Inspired by a podcast of the same name (running is BS) that loves to hate running.
This week I particularly hate running because…
Spring time in upon the northern hemisphere, but that brings about the freaking hoard of hovering flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 at mouth level for easy ingestion.
Whether it is parks, trails, by water bodies, I can’t seem to get away from them and always end up eating a mouthful of tiny flies, or at least up in my nostrils.
The worst was when I held my breath over a few steps thinking I made it through a patch, and gasping my way into another horde and engulfing a mother road after. UGH.
I just call that “cheat day” as a vegan 🤷♂️
Former resident of Australia here. Just accept them as a source of protein to fuel your run, and carry on :P Now the flies are here, they’re never fucking off…
Wear a lightweight neck gaiter over your mouth and nose. https://a.co/d/1LvUTjp
Running isn’t bs, my tiny ass groin muscle that won’t strengthen and stop pulling that is stopping me from running is bs xD I wish I was inhaling flies rather than not running.
Some extra protein doesn’t hurt anyone.
For me, it’s always the salt drying and then drifting down my eyes to make them water
so much this yes. I would love to trade that burning salty drip in your eyes with more flies in my nostrils any time if I could
Now I’m wondering about the taste of salted flies on my runs. Proteins and electrolytes directly in 1 gulp
Isn’t that what bandanas are for? The kind some tennis players wear?
Ohhh yes. Mouth, eyes, lungs – they get everywhere.
Sometimes when I get home my face is dappled with them as they stick to my sweaty skin :)
Before the flies however, if you live in a northern city, there’s the dusty air in the couple of weeks after the snow has melted and they haven’t washed the roads yet. Add pollen to that and your lungs soon start to feel like your a regular smoker.
or live in a city where the air quality meter never ever dips below “poor” so them little bastards can’t exist!
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