Tag: #DayCreek
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Natural Bear Repellant
Disclaimer: In case you’ve found this post by searching for “natural bear repellant” on the internet. I’m sorry. This is not that. This is satire. Well, actually it’s my life. But my life is basically satire. So… So, it’s freakishly beautiful in Virginia today. Cool. Clear. Lovely. And because every run I went on last…
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Day Creek Comeback
I keep seeing these dudes on Tik Tok. All pissy. Bitching and complaining about how we’ve hidden the powers of Midol from them. But y’all don’t understand. Midol may be the only thing keeping us from randomly punching you in the balls. When our hormonals kick in. Times like. Now. I laid down for a…
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Holiday Lake 50k Virtual
It has been almost a year since I ran my last ultra. I have not been maintaining my fitness since then. My body is very clear on this point. But GJB and I want our Holiday Lake hats. So we needed to get our virtual run in. And we could’ve done the actual course. With,…
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Probably Shouldn’t Call It A Comeback…Yet
I just screamed obscenities. At a soap dispenser. While slamming it on the bathroom counter. Repeatedly. …it wouldn’t stand up… It’s possible… *sigh* It maybe is time for me to be medicated. Heavily. But when your body starts surprise hemorrhaging. Definitely not on any kind of predictable schedule. But, say, in the middle of an…
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Leg Torture Day
“Sunshine? Can you come out here for a minute?” That’s never a good sign. “Oh no. This is very good.” See, it was the way he emphasized very. That led me to actually believe him. So when he pointed to my shoeless car. And said I not only needed rear brake pads. But front break…
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Failed Ultra Weekend
“Why didn’t you go to the Tuesday night run?” Because Beautiful Beastie yelled at me… For not resting. Before our 50k. Turns out she was right. As usual. I may have overdone it this week. Two early morning runs up Mill Mountain before 5am HIIT class and Thursday night trail run was enough to ruin…
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A Little Day Creek Exploration
Me, delusionally thinking I make the decisions in my life: Tomorrow I’m gonna sleep in, relax with my coffee and books and enjoy a nice day in the air conditioning. It’s going to be lovely. “13 mile loop at our spot tomorrow. 8am.” Me, remembering that I hand my fitness regimen over to other people…
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Day Creek And Clementines
“My blister has finally made itself fully known. Ima pop it. How much am I gonna regret that decision?” We’re never quite sure of the mileage when Beautiful Beastie leads us into the woods. We just make sure we have water filters with us. Because chances are we’re gonna run out of water at some…
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Day Creek Downpour
100% chance of rain. In the 50’s. That is absolutely sleeping in drinking coffee reading books weather. I should not have to go run in it. “Yes. You have to. I need to live vicariously through you. You sleep in on Wednesday.” Fuck. Fine. And so I woke my lazy ass up at 5:00 am.…
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Day Creek Runaround
I made the mistake of lying down on my bed. In front of two fans. After my shower. I’m starving. But I can’t get to food. And this little man wants to go for a walk. But I can’t make my legs work. It’s all Skratch’s fault. He’d been talking about Broad Mountain Run since…