It’s a New Year, a fresh start and our first foray into the runfessional for 2019! What will you runfess to kickoff the year? As usual I’ve got plenty so let’s get started.
I’ve been very good about remembering to drag everything I need to the gym. I can’t remember the last time I needed to go commando or bramando (its a thing) because I forgot to pack underwear in my gym bag. The other day I’d just washed my hair and figured I’d give it a quick comb through before I exited to the locker area. I runfess I had no comb in my bag. No brush either. I had to take my tangled, soaking wet hair out to the blow dryers and sort of finger comb it. Yeah it’s as pretty as it sounds. I left looking like a Ted Nugent album cover.
I runfess I was more than a little unnerved when a woman marched through the gym locker room and headed straight into the shower hallway, still clad in her snow boots and long down coat. Was she there to shower? Forgot something? Putting a hit out on someone?
I’m not usually one to make pit stops while out on long runs, but never say never. A couple weeks ago I had to pee by mile 5 of a 12 miler. I knew the flushing bathrooms at the park at mile 7 were closed for the season, so I decided to try the train station. Nope. Another park at mile 9.5 always has a port-a-potty or two so I circled there and came up dry as well. I was left with no choice but to head home. By mile 11 though I was desperate. I started scoping out wooded areas, and finally ducked down a “Nature Trail” that was apparently curated by some Boy Scout Troop. Various trees and shrubs were marked with wooden signs. I am not proud of this but I runfess I took cover behind a fine Arrowwood Viburnum and did my business. When nature calls, one must answer.
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I runfess we’ve still got guys here everyday working on home renovations. I couldn’t be more sick of it. They’ve been working here now since October. If you’re old enough to remember the Murphy Brown show, remember Eldon, the painter who was basically working in her home forever? I feel like that. It’s weird to have strange guys in your house. It’s hard to get your workout in and be showered before they show up. Especially when they might show up before 8am or could be as late as 11:30. It’s all very mysterious. And stressful. First world problems.
I runfess I’m feeling pretty worn down by all the people soliciting stuff on Instagram lately. I may have been a tad snarky to a “virtual fitness mentor” who DM’d me asking if I “need any help with my fitness goals”. I said “Well I’m in the final 6 weeks of training for the Tokyo Marathon, what do you have for that?” Apparently she had nothing as she promptly unfollowed me.
Alrighty your turn! What have you got to runfess? Have you been snarky lately? Gone commando? Peed in all the wrong places?
I’m linking up with Meranda and Lacey for the Friday Five.
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The DM’s on Insta from well-meaning people eagerly “checking in” to see if I’ve ever thought about coaching (via a multi-level gig). UGH! Lucky for them, I’m not a snark-back kind of person (I’m an accomplished passive aggressive, though LOL). I swear my bladder has lost all capacity to hold anything, especially if I’m out in the cold.
OMG I so remember Eldon and it’s super stressful having workers in your house non-stop!! I had a plumber and couch delivery guys here at the same time and almost lost my mind so I cannot imagine. Hang in there!!
And, I pee in the woods all the time so don’t feel too badly about it 🙂
I don’t know how you are handling all the renovations. We had guys here for a week and I was so over it by the time they finished. I’m horrible about even noticing I have DMs, so I’m the worst target ever LOL. Only 6 weeks to Tokyo! Woot!
Peed in all the wrong places, LOL — thankfully I’ve never had to do that — knock on wood, literally! — but I have had a few desperate runs and the one where I couldn’t find a place at all.
Contractors in your home are definitely hard. My sympathies — that is a really long time!
Lucky for me, I let my hair air dry like 90% of the time. But I do comb it first — just to get the snarls out; usually there are plenty because I don’t wash it as often as I should. And I swimfess I don’t swim in the winter partially because I don’t want to get my hair wet!
Thank goodness for thick foliage! Been there, done that!
Like Erika, I am not good about noticing DMs on IG. But I do wonder if DMing works for any of these people?
Murphy Brown! When we had our kitchen redone, They dragged on with the final “finishing touches”. One day my husband just decided it was DONE (he’d take are of the rest) and changed the locks on the door. LOL on handling the IG marketing DMs.
All of the sudden, I am getting ID DM’s from a few women a day asking me to work for them “on their team”. I am assuming beach body coaches I don’t know but it’s getting annoying! I have peed in the woods before sometimes you just gotta go! Thanks for the linkup
I have also received a few DMs on Instagram lately. I guess January brings out all the “fitness mentors”. I agree that it’s super annoying. I normally just delete the messages, but maybe I should start replying back lol!
I can remember being pretty desperate to find a potty on some of my long runs. A bush will work in a pinch! I’m just glad no Boy Scouts saw you! 🙂
Of course. when you gotta, you gotta go.
I don’t go to the gym but you can imagine how much I have to bring to work to run in the winter. I have forgotten my skirt, my socks, you name it.
I run on rural routes so the ditches and bushes are my friends 🙂
OMG, I remember Eldon! I used to love his character…but I can so see where having workmen in your house can get old fast!
Home renovations are sooo exhausting! We renovate houses for a living and usually live in our flip houses while we work on them so I completely understand your pain! Hopefully soon it’ll all be worth it though! 🙂
I get those IG messages ALL THE TIME and I can’t stand it. I put out an IG post of my own telling people that I do not want to be a coach nor do I want to Be coached…blah blah blah ( please feel free to scroll through my feed and steal the post and copy it to your own feed). Any way, of course some people unfollowed me and one follower must have took it personally because she left me a not so nice message. I didn’t mean to attack anyone.
That too bad that your park restrooms are closed for the season. Why is that? Is it a plumbing issue? Afraid that homeless people will take shelter? Or perhaps just want to mess with all the winter runners?…lol When will they re-open? -M
You always crack me up with your runfessions! I’m glad no one caught you in the woods! And I’m sure your hair didn’t look that bad!
OMG I totally forgot underwear a week ago at the gym and had to go commando.
I runfess that I’ve been feeling very annoyed lately at the gym with how people passive-agressively lay their sh*t all over the bench in the changing room. It’s already a small area, and we are all there for the same purpose, so can we not share the space and think of others??? sheesh. Today I practically had someone else’s bra in my bag…
I also runfess I’ve never been able to just pee (or otherwise, regardless of emergency) out in the bush. I also can’t blow a snotrocket. Am I still a runner? haha!
I have no problem ducking behind the bushes, because when I’ve gotta go, I’ve gotta go, now! Fortunately, much of where I run is quite wooded. Since I do all of my strength training workouts in my basement gym, it’s only a two story climb if I forget an article of clothing! 😉
Thanks for the linkup!
I’m so annoyed by the DM’s on instagram! It always starts with some sort of “What’s your fitness journey?” question. I’m like I run. And I don’t need your help to do that. Thanks. Lol.
The DM spam is relentless. Just because we are women, we do not need your cheesy pickup lines to go with unsolicited coach spam. Never mind the MLMs
Elton! He’s much better when he’s on TV and not in your home