This morning I woke up bright and early for a speed work run. I wasn’t super excited about it because I all I want to do right now is listen to the Breakdown podcast and that is not really great for speed running. It’s better for sitting on the couch being sad.
Anyway. I had a mile of warm up and then 2 miles at marathon pace 2x. After my warm up mile I switched to music and got to running faster than usual.
I was a little over half way done with that first MP mile when a bee flew right at my face and got stuck in my sunglasses.
A BEE GOT STUCK BETWEEN MY EYE AND SUNGLASSES.
How does that happen?!?!?!!! It flew perfectly at my face and I think kind of got scared by my visor and tucked in perfectly into the sunglasses.
I felt it buzz against my glasses and then touch my eye. It’s fuzzy little body touched my eyelid! So I ripped off my visor and then my sunglasses – throwing each into the air as I screamed.
Seriously.
I also tore my ear-buds out of my ears and they were hanging down at my side as I came out of my screaming freak out moment and looked around realizing that anyone witnessing this would think I was hearing voices that instructed me to throw everything on my body into the air and scream profanities.
When I finally felt like the bee had left the scene of the crime I looked around for my sunglasses and visor. I was embarrassed even though I didn’t actually look around to find out if anyone had seen this spectacle. I just picked up my stuff, put it back on and started running again.
And that is why I have no friends.
And that is also why I am scared of bees.
And that is also also why people say, “That would only happen to you.”
You and bees! Geez. Glad u didn’t get stung this time.
I feel your pain! Over the summer I had one fly into my mouth as I was talking. It was in the back of my throat!!! I spit it out but my throat and tongue hurt the rest of the day from it’s fuzzy fur.
I had a fly go right into my eye last week and get stuck in my eyelid, I couldn’t see for 20 minutes!
Oh.No. I am going to have a nightmare.
OMG, I howled with laughter reading this! The title alone made me snort my wine. I have never been licked in the eye by a bee, but once a caterpillar fell in my hair. Swear to God, I haven’t been the same girl since.
I pretty much react the same way even if it’s just my own hair that I think is a bug crawling in me.
Oh that’s so creepy, it’s grossing me out just thinking about it!!
You are hysterical! Glad you survived.
Oh my I would have reacted the same way. But thanks for giving me a good laugh! I’m not laughing at you, but with you. have a great day.
You’re not alone. The EXACT SAME thing happened to me this summer and I reacted EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. I understand your terror.
It was so crazy! We need to start a support group.
OMG thank you for making me laugh! You are not alone, I swear this kind of stuff happens to me all the time! Except here in St Louis it’s 19 degrees and the bees are dead. Guess that’s the ONLY benefit of cold weather running!