I got stung 😭

[MacTavish1976]

There I was, happily minding my own business, plodding along, earbuds in . . . When bang . . . Mega pain in the back of my left shoulder. I kept running and slapped my hand on the sore bit, only to remove my hand and find a dead wasp 😭 I was just over 2k from home, so I decided if I could, I'd continue on my 2nd consolidation run (mad woman!)

I don't know whether it was the wasp sting making me up the pace or whether I'd have done it anyway, but I knocked a minute of my last consolidation run! I didn't feel that I'd pushed it anymore, in fact, I thought I was slower as I kept thinking about the pain! But 32:33 was my final time!

I'm now off to sit with a ice pack and some sting cream and feel sorry for myself. Take care out there people - those wasps don't care 🐝

[Sandraj39 Graduate]

Ouch! Not a nice thing to happen at any time - hope it feels better now?

Our bodies response to pain is to produce adrenaline, which prepares us for fight or flight - so this will likely have contributed to an increase in pace, although, you never know - maybe you are just smashing it now! 😀💪

[Ian5K Graduate]

Apparently this is the worst time for wasps as their annual nests are soon coming to an end.

Just looked up the sting prevention advice: don’t flap your arms about; avoid perfumed body products; wear insect repellent on exposed skin.