A run with the runs

Posted on April 1st, 2008 by AndrewE

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Oh boy, click away now if you have a delicate stomach.

I was supposed to go for a 30 minute run today as part of the One Hour Runner program and I was planning on going for a run outside. However, the heavens opened and I’d rather run on the treadmill than run in the rain.

I’ve been feeling a bit dizzy and run down all day and yesterday evening too but I was hoping that my run would clear it up. As I mentioned in a previous post, my daughter has had a stomache bug and hasn’t been sleeping well so neither have my wife and I.

So I went to the gym and started running and it was very tough right from the get go. I was rather surprised as I normally find the first twenty minutes reasonably ok and only start to curse from that point on. About 15 minutes in I started to get really dizzy and I thought “uh oh, what’s going on here then?” I normally sweat quite a bit whilst running but today I was absolutely drenched at that point. I stopped for a minute and went and got some water and thought maybe I was just tired. I got back on and resumed running at a slightly slower pace. About 6 minutes later I felt some rather serious rumblings and hit the emergency stop button and made a beeline for the bathroom. I won’t go into details but suffice to say I think I have caught my daughter’s stomach bug.

I’ll have to redo the run tomorrow now as I only managed 21 minutes and 3.6 km in my aborted run. Oh well, I guess these things happen eh.

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14 Responses to “A run with the runs”

Marshmallow // Apr 1, 2008 at 5:06 pm

Oh nooooooooo! If you have a stomach bug, PLEASE, don’t force yourself to do these runs - hope you get better soon!

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hanlie // Apr 1, 2008 at 5:20 pm

There is nothing worse than a stomach bug! I hate that feeling! Good thing you were not on the road!

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AndrewE // Apr 1, 2008 at 8:45 pm

Ooh…I hadn’t thought of that Hanlie. Yikes.

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Sally // Apr 1, 2008 at 8:53 pm

Oh dear, I hope you get better soon! (Normally goes from Emma, to Andrew and eventually… me :-/ hopefully not this time!!)

Probably better to wait and see how you feel tomorrow before you decide if you are running or not.

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Karen Sugarpants // Apr 2, 2008 at 1:07 am

OH NO! Hope you’re feeling better. Yikes!

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Rob // Apr 2, 2008 at 3:10 am

Sometimes bad runs happen to good people. Hope you feel better.

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Diana the Scale Junkie // Apr 2, 2008 at 5:19 am

Crap! Its a good thing you weren’t running outside and 2 miles from home, that could have been…uncomfortable.

Thankfully the stomach flu seems to go as quickly as it comes on, I hope you’re feeling better soon, stay hydrated!!

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AndrewE // Apr 2, 2008 at 7:16 am

Thanks all. Hopefully it has ‘passed’.

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Amy // Apr 2, 2008 at 8:12 am

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AndrewE // Apr 2, 2008 at 8:17 am

Amy:

Welcome! Make yourself at home.

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Chief Wahoo // Apr 2, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Just be glad you weren’t running outside…it could have been worse…

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AndrewE // Apr 2, 2008 at 6:51 pm

Oh yes!

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Sarah // Apr 3, 2008 at 8:51 am

Oh no! I had a similar situation occur during an aerobics class once… not fun!

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AndrewE // Apr 3, 2008 at 9:42 am

Funny afterwards though!

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