IF IT'S NOT YOURS, DON'T DRINK IT!

I SET OUT THIS MORNING TO DROP WATER AT APPROPRIATE MILES, FOR HYDRATION ALONG THE 13.1 MILE COURSE. TO MY ABSOLUTE SURPRISE, THE WATER AT MILE 4 WAS GONE. VANISHED. ZIPPO. SOMEONE HAD TAKEN IT FOR THEMSELVES. I WAS SHOCKED, AND THIRSTY.

NOW, I DON'T MIND SHARING. HONESTLY. IN FACT, I PRAYED THAT THE WATER I DROPPED AT MILE 6.6 WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE...AND IT WAS...HALF OF IT! I COULD'VE BEEN GROSSED OUT, LIKE MY HUSBAND WAS WHEN I TOLD HIM I GUZZLED IT AFTER SOME OTHER PERFECT STRANGER HAD DOWNED HALF OF IT, BUT I WAS DANG THIRSTY AND DESPERATE. SEE, I DON'T MIND SHARING.

BUT, LEAVE SOME FOR THE DESPERATE FOOL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO DRIVE HER COURSE THIS MORNING TO PLANT WATER STOPS ALONG THE WAY OF HER LONG RUN! GEESH. I COULD'VE USED MORE THAN 3 BIG GULPS OF MOISTURE FOR 13.1 MILES OF TIMED RUNNING!

NOTE TO ALL RUNNERS: WATER BOTTLES JUST DON'T SHOW UP ALONG THE WAY FOR YOUR LONG RUNS. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBITY TO PLANT THEM, OR CARRY THEM, OR WRAP THEM AROUND YOUR WASTE, OR DROP BY A BUSINESS TO SIP OFF A WATER FOUNTAIN. MARK KNUTSON AND HIS WONDERFUL TEAM WILL HAVE WATER AT APPROPRIATE INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE RACE. BUT, UNTIL RACE DAY, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN!

IF IT'S NOT YOURS, DONT DRINK IT...OR AT THE VERY LEAST, SAVE SOME FOR THE POOR, THIRSTY FOOL WHO PLANTED IT!

SORRY, BUT I HAD TO VENT. MY RUN WAS MADE MORE DIFFICULT THIS MORNING BC OF DEHYDRATION.