Heartbroken Runner Spends Evening on Couch Eating GU Straight From Carton
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A despondent local runner spent last evening alone on her living room couch, alternately crying and eating GU energy gel directly from the carton, Dumb Runner has learned.
Jo Elliott, 26, reportedly was coping with a recent breakup. The two-time marathoner had been dating a fellow member of a local running club, according to a source. That member, an unidentified woman also in her twenties, reportedly ended the relationship two days ago, a move that “stunned” Elliott and left her seeking answers.
“She really didn’t see this coming,” the source told Dumb Runner. “[The couple] had seemed perfectly happy to me, and, I’m guessing, to Jo as well. So this really caught her off guard.”
The source said she had checked in with Elliott recently, asking how she was doing and whether she needed anything.
“She asked me if I had any GU,” the source said. “So I took her a tub of Raspberry Lemonade and a box of tissues.”
Reached for comment by phone, Elliott told Dumb Runner the breakup had indeed taken her by surprise and said the GU was offering some comfort.
“Maybe it will give me the energy I need to get through this,” Elliott said, before sobbing and abruptly ending the call.
