Today I am thankful for my headlamp.
I freely admit that I wear a headlamp. It’s true. But it’s a necessary evil on my Saturday morning long runs that start at 5:30 AM. It’s also necessary during the winter months when it gets dark earlier. When I first joined the BRA they told me I needed one. I thought to myself “Really? It’s very dorky looking.” But after my first scary, dark, murderers-must-be-in-the-woods-run I found myself thinking it was the best idea I’d ever heard. Fashion be damned.
Both the Chic Runner and the Redhead think it’s hilarious. If there was a runner’s cafeteria I am pretty sure I would be sitting with my square, weird-pepperoni pizza and chocolate milk all alone. It would be like a scene straight out of Mean Girls. The cool kids are rockin’ their new Asic-Mizuno-Brooks hybrids and I’m with the math-letes.
Actually, when I first got the headlamp all I could think was “It’s the Miner 49er!” from Scooby Doo. After googling around, I found the youtube clip with said Miner 49er and dude’s not even wearing a headlamp. What the crap kind of miner is he anyway?
What are you thankful for today?
Beer!
Too funny!! Amen to the Beer first off, althought I would add wine and champagne…
I am Thankful for Spandex, believe it or not. Those things save my life!!
Hugs, Mel
L-M-EFFING-A-O you really posted it! Oh B, I love you!!!! Even when you're a miner wannabe running dork. I know times are tough and the economy sucks but I really don't thinking mining is a career opportunity that pays well these days… 😛 (If only it were the right kind of tongue faced smiley!)
As for what I am thankful for today, I am thankful for Epson Salt Baths. When you're muscles are tight and you're at your wits end a nice 10-15 minute soak before bed helps loosen them right up. Thank you store brand epson salt!!!
Oh Wow!! 🙂 That's all I'll say! LOL
I'm thankful for organizations like Komen!
Ahhhh square weird pepperoni pizza that I complained about but still ate EVERY Friday! Haha, oh high school. How I don't miss thee.
I must admit, if I saw a solo light bobbing up in down on my run path in the distance I may need a change of pants. I refuse to watch scary movies!
I am thankful for new beginnings 🙂
I need to get one of those. I run in the dark far too often. :/ (not so much now, but in the fall/winter/spring).
I'm thankful for: Thursday – being almost Friday. 🙂
a headlamp… lol. But now that you mention it, I agree with you that it's a great idea. Better safe than sorry. And totally. fashion be damned. lol.
I am thankful today that I have a comfy bed to sleep in at night!
Well – looks like the challenge is down. I bet I can look dorkier than you! I not only have a big bulky headlamp (I can blind a cyclist with mine!), but I have a couple red blinkers so I don't get mowed over from behind *and* a reflective vest! All I'm mising is my slide rule (yes – I have one at home). This winter I'llhave to snap a piture of myself in my full regalia!
I'd sit with you 🙂 I still think you're cool
I'm thankful for apples 😀
i've only run with a headlamp once during a night-time halloween run. i'm thankful that i got an appointment with my hairdresser this morning 🙂
I'd totally sit with you… assuming you weren't actually wearing the headlamp at the time. :o)
I've ran with a headlamp before. It's better then killing yourself trying to run in the dark! I've got a lot to be thankful for: beer, peanut butter, and it's almost Friday!
Stay away from Kevin Gnapoor… I heard he's a slazzle. 🙂
I will mock you forever. 🙂 JK I will probably at one point in my life wear one as well. Until then I'm thankful for friends! like you and the lovely redhead online all day!
HA!!!
You've got to post a pic of yourself in your headlamp. C'mon!!
😉
I have a headlamp too! Matt makes fun of me, but it is the only way I can run outside at night during the winter.
I'll show you the scars from running without a headlamp. As dorky as I might look, it beats a cast any day (of course, I hear chicks dig scars) 🙂
I am thankful for my family and my friends.
ha! it is funny, but I totally understand the necessity!
I am thankful today for air conditioning!
haha yes headlamps are pretty sexy! i don't have one myself but i might have to get one for this coming winter… boo.
okay i just found your blog and i am already addicted because my running drawer (like your masthead) looks exactly like that. i feel better now! 😉
I am thankful for my friends and for today being a better day.
OK just when I thought I caught up to all you running dorks with my fancy schmancy watch– you go ahead and do this– talking about another gadget I do not have– Thanks a lot 🙂
I love that you have one of these– and Glenn Jones too– You guys should have a headlight party or something.
I am thankful for my credit card in which I am going to use at the store to get a headlamp!
dude, you crack me up! you need to take a pic of it on…kudos to you for wearing that even though you know others are laughing at you!
I am thankful for my relationship with my family and knowing that relationships grow stronger over time.
In our running group, headlamps ARE THE COOLEST. When someone wears one, everyone asks about it and then they all show up with headlamps the following week.
I'm thankful for my JOB!
Great post. Embrace your head gear. 😉 At least it'snot a helmet!! 🙂
My husband is grateful for Scooby Doo! He says that had we not met and married, he would probably be watching scooby doo reruns still, laying in bed until 2p.m. and intravenously fed on cartoon network. So I am very grateful now for a hubbie who is willing to work hard for our family, and loves us more than Scooby Doo. And that is a lot. (The miner 49er scared me when I was a kid by the way.)
I'd rather look like a miner than be lying flat in the street. Ah ha. I'm thankful that the dude behaved at the restaurant today. It's a crap shoot.
Haha. Hey, headlamps are totally useful and necessary! You totally need to post a picture of you rockin the headlamp ;p
I'm thankful for a pool that stays open til 9 for days when my hip/butt is too tight to go running (even if I do only rock the OLB)!
I am thankful that there are other supporters of the (yet to be adopted by the fashion industry) headlamp.
It all good! I need one too! Ian says he can get me one from work…that one may actually look like a mimers lanp. I will have to take a pic and post..lol
I wear a headlamp and short shorts and I'm proud of it … YAAAAAAY!
Awesome!!! I have two! Everyone I know, including my hubby, makes fun of me for my headlamp, but I have avoided many ankle sprains (potholes) and a few snake bites with my trusty headlamp. Does yours leave a mark…because that's is my only complaint about both of mine.