Long distance running can be very painful. However, it's not like any kind of pain I have felt before. It's not like getting a floor burn diving for a volleyball, or getting elbowed in the face while posting up in basketball, or feeling like your hamstrings are going to rip off after sprinting 400m in track, or feeling like you're going to pass out/die/see Jesus after doing a 2k on the erg. No no, it's nothing like that. Today I ran 17 miles, my farthest run yet. During my run, I realized that doing anything over 10 miles feels like this:
-all of the cartilage in your hips have been ripped out
-your IT bands have snapped off
-someone is banging your knee caps with a hammer
-a hole is being drilled into your femur
-your hip flexors have turned into metal and no longer let you raise your foot passed your ankle
Yet the weirdest part is that not only does the pain never go away, but it doesn't really get worse. And walking does not make it feel better, so you might as well keep running and hope that you make it home before you collapse.
Happy running!
~A
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