Posted on 08/31/2019 8:30:31 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Right after I watched the trailer for the Amazon Studios film Brittany Runs a Marathon, I thought about the time I had forgotten to buy energy chews right before a 10-mile marathon training run. I walked to the grocery store in my running clothes—spandex leggings, a technical shirt with the name of my local running club on it, and New Balance 860s.
I put two packets of chews on the conveyor and started to pull some money out of my belt pack when the cashier said, “These are really good.” I told him that it took me a while to find a flavor that I liked, but that I prefer chews over gels any day. “Oh,” he said, cocking his head to the side. “Are you a runner?”
I get that a lot.
I’ve built up quite a collection of anecdotes about people who don’t believe I’m a runner at all, let alone a marathoner. Highlights include the clerk at the running store who assumed I was there to buy a gift, the trainer at my gym who stoically passed all the other people on treadmills but gave me a thumbs up, and the volunteer at packet pickup who gave me detailed instructions on how to pin my bib.
As annoying as these interactions are, I can’t really blame anyone for the oversight. Movies like Brittany Runs a Marathon keep telling the same story about what it’s like to be a fat runner: temporary.
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Yep, it kills me how they manage to slip global-warming BS into any and every article about Jupiter, black holes, or jungle monkeys.
The problem with this stuff is that it’s synthetic fibers. No matter how neato and high-tech they are, it’s still like wearing a garbage bag when you’re out in the sun. I have yet to find anything better than the ole cotton T-shirt.
Yep, padding circulation just like CNN is. CNN is background noise in every hotel, airport, and waiting room around. Nobody is actually watching that crap. It hasn’t died because billionaires keep propping it up.
It depends what you call overpriced. I usually eat a pack of 6 on a hike and that package costs about a buck if you buy them on Amazon in a box of 18. I like them because they’re quick energy and you don’t have to worry about smashing them to crumbs in your pack like granola bars. It’s all about what you want to pay and what your priorities are. In Utah, I’m usually driving an hour or more to go hike because I like to hit new places. Considering what I’m paying in gas, what I’m eating for lunch and an energy boost is pretty negligible, not to mention survival gear in case my car takes a dump while I’m out of cell phone range.
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