Well MAYhem, you really threw us for some good loops this year, but you are almost out of here. Before we welcome June in all it’s summery (I hope) blossomy glory, it’s time to open the Runfessional. Because it’s always good to start fresh with a clean soul…and soles. Let’s get started, shall we?
I runfess I’m pretty irritated with Instagram lately. I swear they change the algorithm more often than I even post over there. It seems like the only new followers I get are scammers posing as creepy divorced men who are either surgeons, in the military, or have bags of money stuffed inside their Lamborghini…or best case, military surgeons with bags of money stuffed inside their Lamborghinis. Apparently that’s what they think married women of a certain age are looking for.
The DMs they send are getting more creative too. Now instead of the run of the mill “hello beautiful” or asking for pics of my feet, I recently was asked if I was a Botanist. All creepers aside, now Insta also shows people I do not follow in my feed, which is super irritating.
You probably know my YouTube videos have been spotty at best this month, no thanks to MAYhem. I runfess that despite low video volume, I’ve done my share of blooper videos lately. I was mid workout recently when I realized Ozzy had blessed the pain cave floor with some dog vomit. I runfess I not only continued recording but I managed to step in it as well.
I runfess I continue to use Nuun Rest and Nuun Immunity while I run. Apparently Nuun Rest does not dissolve as quickly as the usual stuff because I managed to get a fizzy chunk of it up through my handheld bottle nozzle. I runfess it sort of scared the crap out of me and some frenzied spitting may have ensued.
Ok your turn: What have you to runfess? Any good blooper pics? Creepy DMs?
I accidentally got a “good” selfie recently…but my feet were cut off. I posted the pic on Twitter and said “Feet are so overrated, LOL” and a few people commented with “all body parts are beautiful” replies. Did they NOT notice the missing feet? Or the LOL on my caption? Or do some people just not have a sense of humor? How weird about the botanist comment! I guess it’s more original than the “Hello, Beautiful” one…
The Lamborghini-driving military surgeons! Oh my goodness, that’s hilarious!
The other day I was running along some grassy pastureland. A shepherd was just driving a flock of sheep onto the field.
I was so enthralled by the scene and busy taking photos that I didn’t notice a big sheep’s poo on the ground. Of course, I stepped right into it. The shepherd laughed his head off – it was too funny.
I’m so exasperated with IG–yesterday, I couldn’t even see my feed, instead, I kept seeing a new-to-me feature “new to IG”. Um, no thank you. I’m not sure what is happening. One week, my likes are sky high, the next week, I get hardly any.
I share your IG frustration – I’m not seeing any of the folks I follow and I’ve received more DMs from “Crypto millionaires” than I care to count – oh please! Whatever’s going on with the algorithm, I hope it stops soon.
Not a botanist and way behind on my planting. Weeding is my main occupation lol.
Ugh on IG.
Bloopers. Too many. Lately I am doing the basic selfie. Some days I can’t even get that right.
Hmm, well I feel like all my recent photos from races were bloopers. It would be funny to do a whole post of blooper pics. (Will we be able to see the video where you step in dog vomit?)
I haven’t been on instagram at all lately- good to know I’m not missing much!
Poor Ozzie!
That makes me laugh – stuff like that happens all the time with dogs.
Instagram is a worse spammer cesspit than twitter. I honestly ignore my notifications because there’s nothing that isn’t spam. Easier to click on pics and chat with folks there.
Eww puppy vomit!
I am still getting the weird DM’s from creepy guys but now also getting a bunch from women who want me to invest in their cryto stuff. Who just says okay to that via DM? So weird. Thanks for the link up
Since I stopped checking IG when the Pandemic started — apparently you have to be active there to get the messages. I do get strange males trying to friend me on FB, where I am active. My foot videos tend to get a fair amount of views and usually at least one creepy guy telling me he loves my feet & me.
I once saved a bunch of clips from videos with the intention of making a blooper reel but apparently didn’t save the clips in a useable format. Oh well.
Oh no on stepping in it! That couldn’t have been pleasant.
Maybe it’s just me but I’ve always thought most runners’ feet are usually not in the best condition, between bruises, lost toenails, calluses, etc. I’ve never understood men who are into women’s feet though. Feet gross me out in general.
Like Deborah, I tend to get all of the crypto people contacting me. No idea why they would think I’d be into crypto.
I haven’t been creeped on too much on Insta lately but lots of people are trying to get me involved in pyramid schemes, etc.
My feet are surprisingly nice for a runner. Is that a humble brag?! LOL
Creepers ob IG is the main reason I started using Prisma on my selfies. Now I haven’t posted on IG in ages.
My may ended in such mayhem I couldn’t manage a runfession. Hopefully I can catch up in June.