October Runfessions!
Hello! It’s the last Friday of the month, so I’m linking with the inimitable Marcia for Runfessions! I’ve got a few this month… let’s get started. My first runfession involves LMNT. I’ve written about this electrolyte replacement drink a few times here. The first time I tried it, I hated it- it actually made me nauseous. I decided to stick with my Nuun. But then my husband bought a box of the salted watermelon flavor, so I tried it again. This time I had the “ingenious” idea of only using half the packet. That worked much better, and I let everyone know that I had invented a new way to drink LMNT. For my longer runs, I would use half a packet in my usual 16 oz glass of water before the run, and the other half afterwards. Good thing I’m so smart! Then the other day I happened to see this, which came in the box: Wait! What??? You’re supposed to mix it with 32 ounces of water? No wonder I hated it the first time- I was making it “salty AF.” Ahem! Next time, read the directions. On to the second topic. Overall I like living in Florida, but I “runfess” that this time of year is hard. Everyone is talking about running in long sleeves and gloves, while we have this: I don’t mind the heat so much in the summer. I mean, what can you expect? But 90s, when it’s almost November, is getting old. Our first big cool down seems to come later and later every year. I know we’ll get there eventually, but right now every run is still a sweatfest. Next up. In case you’ve missed it, I’m currently being treated for the bonus double injury of insertional peroneal tendinitis and plantar fasciitis. A couple days ago my husband suddenly experienced a stabbing pain in his peroneal tendon, which is on the outside of the leg, running under the ankle and down to the bottom of the foot. What??? Is it contagious? He’s never had this problem before, but it continued on and off throughout the day. By nighttime it hurt enough that he decided not to run the next day. He’s never done a pool run before, but decided to try it. I lent him my flotation belt and gave him all the advice I could (since I unfortunately have a LOT of experience with this form of cross training.) My doctor said I can run shorter distances while I’m getting my treatments, so I left him to the pool and headed off for my run. My runfession here is that, while I felt really bad for my husband- I don’t want anyone to be injured, ever- I was so, so, SO relieved that it was him in the pool and not me. Would you trade your weather for 90s right now, if you knew it would be beautiful and 70s in February? Anyone else like LMNT? Make sure you mix it with enough water, ha ha…