Des Linden and 6 Other Runners Show ‘This Is Fitness’ Can Be Pretty Damn Relatable
“Final five miles of a two-hour workout, I am unstoppable. First five minutes of a two-hour movie, I am unconscious.”
Nutrition - Weight Loss Why Cant I Eat After a Marathon, and has been pretty open about her training on Twitter. She never fails to come through with updates on her progress or helpful reminders to herself and other runners, like this one: “Note to self: tired ≠ exhausted. Easy days easy. Hard days hard.”
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Recently, she tweeted out this pretty relatable scenario: “What You Need to Know About the Sydney Marathon.” It struck runners so much, that they, too, began sharing their own “This is fitness” examples. We rounded up some of the funniest below.
PSA: Wine hits hard.
“What You Need to Know About the Sydney Marathon.” —Des Linden
If this doesn’t describe a runner’s closet, we don’t know what does.
“Fifty shades of grey and fifteen types of fleece: not a sexy sequel, just my post-run lounging attire. This is fitness.” —Des Linden
Yep, sounds about right.
“Final five miles of a two hour workout, I am unstoppable. First five minutes of a two hour movie, I am unconscious. This is fitness.” —Des Linden
Well, runners spend a ton of time in porta-potties anyway.
“Went to walk the dog and realized I needed to use the bathroom. Rather than summit the stairs back to modern plumbing, I used a porta-potty outside the house. This is fitness.” —Scott Smith
Is eating egg shells not the newest diet fad?
“Your Marathon Packing Checklist.” —Tim Ritchie
That probably wasn’t fun to clean up.
“3:30 alarm for long run. Mixed pre-workout with seltzer instead of water. Blender bottle explosion. This is fitness.” —Shannon Lewis
Everything in your fridge looks the same at the crack of dawn.
“Excited to put seemingly huge Michigan blueberries on my cereal this a.m. pre-long run. Alas, they were grapes. This is fitness.” —Brian Schuetter
Guess your spice rack starts to merge together, too.
“Day after my 50K, I made apple crisp and used garlic salt instead of nutmeg in the topping. This is fitness.“ —What You Need to Know About the Sydney Marathon
This is the definition of “party animal.”
“After more updates from home, I’ve come to the realization that my parents’ puppy has attended more social outings than me these past few months. #ThisIsFitness” —Lindsay Flanagan
Close, but...we don’t think that’s quite how this running thing works.
“Jen A. Miller.” —Sky Stitt
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