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When Good Runs Go Bad

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Tuesday

Quote of the Day: “Adventure is just bad planning.”

- Roald Amundsen

Bad run!

You were a bad little run today!

No! No!

I can’t even begin to tell you how much today’s run sucked ass. I mean, today’s run was the kind of run that non-runners look at and say, see, running sucks.

Because it did today.

I got out about ¾ of the way and I crashed. The heat seemed to spike, my blood sugar plummeted, and my will to keep going evaporated. I was reduced to walking.

And hating.

See, even those of us that run a lot can have off days where, to tell the truth, running is not really worth it. Not worth the intangibles that we espouse continually.

Today’s running was like getting 4 nickels in exchange for a $100 bill.

Today’s run sucked like a Hoover.

Today’s run ate my lunch.

Today’s run rammed a gag in my mouth and called me gimp.

Today’s run was like Michael Moore’s underwear: not pleasant under any circumstance.

Today’s run was as fun as recreational dentistry from the blind.

Today’s run was like mixing a tube of toothpaste in orange juice and guzzling it while clawing a chalkboard.

Today’s run was to “fun” as Momma Cass was to “svelte.”

Today’s run was simply asstastic.

You get the idea.

Free Advice for Today: “Call your parents as soon as you return from a long trip.”

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

2 Comments - Join in the conversation below

  1. The strange part is how you don’t see these things coming. They just smack you in the face, you feel great at the start and boom. The ones that suprise me are when you go out feeling like you really done want to be here and have a great run. That fact that you do it makes these ok.
    be careful out there

    Rob

    Comment by Rob — August 29, 2007 @ 12:52 pm

  2. Rob,

    I’ve had every combo:
    felt good, ran good,
    felt good, ran bad
    felt bad, ran good
    felt bad, ran bad

    So there’s no tellin’

    Comment by Jason — August 29, 2007 @ 11:57 pm

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