Yep, that happened. Today.
We set out to do a 3 mile run. Everything was going fine until about 2.25 into the run. I took a deep breath in…from my mouth…and proceeded to inhale a very large gnat.
I immediately came to a halt and started coughing/gagging to get it back up. I could feel it stuck to the back of my throat and finally after my eyes started watering, it came out.
Unfortunately by then, my mind had solidly implanted the feeling of that bug in my throat and I started to dry heave. Like 7 times.
Thankfully I was able to recover and we finished our run.
It was very gross.
Moral of the story, breath in through your nose and out through your mouth.