After taking a few days off to rest the calf and the knee, I was determined that today would be the day: run, run, run! The weather cooperated for an afternoon run, so I tried to head out as soon as possible. The calf felt pretty good, ditto for the knee, but there was another major issue that I hadn't foreseen: my stomach. Now, I have a very high tolerance for food, and I trust my stomach to digest without too many issues. Well, apparently, it (my stomach) has its limits, and I learned what some of those limits were today.
In fact, they seem to come in the form of multiple taquitos/flautas, tacos de carne asada, cake and also a sketchy churro (just one) con chocolate. Now, this assortment of foods is not a part of my regular diet, but in recent days, I've definitely been eating more random 'stuff' than usual (yesterday, for instance, I ate empanadas, carne asada, tacos de pollo, tacos de pescado and sancocho, a stew thing).
Why would I do this to myself?
Definitely a sacrifice - the whole 'taking it for the team' concept. In this case, the 'team' would be a class project, the ubiquitous "food as cultural expression" experience.
While I felt a bit like the calf, fattened up for slaughter, I also thought that I had waited long enough between my last bite of a churro and that I could fly through a nice, easy run.
Ha! I did finish up the run, but not without having to stop a few times so that I wouldn't throw up while running uphill or down as multiple food stuffs sloshed around in my stomach and threatened, time and again, to do more than just "slosh".
I survived the run without puking on my shoes, so I'll count it as a successful venture on the trails!
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I am happy you survived and your only pain was in your stomach! (And that is what the threat of throwing up and not going #2!)
Sometimes I feel like I have an iron stomach - hardly anything upsets it while running. But I do have emergency bathroom breaks!
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