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| End result of No Shave November |
Long time readers of my blog will recall that I used to write about other subjects than just shoes. While I love sharing my passion for shoes I have missed sharing more personal stories. Other than my shoe reviews, my highest viewed stories have been about health and diet. In the last view months I have been through a couple of medical scares that I have wanted to write about, but thought the subject matter might be to personal. After much thought and discussion with Amy I have decided to write about it. After all, it was just Mens Health November month and my story relates. This topic is not easy for a lot of people to talk about, but embarrassment is no reason to neglect your health.
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| NOT what pee is supposed to look like.. |
On Sept. 29th, in the middle of a beautiful sunny trail run and only 5 miles in, I stopped to pee. Even thought I had new sunglasses on, my pee looked strangely dark. I lifted my glasses and saw that it wasn't dark, it was bright red. Like watered down cranberry juice. I was totally confused. I am pretty aware of what the different colors of urine indicate, especially in terms of dehydration. Thats just the type of stuff you know when you are an ultrarunner. It is an excellent visual guide of your level of hydration and possible issues with your kidneys. I also know several different reasons that you might have blood in your urine. But having so much blood after only running a short distance scared me. I slowed my pace down and took the quickest route home.
