Things I think when I run...

1. Look, I'm going faster than that person! Sweet! Oh wait. They're on crutches.
2. Wow. That 80 year old just flew by me. I better pick it up.
3. Puppies!! In a stroller!!
4. Two minutes down. A million years to go.
5. Do I have to pee? I have to pee. No, wait. I don't. Oh yes. I do.
6. Are we done yet?
7. Three minutes down.
8. What do I want for breakfast when I'm done? Donuts sound good.
9. Stupid eating healthy. Screw the protein shake.
10. I want my protein shake!!!!
11. More puppies!! If I stop to pet them, should I pause my Garmin?
12. Never pause the Garmin. The Garmin doesn't lie. The Garmin is life.
13. If I run this pace for five minutes and that pace for five minutes and plan to go five miles, how many slices of pizza does that equal?
14. Are we done yet?
15. Wow. My heart rate is in the 150's. I give my patients medicine for those kind of numbers.
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  • phoenixx866
    phoenixx866 Posts: 173 Member
    Is it going to rain? Nah I don't think so.
    Was that a bird?
    Nope...

    It's notorious that every time I go out for a walk/jog, no matter what the rain forecast, I get hit with a stray downpour.
  • prism1968
    prism1968 Posts: 121 Member
    LOL, have had all those thoughts at one time or another ;)
  • dmoses
    dmoses Posts: 786 Member
    Squirrel?!
  • missy5290
    missy5290 Posts: 68 Member
    1. I love this song!
    2. Why is that old dude staring at me?
    3. Ah! Bee!
    4. Damn, I wish my boobs were smaller.
    5. I need a manicure.
    6. What am I gonna make for dinner this week?
  • Censor76
    Censor76 Posts: 48 Member
    1. Don't fall.
    2. Am I done yet?
    3. Repeat 1&2
    4. Stupid bug
    5. Repeat 1&2
    6. Don't make eye contact, they'll see how much you're sweating
    7. Repeat 1&2
    8. Repeat 1&2
    9. Repeat 1&2
    10. I'm done...I can do more if I wanted to...right?!
  • Heather_Nichole15
    Heather_Nichole15 Posts: 49 Member
    So true! Love this :)
  • FitFroglet
    FitFroglet Posts: 219 Member
    brilliant thread :smile:
    among mine are
    1. If I run past those dogs are they going to chase me? :frown:
    2. How far is left?
    3. Stupid bugs - why do they fly straight at my face? :grumble:
    4. I'm so slow...
    5. oooh bunnies! :happy:
    6. Keep going...
    7. in, two, three, out, two, in, two three, out, two...
    8. Aw c'mon... it's got to be over soon...
    9. Wow! I did it! I'm awesome! I could do it again! :bigsmile:
  • DouMc
    DouMc Posts: 1,689 Member
    I love this! And I always stop to pet the puppies. Life is too short to run past puppies without stopping to say hello.
  • chloeealicee
    chloeealicee Posts: 204 Member
    I agree on the inner debate on whether or not to stop to pet a puppy or a cat so much ahahaha.... other thoughts that consume my mind are:


    'oh look another runner! should i wave? i'm gonna wave and show support to my fellow runner *waves* ....oh god he just ignored me oh god oh god oh god why did i wave?'

    'ahhh a curb is coming up *jumps* PARKOUR'

    'note to self, never wear these pants again, these are not good pants...oH GOD GET ME OUT OF THESE PANTS'

    'okay that's two miles done..i'm doing really good..only...oh crap wait i have double that to go still, kill me kill me kill me'

    'wow, i suddenly have so much energy! is this a runners high?! ...oh no wait, i'm just running downhill now'

    'i never want this run to end, i want to run forever, i'm going to run to china and start a new life'

    'nope nevermind i can't even make it to that street lamp'

    'i'm so going to train for a marathon, i can freaking do it! oh wait a marathon is 26 miles!? ...eh ok maybe a half marathon lol'

    'oh god no i hate this song so much but it take 3782037 minutes to get my damn phone out of this damn fanny bag to change it'

    'FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD'
  • getnfit87
    getnfit87 Posts: 34 Member
    1- wow I'm going fast, look at me
    2- wow that lady is going fast, I must be slow
    3- alright I am not getting lapped 2x in one lap, pick up the pace
    4-alright I am definetly not getting lapped 3x
    5-wow it's hot out here
    6-i need a jacket
    7-3 minutes?
    8-i am so thirsty
    9-at least I can't feel my left foot
    10- is it bad I can't feel my left foot?
    11- is it the left foot or right foot you can't feel when having a stroke
    12-is it a stroke or a heart attack
    13-five minutes?
    14-i love these shoes
    15-why did I drink all that water
    16 -faster faster!
    17-woah slow down, he's probably been running for 70 years
    18-he must have been an Olympian
    19-seriously? are double strollers safe at that speed?
    20-definetly a heart attack
    21-7 minutes?
    22- I could do this for at least another hour
    23-definetly a stroke
    24 good thing I can't feel my right foot
    25-uhoh thought it was my left foot
    26-i hate these shoes
    27 WHAT is that smell
    28-what if that's me
    29-that's not me
    30-really you just had to pass me up and then slow to a walk and I still can't catch up?
    31-11 minutes?
    32-o I love this song let's go faster
    33-fast is over rated
    34-look at me go 13 mins and not dead!
    35-look at me I am a runner!
    36-yes I know jogger, I am a jogger
    37-walking is good too
    38-stop walking! jog ya lazy walker
    39-ok walking it is
    40-maybe it was me
    41-that's def not me
    42-25 mins? did aliens abduct me
    43-don't feel like I was probed
    44-that's what that smell was I bet
  • FitFroglet
    FitFroglet Posts: 219 Member

    'i never want this run to end, i want to run forever, i'm going to run to china and start a new life'

    'nope nevermind i can't even make it to that street lamp'

    so much this!
  • AJOjr
    AJOjr Posts: 24 Member
    'wow, i suddenly have so much energy! is this a runners high?! ...oh no wait, i'm just running downhill now'


    Love this!!!
  • getnfit87
    getnfit87 Posts: 34 Member
    'oh look another runner! should i wave? i'm gonna wave and show support to my fellow runner *waves* ....oh god he just ignored me oh god oh god oh god why did i wave?'

    lol I like that one, so me

    look another person out for a run or walk, smile and nod smile and nod, here they come smile and nod
    oh crikey I just nodded they would have acknowledged me if I had smiled! why didn't I smile o look another person, smile and nod smile and nod smile and nod, oh gosh I just smiled, she must think I'm a creeper, got to smile and nod smile and nod, o bollocks I'm not gonna smile or nod, these people are all mean, oh darn she smiled and nodded! and I just ran past, I so suck at this, smile and nod smile and nod............
  • Laura732
    Laura732 Posts: 244 Member
    1. Wow its a nice day.
    2. I turned the Garmin on right?
    3. I like the next song better
    4.That's not a skunk is it? Oh its the neighbors cat.
    5. In 1,2 out 1, 2
    6. That's a cool purple flower
    7. Ah, critter poop. They have all that grass land and they still poop on the road. What's wrong with them?
    8. Oh look, the yellow flowers are out
    9. I should have gone a mile by now. Why isn't the garmin beeping?
    10. Look out for that mailbox!
    11. Oh look Orange flowers.
    12. Why is that buzzard hovering?
    13. Daisies!
    14. Is there a goose by that pond? (hope it stays over there!)
    15. The cows are by the fence. Rub a nose or two on the way by.
    16. Oh the Garmin beeped. Time to turn around. 2.5 miles, how'd I miss two beeps? (I run w/ 1 earbud in)
    17. Ugh, gotta restart the music on the phone. Album over.
    18. Crap its up hill on the way back.
    19. One hill
    20. Two hill. Gawd I'm gonna die here.
    21. Third hill. Jeez my life is starting to flash by
    22. 4th Hill, ah Road to the subdivision and I'm still alive.
    23. Dang it, Sheila's Rottweiler is in the front yard.
    24. I'm gonna die out running him...
    25. 5th Hill. Ok I'm walking.
  • baseballgirl2027
    baseballgirl2027 Posts: 14 Member

    'wow, i suddenly have so much energy! is this a runners high?! ...oh no wait, i'm just running downhill now'

    'FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD'

    YES. Pretty much also on my mind. :)
  • baseballgirl2027
    baseballgirl2027 Posts: 14 Member
    I love this! And I always stop to pet the puppies. Life is too short to run past puppies without stopping to say hello.

