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.
Runfession –
a formal statement admitting that one is guilty
of a particular running crime.
I’m adding a fun little twist again this month by making this another group effort. I invited my Ragnar Trail Appalachians WV teammates Gayle, Angela, Erin, Carrie, Meagan, Lupe, and Rachel to contribute. Here are our runfessions…
Gayle runfesses: When running with one of my speedier best friends, I’ve been known to save up some long, deep, open-ended, thought-provoking questions to keep her chatting up the hills.
Rachel runfesses: I had signed up for the Reston Sprint-Tri, but just viewed it as a charitable donation since I hadn’t even gotten in a pool.
Gayle Runfesses: I have to walk through water stops because I choke every time I try to run while drinking from a cup.
Deb runfesses: I have signed up for races just as soon as registration opened so I’d get a very low number and feel like an elite runner.
Meagan runfesses: Sometimes I get tired of waiting for my Garmin to find satellites and I start running before it has signal! *gasp*
Deb runfesses: I used to run with a guy who sweated profusely, and while pumping his arms he would fling sweat droplets on me. I never complained because the sweat felt like a refreshing shower. Ewww!
Rachel runfesses: I went to Meadowlark Gardens yesterday and had to stop and take a picture of the slightly muddy trail to help me work through my lingering mud trauma.
Photo credit: Rachel
Meagan runfesses: I ran with my camera in a loose pocket of my hydration pack and I lost my camera while out on the trail. I made my running buddy wait while I backtracked to look for it. Miraculously I found it in a deep mud puddle and will never run with my camera outside of the zipper pouch again.
Gayle runfessses: I can’t pee in the woods to save my life.
Angela runfesses: I signed up to run the Richmond Half right after moving to Virginia, and totally didn’t train. Come October I found out I was pregnant so I used that as my excuse not run it in November. Saved by a kid! LOL
- Questions:
- What are your runfessions?
- Who is racing this weekend?
Oh my goodness! These group efforts are hilarious! I came up on a guy sweating like that at a race. It was like getting past a lawn sprinkler! Thanks for linking up!
Marcia recently posted…Runfession Friday Linkup
I’m already tapping into my Cruisers’ runfessions for next month!
Thank you for the linkup!
This is awesome!
Thanks! 🙂
There are some funny ones on your list, but my favorite:
I have signed up for races just as soon as registration opened so I’d get a very low number and feel like an elite runner.
Now why haven’t I thought of that?!
Tina@GottaRunNow recently posted…Running in the Black Hills & Wyoming
Do it, Tina! 🙂
I choke too Gayle! And Deb, sweaty ape-hairy man brushed against me in a half and I almost threw up!
HoHo Runs recently posted…Five Runfessions (June 2015 Edition)
Ewww! Perhaps knowing the sweaty guy made it a “little” less disgusting.
Funny! I can’t run and swallow water out of a cup either and in fact we learned at the Hot Chocolate 15K I can’t run and chew up a tootsie roll either- that damn thing hung in there for 5 miles!!!!
Mary Beth Jackson recently posted…Be a Summer VIP with Fabfitfun!
HaHa! Tootsie Rolls can be hard to chew and swallow even when that’s all you’re focusing on. It once took me several miles to chew up a very old ShotBlok that I’d found in my running bag. I chewed so hard that my jaws were sore the next day!
I love these group runfession compilations! Can’t wait to see what will come up the next time you have a group race adventure!
I’ve already reached out to the Cruisers to have them start sending their runfessions my way, and they’ve already sent me some good ones! 😀
OMG, I love this! Now I wish mine wasn’t so whiny LOL I am shamed 🙂
P.S. I will never enjoy sweat drops!! lol
karen recently posted…My Runfessions
HaHa – don’t be ashamed! And, yeah, the sweat droplets were kind of gross