Wanted to introduce myself to the community and give a little history on my backround.
I'm a 26 year old male that runs 40-60 miles a week and ran my first ultra marathon race at Bull Run Run 50 miler April 10th and North Face endurance 50 miler June 5th both this year..... and I did all the training while smoking 3-5x a day.
So many times I would hear from my running group or non-smoking friends how people that did drugs or smoked pot were all losers and lazy. I wanted so bad to say " oh really... why can't you keep up with THIS pot head?" I was out pacing and out running people that were vegans... but I kept my mouth shut in fear of being de-friended.
I wanted to let others like myself know anything is possible while smoking!
There I was driving to the 5am starting line at Bull Run Run blasting some Ratatat LOUD PIPES and smoking some headies. I felt nervous about my first ultra, before this i had only done up to 26.2 miles... a regular marathon. I was use to smoking before my long runs to get my mind in a nice relaxed zone as I sometimes would sike myself out thinking i couldn't hang for a 5 hour training run. I usually hit about 2 bowls of some kush and for about the first hour or so i felt like I was part of the trail or in a calm meditation state. The same was true race day. As i got out my car and did the check list run down to make sure i had everything i needed for the next 12 hours of my run, I felt relaxed and ready for the trail. Listening to my IPOD I took off with 350 other runners in pitch darkness all us wearing head lights.
15 miles into the race i was feeling great as I passed a section of the forest that smelled like fresh smoking plant to me... I figured I was getting tired at the time and wanted to smoke...haha.
11hours and 55 minutes later I came threw the finish line... Finishing a trail race that had 45 drop outs of 350 runners. I got pretty emotional (didnt cry) but I felt like a huge road block had been lifted from my life. I knew that I could do ANYTHING in life that i put my mind on... while blazing everyday!!
I'm a 26 year old male that runs 40-60 miles a week and ran my first ultra marathon race at Bull Run Run 50 miler April 10th and North Face endurance 50 miler June 5th both this year..... and I did all the training while smoking 3-5x a day.
So many times I would hear from my running group or non-smoking friends how people that did drugs or smoked pot were all losers and lazy. I wanted so bad to say " oh really... why can't you keep up with THIS pot head?" I was out pacing and out running people that were vegans... but I kept my mouth shut in fear of being de-friended.
I wanted to let others like myself know anything is possible while smoking!
There I was driving to the 5am starting line at Bull Run Run blasting some Ratatat LOUD PIPES and smoking some headies. I felt nervous about my first ultra, before this i had only done up to 26.2 miles... a regular marathon. I was use to smoking before my long runs to get my mind in a nice relaxed zone as I sometimes would sike myself out thinking i couldn't hang for a 5 hour training run. I usually hit about 2 bowls of some kush and for about the first hour or so i felt like I was part of the trail or in a calm meditation state. The same was true race day. As i got out my car and did the check list run down to make sure i had everything i needed for the next 12 hours of my run, I felt relaxed and ready for the trail. Listening to my IPOD I took off with 350 other runners in pitch darkness all us wearing head lights.
15 miles into the race i was feeling great as I passed a section of the forest that smelled like fresh smoking plant to me... I figured I was getting tired at the time and wanted to smoke...haha.
11hours and 55 minutes later I came threw the finish line... Finishing a trail race that had 45 drop outs of 350 runners. I got pretty emotional (didnt cry) but I felt like a huge road block had been lifted from my life. I knew that I could do ANYTHING in life that i put my mind on... while blazing everyday!!
that's a great testament to cannabis being harmless. 
Gummbee25, It is hard to put in words how wonderful it is to have you join us at 420. All I can say is 
