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Location:

Bonaire,GA,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

My accomplishment to date completing 15 marathons and 6 ultras....nothing fast....yet.

Short-Term Running Goals:

In the next 2 years I'd like to complete three 50 milers and a hundred miler before I turn 40. I'd like to break 5 hour marathon and then a 4:45 marathon and then keep improving. I’m starting to think I’ll hit 100 miles before I see a sub 5 hour marathon…..Geez.

Fifty miler #1: 2008 JFK 50 13:29:53

#2 Hearland 50 13:51 (got lost had to find road back)

#3 Bethel Hill Moonlight Boogie June 12, 2010...very soon

Two down....one more to go!

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to run 100 miles.

Personal:

I've got two wonderful kids who are 6 and 8. I want to pass on the joy of running.

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Sat, Sep 06, 2008

400 m race pace	800 m race pace	1500 m race pace	3 K race pace	5 K race pace	10 K race pace	Lactic Threshold	Aerobic Threshold	Marathon Pace	Base II	Base I	Regeneration	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

OK, I'm busted. Thank you sole sister for pointing out to me that I've not updated my blog. It was for good reason. It is with great embarrasement that I share this story with you. Before I start I will warn you that it sounds like a bunch of bologna.

I started out at 5:30 AM. It felt great - low heat and only moderate humidity. It was dark so I decided to circle the track on base until the sun came up. After a mile I took off the iPod and hydrovest and started to stretch. Nothing exciting. I put the ipod back on and took off. My right ear piece had begun to fuzz out....weird. My right ear piece didn't seem to fit in my ear so I pushed it in more. The ear piece started to buzz and wiggle on its own. OK, now you and I are both thinking...what in the world?

Apparently, I shoved a bug (that was on my ear piece) into my ear canal. No kidding. It was wiggling around in there making the loudest racket. Trying to shake my head with that ear pointing down it decided to crawl up into my ear drum....that does NOT tickle. Being hard core I thougth I could take it finish the run and flush it out later. It decided to repeatedly head butt my ear drum dropping me to the ground. How can an eardrum hurt that bad?

I'm sorry sole sister, I didn't mean to tell you a fib when I said I was unable to finish my run due to an ear infection. I was much too embarrased to admit I was taken down by a 6 legged insect that I shoved down into my own ear. Looking back now it's still embarrasing but it is also amusing.

I'm actually bummed about not getting this run in. I've got a schedule made and there is little to no wiggle room for dropped run. Oh well. Life happens and bugs are gross.

BTW, it is more embarrassing explaining to medical personnel why there is a bug stuck in your ear than to type it out here in this blog.

Comments

From Kelli on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 16:47:17

Oh my gosh, that story is too weird to be true!! I believe you, do not get me wrong, but HOLY COW!!! How on earth did they get it out? I am sending everyone to your blog to read this story as a warning---you are gonna have the most popular blog shortly!

Hope it does not still hurt and we will all forgive you for missing the long run---that is the best excuse I have ever heard! I would have been 100% freaking out. I would have needed an ambulance!

From jona on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 17:10:01

WOW. I'm freaking out.

When I was a kid I rode to work with my dad, one morning while I was sleeping in the passenger seat the car suddenly shook almost out of control. My dad said "holy crap" and said look, look at that. He pointed to his leg and laying there was a 3/4 inch earwig, covered in earwax. The night before my dad was having terrible pain in his ear, my mom put "ear drops" in it, the throbbing pain slowly stopped, but the pressure was still in there. As my dad drove he was picking at his ear and managed to hook one of the hook on his finger nail and he could feel it being pulled out. When he saw what it was he about crashed the car.

I Feel for you! You should not be embarrassed. What a freaky thing! I'll be checking 3-4 times before my ear pieces go in my ears!!!!!

From Michelle N. on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 18:07:41

Yuck! I hate bugs. Big ones, little ones and especially when they touch me, let alone climb in my ear.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 19:29:38

One time I got a berry into my ear. My mom had to take me to a special clinic in Moscow to get it out.

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