10. Temporary hearing loss. The worst was this weekend when I didn’t realize my ears were plugged until mile 15. Still made it through the traffic alive.
9. Dehydration and headaches. It’s not easy to stay hydrated. There’s a short period where you crave and drink a lot of water post-run before you’re lazy-ing around and don’t feel like putting anything in your system. Then you might have a headache for 4 days.
9. Dehydration and headaches. It’s not easy to stay hydrated. There’s a short period where you crave and drink a lot of water post-run before you’re lazy-ing around and don’t feel like putting anything in your system. Then you might have a headache for 4 days.
(Photo from Laura Moncur at Starling-Fitness.com.)
8. Black toenails.
The bruising isn’t pleasant, but it’s more of a nuisance. Good thing for nail polish.
7. Chaffing in unimaginable places and bleeding through your clothes. Good thing for Vaseline and band-aids.
6. Running with blood-stained clothes and being hours away from clean clothing.
5. Horrifying people with blood soaked clothes.
4. Avoiding long hot showers after running in cold wetness. You just want to be dry and warm, though warm showers are bad for exhausted muscles.
3. Running on a few hours of sleep and knowing there’s 15 hours of work and class ahead. You can compromise by sleeping longer and cutting the run short, though it rarely feels worth it in the evening when there are miles to make up.
2. Turning down social events. Training cuts down on your social life, hands-down #1 killer.
1. Carrying my driver’s license on my first 2-hour-plus run, and forgetting to put it back in my wallet afterwards as I rushed to a friend’s surprise birthday lunch and later made a dumb lane violation.
7. Chaffing in unimaginable places and bleeding through your clothes. Good thing for Vaseline and band-aids.
6. Running with blood-stained clothes and being hours away from clean clothing.
5. Horrifying people with blood soaked clothes.
4. Avoiding long hot showers after running in cold wetness. You just want to be dry and warm, though warm showers are bad for exhausted muscles.
3. Running on a few hours of sleep and knowing there’s 15 hours of work and class ahead. You can compromise by sleeping longer and cutting the run short, though it rarely feels worth it in the evening when there are miles to make up.
2. Turning down social events. Training cuts down on your social life, hands-down #1 killer.
1. Carrying my driver’s license on my first 2-hour-plus run, and forgetting to put it back in my wallet afterwards as I rushed to a friend’s surprise birthday lunch and later made a dumb lane violation.
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