Subject: I am Shiva, Destroyer of WorldsI went and ran outside for an hour. It's hot and muggy as hell outside, and I was tired at the end (but not overly so ). During the run I felt the familiar rumblings, the ones that say 'you might want to wrap this up soon', but I held out until my run was over. When I got home, I unleashed hell in the bathroom. It was so bad that my cat won't go anywhere near the bathroom.
(I'm not too ashamed to admit that I'm a little proud of that, btw. It's payback for some of her Greatest Hits she's left behind. )
What is it about exercising that makes us give birth to the most unholy of all creations? I eat pretty much the same way every day whether I'm exercising or not. I have my 'morning constitutionals' and they aren't nearly this foul. But if I go right before or right after ( especially after ) exercising it's like I'm breaking the Seventh Seal. I know I'm not the only one that does this, any of us who have been in a Port-o-Potty at a race are keenly aware of this phenomenon. What is it in our system that causes this? Do we have some sort of poisonous sac in our lower intestine that activates under periods of stress? Am I some sort of human-skunk hybrid and my parents never told me about my special powers? What's going on here? |