Welcome to Wednesday Word, a weekly linkup for everyone, not just health and fitness bloggers. Each Wednesday you will have a single word prompt to write about. Let your imagination run free and share with your readers your interpretation of that word, or simply use it as inspiration for your post. Today’s word is delirious….. I’d love to have you link up, and if you do, please remember to follow my six simple rules.
Delirious – very excited;
not able to think or speak clearly
especially because of fever or other illness
~ Merriam-Webster
Several years ago, my friend Ed ran the Western States 100 Endurance Run and became somewhat delirious early in the race between miles thirty and thirty-five. Ed noticed that runners he had previously passed were now passing him and he didn’t have it in himself either physically or mentally to pickup his pace. Not sure that he would even make it to the next aid station, Ed pressed on hoping not to be carried out on a stretcher. Sheer gutting it out got Ed to that next aid station where volunteers realized that Ed had been drinking water exclusively and hadn’t had Gatorade or a similar sports drink. To get the much-needed sodium into him quickly, they fed him a salty soup. Ed’s symptoms of confusion, severe exhaustion, and inability to communicate what was wrong were typical of an electrolyte imbalance, and went away almost immediately once he ate the soup. These imbalances can often happen to people sweating profusely, while not properly replacing lost sodium and potassium, two of the most important electrolytes.
I suppose you could say that Ed experienced two types of deliriousness that weekend – first he was deliriously happy to to be running in the Western States 100 after having qualified at the JFK 50-Miler and then he became temporarily delirious due to his electrolyte imbalance. Fortunately the latter was a pretty quick fix and Ed perked right up, and added Gatorade to his hydration practice for the rest of the race. Ed went on to finish the race in under twenty-four hours and earned the coveted belt buckle – bringing on, I’m sure, another round of delirious happiness!
What makes you deliriously happy?
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Omg! That is amazing! Glad he changes his hydration.
I get delirious when I have too little sleep. I get cooky for sure!
Yes, Ed was lucky they figured it out so quickly. That’s a good point about getting delirious on two little sleep.
go Ed!!!! T minus 3 days until vacation has me deliriously happy!
Lauren recently posted…Road Running VS Trail Running
Have a wonderful time on your vacation!
It’s amazing how important nutrition is! I’m glad that Ed found the answer — what an accomplishment!
Anne recently posted…Juneathon Day #29: Delirious
Yes, it’s really amazing. I know that on just an average day I feel so much better when I’m eating well. Imagine adding one hundred miles to that!
This was a tough blog prompt because really, how many people actually become delirious? Except those ultra marathoners…congrats to your hubby!
Funny, I wrote about being deliriously happy too! LOL!
Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home recently posted…What Makes You Happy? Deliriously Happy?
Oh that wasn’t my hubby; it was a good running friend!
My mom has a story about my grandfather who once had his electrolytes get out of balance, and was in the hospital hallucinating. Scary stuff!
Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy recently posted…Delirious: let’s go crazy!
I know “of” a woman (she’s a friend of a friend) who suffered from hyponatremia after over hydrating with water during an ultra and getting her electrolytes all out of whack (diluting her sodium levels), and ended up in a coma in the hospital for days. She ended up being fine, but how scary!
My dog makes me that happy! Actually I wrote a post about her today that would fit perfectly with your word Delirious!
It’s not too late to link up! 🙂
I had some of those heat exhaustion symptoms once it does not feel good. I just realized I could have linked up today as I wrote about feeling great about my goals so far this year.
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner recently posted…Mid-Year Goal Check In
It’s always good to feel deliriously happy about meeting goals! It’s not too late to linkup.