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30 Day Running Challenge: Day 9

What’s the strangest or most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you on a run?

This is a fun one…. I was on a long run on the river trail right off of campus one evening, when my stomach started moving around and grumbling a little bit.  I should side note that I am not a farter really.  I have never been a gassy person.  I can’t burp, I hardly ever fart, but let me tell you what, nothing gets gasses bouncing around and out like a run.

So anywho, there I was, rocking my way down the river trail, head phones in, when suddenly, I am pretty sure I need to fart.  I do a quick look around just incase I do in fact let some bodily music slip, to make sure that no one is within ear shot.  I had just come around a curve, but I hadn’t seen anyone on the trail in at least a mile…I’m safe.

Sure enough, not 5 steps later, over my head phones, I hear probably the biggest fart my body has ever produced… followed immediately by the Michigan State Men’s Cross Country team flying by me…  

“Of course”… I say to myself…”that would happen to me”.

Good times

Me

30 Day Running Challenge: Day 8

Show us a picture of your running shoes! What are they and why do you like them?

Well this picture is huge… and for some reason my computer wont let me edit it down…that’s what I get for having a 6 year old laptop.. but he still works so I’ll quit my bitchin’.

This is me and my running shoes.  Now, remember that I work at a gym, so this is the footwear of my profession, and also am part of a shoe tester program where I get new shoes to try out and review (it is awesome!)

The 3 pairs in back are trail shoes, and I wear those when running hills on, well, trails.

The white pair in the middle is the pair of Pumas that I wore during the Chicago Marathon, and they were light and wonderful!

Now, I pretty much switch between the blue Puma pair that I am wearing and the purple Asics that are closest to me.  I love them because they are both neutral shoes (I have a medium arch with a very neutral step), and they are very light with a flexible body.

I used to be OBSESSED with ADIDAS Supernova Glides.  I bought them 3 years in a row, and only strayed because I was getting new shoes to test.  Pumas have treated me very well, but I will always be devoted to ADIDAS.  They have never let me down.

Can you tell that I just kick my shoes off when I get home?  I just noticed that they are all still tied…

Happy running!