For Some Reason, I Just Keep Running

Written by one very nerdy runner.

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Story Time!

So over the last several months, I’ve had various respiratory illnesses that have kept me from being active. It started with bronchitis, then a cold, then another round of bronchitis, which turned into pneumonia, then finally, two more colds.

All that coughing led to an intercostal muscle strain, which culminated with an ER visit after a particularly funny YouTube video made me laugh/snort so violently that there was a very loud pop and breathing was no longer a thing I could do. I finally could pull in a breath, but a little while later I sneezed. It hurt so badly that I just kinda went down and didn’t want to breath again, so off to the hospital I went. (Side note: my 96-year old granddad offered to go with me, it was incredibly precious, if unnecessary..) Thankfully there were no broken bones, only soft tissue injury.

Recently, it’s been hurting less so I decided that I should get moving again so I don’t end up with another case of pneumonia or other respiratory nonsense. So last week I started Couch 2 5k. This has exacerbated the intercostal injury and I’m having to taking it very slow.

I decided Friday that I wanted to go swimming. Being to person with no impulse control that I am, I decided to join the local YMCA. Because it has an indoor aquatic center. Hopefully this will help me get some motivation back.

I also hope that one day I get to the point where I stop injuring myself in sitcom-worthy fashion.

Tl;dr:

I almost broke my ribs laughing at a YouTube video, now I belong to a gym.

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My shins, hips, and ribs are not pleased at the moment, but I’m happy I was able to check it off the list. I have really missed running and am glad I’m finally able to get back to it.

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It has been far, far too long! I’m starting Couch 2 5k at the beginning. Again! Because it’s been waaaay too long since I’ve hit the pavement. I figure I’ll switch back to zombies, run! once I graduate from training. Nike seems to have added and retooled features on their app since I’ve been on hiatus, so that will be interesting to figure out. On a side note, I can totally tell my age from my difficulty with technology.

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A whole week back at it. Go me!

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Escorted Radio Cabel to safety as they set off on their road trip #zombiesrun

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Time to get back in the wagon.

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Herded some rebellious teenagers away from the mall zoms and back to Abel #zombiesrun

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Reblog is you're a Fitblr too! I'm looking for blogs to follow!

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I’m more of a zombies, run-blr, but sometimes I post fitness-y type things.

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Uncovered one ally’s innocence only to discover another’s guilt #zombiesrun

I knew I didn’t like that lady. Just couldn’t put my finger on why. I knew Jody wasn’t responsible for as much nefariousness as they were trying to pin on her.

This run was sooooo sweaty. Oh, well, at least warm weather is here.

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I have never been unhappy about getting g RickRolled.

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Discovered some unsavoury truths about a close friend #zombiesrun

Maaaaaaaaan. Well, that is certainly interesting.

Another treadmill run. It was so unnoteworthy that all I can remember is the plot of the mission and spoilers are bad, even if I'm a couple of years behind.

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Bananas and blueberries are headed for the dehydrator! I know it takes longer but at least I know what’s on my fruit. Store-bought dehydrated fruit has extra ingredients I don’t want. These little guys will be used in a new snack bar recipe later this week!

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A food dehydrator is one of the best investments I’ve ever made. My blueberries did not end up looking remotely as good as these, I’m kinda jealous.

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Race Day! Just about everything that could have gone wrong in the morning, did. I ended up running with no music, no zombies, and no GPS. I’m pretty sure I even got lost at some point. At least I didn’t slip, fall, or otherwise injure myself. I made it out of the woods eventually, no worse for the wear except for a little mud.

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OK.....