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Florida Man Ends Run Covered in Gnats. Here’s How You Can Avoid the Same Fate
Runner's World ^ | June 17, 2019 | Jordan Smith

Posted on 06/20/2019 12:19:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Jon Bates owns Addicted to Fitness, a gym in Naples, Florida. As a personal trainer, he ends his nights by running 3.5 to 4 miles for both mental therapy and as a way to get his workout in.

Bates said his friends give him a hard time about being outside in the humidity and heat when he has access to an air-conditioned gym, but he enjoys his outdoor runs, and the chance to sweat in the fresh air.

So last Monday, he set out for his usual run, but on a slightly different route. He told Runner’s World he kept coming across swarms of gnats that would just pop up.

“What do you do? You just gotta run,” he said. “I closed my eyes and mouth and blew through them and kept running.”

Bates said he didn’t think much about the swarms of pests until he got done running. Then, he looked down and realized he was covered with them.

“They didn’t bite, it’s just kind of an annoyance. I was literally covered in gnats,” he said. “It’s gross, you know.”

It’s definitely unpleasant, but could it be a health risk? We tapped some insect and infectious disease experts to find out.

“Gnats are certainly very annoying, but the ones that bite humans are not known to transmit infections,” Michelle Barron, M.D., an infectious disease physician at UCHealth in Colorado, told Runner’s World.

(Excerpt) Read more at runnersworld.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science; Sports; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: addictedtofitness; deet; disease; florida; floridaman; gnats; insects; jonbates; marchflies; mating; midges; mosquitos; naples; pests; prevention; repellent; running; swarms; sweat
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1 posted on 06/20/2019 12:19:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

fennel seed oil


2 posted on 06/20/2019 12:20:52 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Florida Man leads a varied and adventure-filled life.


3 posted on 06/20/2019 12:21:24 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

““What do you do? You just gotta run,” he said. “I closed my eyes and mouth and blew through them and kept running.” “

Florida man doesn’t break for swarms of insects!

Maybe for cheap beer.....but not a face-full of gnat!


4 posted on 06/20/2019 12:22:56 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Avon's Skin So Soft or Cutters will work.
5 posted on 06/20/2019 12:24:23 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (If you are not interested you will see nothing but the road you walk on.-Jim Corbett)
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To: 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; Lazamataz; ...

DANG!


6 posted on 06/20/2019 12:30:31 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
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That’s a gnatty orgy on his face. Yuck.


7 posted on 06/20/2019 12:34:12 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Free)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How’s that Molasses skin lotion working for you?


8 posted on 06/20/2019 12:38:17 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: 4yearlurker

So slathering yourself in butter is not recommended?


9 posted on 06/20/2019 12:46:26 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Works perfectly, smells good


10 posted on 06/20/2019 12:46:40 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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Just stay home on the couch.


11 posted on 06/20/2019 12:57:17 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Boogieman
Hell yeah! I would recommend "I Cant Believe its Not Cutter!"
12 posted on 06/20/2019 12:59:42 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (If you are not interested you will see nothing but the road you walk on.-Jim Corbett)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Rode my bike down River Road outside Waterville, OH one evening when suddenly I saw a YUGE cloud of gnats across both lanes. I had just enough time to nod my helmet visor shut. Can y’all say gnat paste? Yuck...


13 posted on 06/20/2019 1:11:50 PM PDT by W. (NRA life member! Cost me 500 bones, but oh, well!)
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“Avon’s Skin So Soft or Cutters will work”

I got the impression he just ran through a swarm and they stuck to his sweaty skin. Repellant wouldn’t have been effective in this case.


14 posted on 06/20/2019 1:13:07 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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Yes, we have annoying swarms of gnats at a local trail at times; there’s no way around them, you just have to try not to inhale or breathe with your mouth open for a few seconds.


15 posted on 06/20/2019 1:31:02 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: bigbob

Buggins is great and it does smell nice.

In a pinch, vanilla extract works on dogs and people. I think it’s one of the ingredients of Buggins.


16 posted on 06/20/2019 1:32:19 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: noiseman

Yes, but I am glad to see that he is getting fresh air and exercise!


17 posted on 06/20/2019 1:33:24 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Could be worse than gnats.


18 posted on 06/20/2019 1:48:28 PM PDT by A Cyrenian (Send everyone back to their states and let the states pay for their congress electives.)
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It’s pretty cool to inhale the gnats while running and have them all stuck up in your sinuses. They come out in pieces later on with blowing the nose and coughing.


19 posted on 06/20/2019 1:50:52 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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If you don’t want the gnats all stuck up in your sinuses, by the way, you can wear a cheap mosquito head net (available from Amazon and other sites). ;-)


20 posted on 06/20/2019 1:53:34 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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