Mirror in the Crankroom

Sometimes we can’t lay all the blame on, well, other people. Sometimes we just have to look in the mirror to find the enemy.

So listen to your cranky uncle here. When it’s hot and nasty outside, and you’re running and running and maybe biking or snarling at or eye-rolling at ding-dong runners with bad habits we don’t even want to talk about… remember to drink your water. Drinking water and hydrating is the ‘eat your vegetables’ of road racing. Now everybody can say ‘But Mr. Satan, of course I drink my water, duh’ and he’d know your telling the truth, but what about the afterparty ?

So we get home, shower up, scream for a while when the soap hits the chafes, dry off, dress, and move on with our life. Then later that day we start to get sleepy and churlish, and we wonder why, because the run wasn’t all that long. And then six hours later we realize we haven’t gone to the bathroom ALL DAY. Why? Because like the idiot behavior we mock, we stopped drinking water a little while after we stopped running.

Yes, we’ve sinned, we forgot to keep drinking water, even after that hellish long run. So take the advice we offer up to you now and keep drinking water after your run… or at least something that comes close to water that won’t dry you out. And if you want to take a nap, it’s because you want to, not because you have to.

The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom

(On a completely different subject, the 19th century mirror pictured above sold for $1700 this morning at the auction house down the street. An average selling price for a revival style/copy, too bad it wasn't an actual 18th century mirror, it would've fetched about $12,000, even more if there'd been a chateau stamp on it. See, you never know what arcane trivia will float to the top at CrankyRunner HQ)