The weirdest part was how he didn't even attempt to say hello to me, just went straight for my mom.

My wife proposed to me several times in the first year we were living together. At first she was kind of joking, then she was less joking and didn't appreciate my response of "one of these days" or "probably". I was a little gun shy about asking because I had sort of half-proposed to a previous girlfriend, and that…

LADY MARY, IS THAT YOU?

good on those dudes tbh

I went to visit family I'd never met before in my parent's home country when I was 21, straight out of college. My entire dad's side is still living there, and I met all of my first cousins on his side for the first time, and of course all of my aunts and uncles, etc. It was really great, and I felt like I had a whole…

Haha! To be fair, you probably were really surprised.

The scene: Horrible abusive relationship. The inevitable morning after the all too familiar horrific night before. I am packing my bags. Unfortunately not for the first time, and not for the last.

It's because running is EXACTLY like drugs. The "endorphins" that everyone refers to? They are very real and very yummy. The reason runners act like addicts is because we ARE. Its like a combo of cocaine and opioids - the euphoria of "I am awesome and everything is awesome" and a weird calm melty feeling all at once.…

This is why I run half marathons. It's long enough to be a challenge and require serious training, but not so long that you are GUARANTEED to get injured. Every marathoner I know has been injured in some way, minor or major (whether it's toenails falling off or needing physical therapy, or knee replacements, etc.).…

Nothing shitty about that. If she collapses and dies, the medics guiding her to the finish line would have been heavily scrutinized. Would you let the victim of an accident crawl without assisting her?

I wasn't aware that there is money available for a heart attack. Is this like some kind of reverse insurance co-pay thing? Should I blame Obamacare?

Kind of wonder if the fourth-place finisher, is like, "Wait. She crawled and beat me?"

I doubt it was her pride. It's her livelihood. She's an elite marathoner. Who knows what sponsor incentives she might have been running for in addition to the prize money.

i literally came back here just to wait for the person who would say something shitty, but i didn't even have to wait.

The runner part of me thinks this is awesome.

How's the view from that high horse?

I dunno, seems like all those people who go running/cycling/swimming in their corporate-sponsored gear are Real Fit People too. You know, because they're professionals.

So, don't bother to try to get into shape unless you're already in shape. God I hate fitness snobs and I used to be a complete gym rat.

You really shouldn't run in Chuck Taylors.

I'm sure you have enough muscle from patting yourself on the back. No one is judging committed atheletes, but not everyone has the time or will to be one.