I’ve run in some pretty crappy conditions, but today marked a first for this runnerchick. I literally had to run/swim, like stop the watch and doggie paddle kinda stuff! California goes from the golden winter to flash-flooding my bike trail today…it was craaaazy!
Actually the episode was actually quite comical. I almost tripped and went full-submersion style. [side-note: I have a phobia of leeches, visions of them stuck to my legs and torso riddled my mind the whole run] So a toast to you, Winter, you pulled a fast one on me today. You done good, but I still won out. I’m pretty sure that was hail there between those bullet rain-drops and I came out looking like a wet, sewer rat but I got that run done.
And hey, I’d still take a bucket of rain over some of those well-below zero temperature readings from other states. You runners over there, good gracious, seeing icicles in your beards, eyelashes, and hair!! But I did have to make a cartoon for my run today because, quite honestly, I’m not doing one BIT of over-exaggeration for comedic effect.
Sometimes reality, in it’s own sickly sense, is way more hilarious.
Go on, run on…run/swim on?? 😉
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HUGE NEWS!! If you follow me on Instagram you probably saw the Spoiler Alert! My latest running shirt design has dropped! The Peacock Runner…check out my Mommy-O model, the first runnerchick to don this one.
Full details on this one to come and it will be available to buy at my store soon…but my excitement bubbled over and I had to give you the sneak peek. 😉
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1) What’s the deepest water you’ve had to cut through during a run?
Today was well above my waist.
2) Worst conditions you’ve ever run in?
3) Are you pretty good at keeping a secret if you’re excited?
Ummm…no.
I love the new shirt!!! and what a gorgeous model you have! (Hi Mrs Chock).
I’m glad to hear you didn’t hurt yourself in the sudden downpour. A soaking wet injured runner would not have been a good outcome.
The worst conditions I have run in was with a running group I was part of. We turned up for a 10km run at 5am and it was pouring. We goaded each other into going and it was a long soggy run, but at the end we did feel pretty hardcore 🙂
I wish we could have some rainy runs around here at the moment. We sure could use the water!
Also, I’m really bad at keeping secrets too 🙂
thank you!! 🙂
oh man, yea, running together in groups makes those horrible runs even more, “i can’t believe we’re this crazy!” funny. 🙂
Wow waist-deep!? That is some crazy flooding. I think the deepest water I’ve gone through is shin-deep. The trail I often run on has a low water bridge and sometimes it gets flooded. But when that happens the water is rushing over it, so I don’t cross it because I don’t think it would be safe. No matter how good of a swimmer I am. I’m glad you didn’t encounter any leeches! They gross me out.
trust me, if i DID wind up with a leech i dunno if i’d ever be able to recover!! lol