    This. Definitely this.
  • rainydays5
    rainydays5 Posts: 217 Member
    LMAO! These are so funny. I just started running and was thinking how ADHD I was but now I know I am not alone, haha. My thoughts when I am biking though are another story. I ride outside of town in a very rural area. The other day I passed many beer cans and bottles, then a bong! YES, it was green and laying on the side of the road amongst those beer cans. After passing the bong, I passed many more beer bottles/cans and then a diaper. My first thought and mother in me was "wow! I hope all of those things do not belong to the same person." My second thought was "Wow! Someone has been having a really good time."
  • Regan45
    Regan45 Posts: 191 Member
    1. Today will be my best time.
    2. I feel great!
    3. I can't do this.
    4. I wonder if anyone else swallows bugs because they're breathing so hard.
    5. Why did I download this song?
    6. I'm almost 50 and I'm doing this!
    7. She's in her 60s and just passed me.
  • rollinat
    rollinat Posts: 15 Member
    Love these! I have just started C25K and today my main thought was, if a friend of mine is competing in Ironman UK today, then surely I can manage 6 90s intervals! (I did, just, but was very glad to stop! Now, of course, I feel like I could have run forever! )
  • Tonya773
    Tonya773 Posts: 1 Member
    1. Ok here we go
    2. You got this, feeling good
    3. Wow is she at 6.0 speed
    4. Ok I can do 5.0
    5. No you can't back to 4.0
    6. Come on knees you are fine keep up
    7. Ohh good song lets put that on repeat
    8. I don't wanna be fat, I don't wanna be fat
    9. Wow I can't breathe, are my legs numb?
    10. Don't stop you have backfat remember, you don't like backfat
    11. You'll be so much hotter in a few months with those new clothes you can buy , suck it up
    12. OMG really only .8 of a mile COME ON! This thing is obviously broken
    13. I'm surrounded by gladiators
    14. Ohh he's hot
    15. Ok yep I hear ya knees almost there
    16. At least you're doing it you weigh 230 lbs and you're running you're a rock star
    17. I'm not a rock star I'm dying omg come on body just stay with me
    16. Oh Jesus where's the stop button
  • zeussmith718
    zeussmith718 Posts: 29 Member
    stupid commercials on my radio
    oh a good song
    keep pushing just a little farther
    if you slow before the normal rest point you will stop progressing
    stop being a little b!tch and pick up the pace
    more commercials uhhgg
    push it up this hill wimp
    I am glad I was lifting for 90 minutes before this.
    oh good the rest point.. time to do pull ups on the playground equipment
    get into a pull up contest with a random 5 yr old... barely win
    back to running
    work stuff for the next half hour while I end up on autopilot.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    'oh look another runner! should i wave? i'm gonna wave and show support to my fellow runner *waves* ....oh god he just ignored me oh god oh god oh god why did i wave?'

    lol I like that one, so me

    look another person out for a run or walk, smile and nod smile and nod, here they come smile and nod
    oh crikey I just nodded they would have acknowledged me if I had smiled! why didn't I smile o look another person, smile and nod smile and nod smile and nod, oh gosh I just smiled, she must think I'm a creeper, got to smile and nod smile and nod, o bollocks I'm not gonna smile or nod, these people are all mean, oh darn she smiled and nodded! and I just ran past, I so suck at this, smile and nod smile and nod............

    LOL, I'm rolling here! I'm the same. Just when I think I've got the "runner's acknowledgment" etiquette down, I always feel I did it wrong and feel so embarrassed. From now on, I think I'll just be the "ignorer". So much easier, but then I'M the jerk embarrassing people for not acknowledging their smiling and nodding and waving.

