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Why is running bs? (self.running)
submitted 1 day ago by Wabbitsmiles to c/running
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Inspired by a podcast of the same name (running is BS) that loves to hate running.

This week I particularly hate running because...

Spring time in upon the northern hemisphere, but that brings about the freaking hoard of hovering flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 at mouth level for easy ingestion.

Whether it is parks, trails, by water bodies, I can't seem to get away from them and always end up eating a mouthful of tiny flies, or at least up in my nostrils.

The worst was when I held my breath over a few steps thinking I made it through a patch, and gasping my way into another horde and engulfing a mother road after. UGH.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some extra protein doesn't hurt anyone.

For me, it's always the salt drying and then drifting down my eyes to make them water

[–] dreikelvin 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

so much this yes. I would love to trade that burning salty drip in your eyes with more flies in my nostrils any time if I could

[–] Wabbitsmiles 3 points 1 day ago

Now I'm wondering about the taste of salted flies on my runs. Proteins and electrolytes directly in 1 gulp

[–] angrystego 3 points 1 day ago

Isn't that what bandanas are for? The kind some tennis players wear?