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Laurie
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« on: March 22, 2007, 01:35:11 PM »

Ok.. so as we all know - somehow we become almost different people when we put on those running clothes!!
What are somethings you do 'as a runner' that you'd never do in your 'other' life...
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What are somethings that you do differently now - than you did before you were a runner.

Here's a few:
1.  Talk on a running forum to someone you've never met.. about toe sock and how big or little your toes are..and how to make them fit!
2.  Discuss the best place to 'run into the bushes' when you need to on a long run, and how to best do what you need to there..
3.  do the 'farmers blow' as youre running down the road (infact.. this one almost got me once, as i was outside NOT running.. and almost did that... habits are hard to break !!)

Ok.. what are yours??
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2007, 04:36:47 PM »

Ummm.... I've pee'd in a clump of trees in Disney beside a woman I never bet before....

I've pee'd in a parking lot in a clump of trees on Lakeshore Blvd in Hamilton (or was that Burlington?) beside a woman I never met before....

I've pee'd in a clump of trees in a park in Mississauga next to some women I DID know..... (one of them was my daughter!)

I've pee'd in the woods in Batawa with Cathy.....  and we weren't sure where the Army guys were hiding either!

Do you detect a trend here? 

And I'm not really embarrassed to say I did this.  And I would never have done this let alone admitted to something like this 10 years ago.

I haven't done the farmer's blow thing though.....  could never quite get into that.

I've cried in public an awful lot since I started running.  Probably will again this weekend, because Sue from Bloomfield will be with us and she is so much fun to cry with.  wink laugh  The good thing is, it is usually tears of happiness. 

When my friend Henrietta and I were in Toronto a few weeks ago, we were at a comedy club and a group of people said they had met online in a poker tournament website and arranged to get together and meet in person, and it sounded really weird.  Then I realized I had done exactly the same thing but with other runners.   shocked  I did this two years ago at ATB - took the train all the way to Hamilton so I could run with Trixiee and Margaret - two ladies I met on the Runningroom website.  They were fantastic ladies.  I forgot my Mom told me not to talk to strangers, I guess....  For some reason meeting other runners just seems so normal.




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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2007, 08:41:05 PM »

I have a few things to add:

I've talked on the cell phone while running a half marathon, so they could be involved with the experience.  Thats kinda weird!
I've burped, farted and honked my nose quite comfortably with all the people I've ran with!   laugh laugh laugh  Sorry gang! laugh
Call people by thier forum name, ie.  "Sue from Bloomfield", or "Sweet Sue".
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2007, 01:53:44 PM »

How about wearing spandex?   cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2007, 08:32:30 PM »

hahahahahahahha...you guys are a hoot!!!!!!!, i`ve never laughed so much...girls are just like guys!!...i love it..... grin..HEY JANE..!..i can write my name in the pee snow bank...lol...have you tried that one yet???????..hehehehehehe...guys will always dominate the "pee" world...hahahhehehehohohoho!!!!!!!!! evil evil evil.
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2007, 08:39:50 PM »

ya.. guess that is a claim to fame you can have!!
We'll give you guys one!
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2007, 08:43:08 PM »

ya.. guess that is a claim to fame you can have!!
We'll give you guys one!
lOVE IT WHEN YOU ADMIT "PEE" DEFEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! evil
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ATB 2:22:40
Seaton Trail..26K.2:43:19
Ganaraska 25k trail..2:27:20.
run for the toad 50k.. 5:44:59
ATB 2:27:17
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2007, 09:15:59 PM »

hahahahahahahha...you guys are a hoot!!!!!!!, i`ve never laughed so much...girls are just like guys!!...i love it..... grin..HEY JANE..!..i can write my name in the pee snow bank...lol...have you tried that one yet???????..hehehehehehe...guys will always dominate the "pee" world...hahahhehehehohohoho!!!!!!!!! evil evil evil.

It may look like it from behind (walking/running), but our butts can't really move that fast to write our names.
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2007, 11:25:28 PM »

hahahahahahahha...you guys are a hoot!!!!!!!, i`ve never laughed so much...girls are just like guys!!...i love it..... grin..HEY JANE..!..i can write my name in the pee snow bank...lol...have you tried that one yet???????..hehehehehehe...guys will always dominate the "pee" world...hahahhehehehohohoho!!!!!!!!! evil evil evil.

Sorry, Dave, don't have the right parts!  And well, you guys have to be good at something!!   rolleyes   wink  And if you are going to pee in the snow, of course, you would want everyone to know that you are the one who did, Dave!!!   roflmaob   The female gender is a little bit more discreet than that!


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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2007, 08:35:09 AM »

oooohhhhhh!!! Good one Jane!!! evil
i think that maybe we females have won again!!!!! kiss
Of course..was there ever really a question?!
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