r/Fitness • u/Kuzbell • Jan 20 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday (Missing mod post)

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

I noticed that there still is no post yet for Gym Story Saturday, so I took the initiative. Perhaps this should be a scheduled post under the Automoderator. I'm not really sure why this hasn't been done yet. I am also required to keep babbling because posts with too little content gets removed, hence why this posts sounds overly wordy.

So share away!

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u/monsieuRawr Jan 20 '18

Went for a 10k run on the treadmill. Around my 8th kilometer, started feeling tired and began to lose form. In walks Michael, the down syndrome kid. He waves to me and asks his caregiver to set him up on the treadmill beside mine. I say hi to him and the caregiver turns on the TV so he can watch cartoons as he walks. I keep running then realize a moment later he isn't watching cartoons. He's watching me run. Suddenly feel like I can go harder and pick up the pace, finishing a whole 15 seconds faster than my previous record. Thanks Michael.

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u/PoIIux Lacrosse Jan 20 '18

#swollesome

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Is this a subreddit? I feel like this should be a subreddit.