" myself a few times. Sometimes the exercise just gets things moving!! I'm so impressed that you kept going!
I think you are doing an awesome job. By far most difficult part of running is starting. It's so miserable.
My May is pretty booked up but maybe I can run up there in June and we can hit a 5k race one weekend. Typically there are 5ks almost every weekend somewhere, for some random little charity.
Posted by: Bec at May 6, 2010 8:18 AM