~ Runfessions ~
A collection of statements admitting
that one is guilty of a variety of running crimes…

 

It’s time again to join in on the fun and clear my conscience of recent running, biking, fitness, nutrition, and life in general faux pas. I know I’ll feel better when I’m done, and maybe, just maybe, I’ll give you a laugh or two in the process!

 

I walkfess/bikefess: I recently moved several of my tank tops down to the basement storage room. It’s too cold to wear a tank when going out on walks, but I have been slipping one on for indoor spinning and walking on the treadmill pictures (no one wants to see me in my sports bra). Anyway, for the rest of the winter, my tanks are conveniently located right next to my cardio equipment.

 

I bikefess: I have a pair of long Specialized bike pants with a really big seat area designed to fit over padded bike underwear. Even though I have padded bike underwear, I never though to wear them underneath, instead wearing the long pants over bike shorts. I wore them all of last winter and they were uncomfortable because I was using them incorrectly. Duh!

 

I bikefess: I developed a hotspot on my upper left leg on the last few days of our ride across Florida in January. It came back several times over the year especially after riding longer distances on particularly hot and humid days and I was terrified it would develop into a full blown saddle sore.

It wasn’t until a week ago that I realized that I was applying the Chamois Butt’r too far forward on my bike shorts’ chamois. Once I started applying it farther back on the chamois, I noticed I was experiencing a lot less friction and was a lot more comfortable. Duh!

 

I bikefess: I learned during a recent ride that bike math is just as difficult as marathon math when calculating mileage in your head. The W&OD Trail loop I set out to ride was 44 miles so I decided to throw in an additional short out-and-back to get to the 50 miles on my training schedule. Sadly, I calculated wrong and my 50-mile ride ended up being 54 miles.

 

And finally, I runfess/walkfess/bikefess that I have cold induced asthma and was recently prescribed an inhaler; however, I keep forgetting to use it before heading outside to exercise on freezing cold days. As a result, I wheeze for the first ten minutes or so until I warm up.

 

There you have it, my most recent fessions; and you can bet that it feels good to get another set off of my chest! See you soon in the runfessional.

 

  • Questions:
  • • Have you had any “duh” moments lately? ~ Plenty! LOL
  • • How’s your running math? Any funny stories to share?
  • • What are your runfessions?

 

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Today I’m linking up with Marcia at Marcia’s Healthy Slice for her monthly Runfessions linkup.  Be sure to check out her blog and those of the other great bloggers linking up.

 

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