    Ugh! I'll never get it right! And now I will think of all this next run :laugh: Thanks/notthanks, everybody:tongue:
  • TheDarkestStar87
    TheDarkestStar87 Posts: 246 Member
    Love this thread, I got such a monkey brain when running as well.

    1. Ok there we go
    2 is the door locked? Garmin on?
    3. Today's gonna be a good one
    4. Where do all these little flies come from? And why are they all aiming for my face?
    5. There's the lady walking her dog I run past every day.
    6. I hate hills. Seriously couldn't I have picked a flat route?
    7. Yay, running downhill as fast as possible. I love the hilly routes.
    8. What's for breakfast?
    9. Squirrel!!
    10. Why can't that stupid cyclist use his bell when riding past me? What if I'd moved sideways or something?
    11. I know I could run a bit more if I wanted o but I'm soo tired...
    12. No, stop moaning and keep going
    13. Whoa, why is that cyclist ringing his bell, totally freaked me out. I almost jumped into his path
    14. Ok last hill...
    15. I need to go shopping tonight. What shall I have for dinner?
    16. Sprint finish? But I'm so tired...
    17. Stop whinging and do the patient, you're done afterwards anyway
  • fattymcrunnerpants
    fattymcrunnerpants Posts: 311 Member
    1. Gate closed, no doggies out, children are screaming they want to come... should have taken one of them.
    2. Older child's bus stop... warm up over.
    3. Oh hell, I forgot to reset the lap on Garmin.
    4.Crap, reset lap button stuck, how am I supposed to know how fast I'm going when the freaking lap button won't work?
    5. I know i'm going faster than that, this is still counting my warm up darn it!
    6. Is that dog leashed? That dog better be leashed.
    7. Crap, he's not leashed. Slow down, dont make eye contact.
    8. Oh hell, he's growling and following me anyway.
    9. Don't yell at the owner who just came out and is yelling at you. Just keep walking... dog is no longer a threat.
    10. Dumb dog owner ruined my pace.
    11. I should have brought older child, I'm not going that far.
    12. Reset button! Reset button!
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    that ponytail is quick ....

    I hope it's on a chick ....
  • hippiefemme
    hippiefemme Posts: 35 Member
    'ahhh a curb is coming up *jumps* PARKOUR'

    Oh my word! Yes!
  • TutuMom41
    TutuMom41 Posts: 278 Member
    Oh **** what did I get myself into...6 miles to my destination... 6 miles to get home damn have to keep going :D
  • hippiefemme
    hippiefemme Posts: 35 Member
    1) I love this song!
    2) Getting sassy, let's shake it
    3) Dancing while running/walking burns more calories, right?
    4) Oh god, who saw me doing that?
    5) Just run until the end of this song...
    6) Okay run until the next song starts...
    7) Of course there would be a commercial. Come on commercial
    8) Commercials are, like, what, thirty seconds? Maybe a minute?
    9) I'm pretty sure this commercial has gone on for at least four minutes
    10) Twenty seconds?! I'm thinking it's time to walk for a minute.
  • bullhk
    bullhk Posts: 1
    Usually I just get a few lines of a single song stuck in my head on repeat:

    "Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a heartache
    Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a mistake
    Tell me why, I never wanna hear you say,
    I want it that way"
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
    1. one bunny
    2. oh here's the section without a sidewalk, any cars coming?
    3. two bunnies
    4. this part of the sidewalk is always flooded, why?
    5. three bunnies
    6. there's the lady walking her little dog riding in a scooter
    7. four bunnies, or was that three, lost track already
    8. did my husband just drive by, or did I wave at a stranger?
    9. Ok I really think that was 5 bunnies now
    10. can my knees handle the long route with all the extra cul-de-sacs today?
    11. 6 bunnies? 7?
    12. OK, I don't care if I have to stop jogging to skip this song, I am not listening to taylor swift on pandora
    13. When are these people going to trim their trees so I don't have to duck while I'm jogging?
    14. Geese! Is a group called a gaggle? I'm sure my brother would know, gotta ask him one these days.
    15. Ok, gotta push it up Alicia's steep hill and I'm done.