~ 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, cycling, 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 gymfess: On our recent trip to Florida I forgot to pack workout clothes to wear in the gym. How does a fitness nut like me do that? Luckily, we stopped over to visit our kids in Charlotte the first night and I borrowed a couple of tanks (I had shorts packed for walks and hiking) from my daughter-in-law to take along on the trip.

 

I photofess: Kim and I have the same iPhone, yet apparently not the same photography skills. Either that or her street lights are much brighter than ours. LOL Inevitably, when we take our dark-o’thirty pictures for our collage on Thursdays after our virtual cardio workout together, her picture is clear and crisp and mine is dark and blurry. I need to spend some time figuring out what my problem is, but in the meantime I’ll just chalk it up to operator error.

 

I walkfess: When I walk, I usually jog across the street crossing which is four times in every mile if I’m walking on our neighborhood circle. As a result, my walking pace is a bit faster than it would be otherwise. I walk fast, but I’m no speed walker!

 

I delayed-in-trying-out-a-product-fess: I returned to Costco two full boxes of hand warmers and toe warmers that were defective (expiration date wasn’t until 7/31/27), but we didn’t try them out when we first bought them early last fall. When I opened them in late January, not a single one worked. Fortunately, we had some much, much older Hot Hands brand that worked which I was able to use on days I preferred them over my rechargeable heated gloves. Costco didn’t blink an eye in accepting the return, and I later wished I’d asked if they’d gotten a lot of other returns on the product.

 

I runfess: I’m officially calling my morning core routine ‘The Great Evacuation.’ Why did it take me thirty years running to realize that crunches are basically a physical ‘on’ switch for my digestive system? Back in my high-mileage heyday, I was a regular at every emergency porta-potty in the NOVA area. Had I known that a little abdominal stimulation was the key to a pre-run clearing, I could have retired my panic pace years ago. My abs are tight, but thankfully, my morning schedule is even tighter! 😉

 

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

 

  • Questions:
  • • Have you ever bought something that you had to return months later because you didn’t try it out right away?
  • • How do your pictures turn out when you don’t have a lot of light? ~ not so hot
  • • 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.