My Incoherent Thoughts Rolled into a Post

My random Tuesday thoughts brought to you by the inability to focus on any one thing in particular:

• Last night I found myself at Baskin Robbins. The good news is that I got sherbet (not that it's healthy but it's healthier than Rocky Road Double Crunch or whatever). The bad news is that I got two scoops. And on a waffle cone. The very bad news is that the sherbet (Strawberry Lemonade) was fantastic, so I'll probably be back this week. Eff this so called diet, I hate you.

• Just to clarify, my goal for cleaning up my diet was not intended for weight loss, but rather for performance. Basically, to see if eating better makes me run faster. My diet hasn't been perfect. It is far from it. I cheat a lot (see Baskin Robbins). And, I have an abnormally large appetite, even for a runner. However, my diet has been cleaner for this training cycle than it ever has been. It's been hard to judge results though. I know fueling with healthy foods is especially important during marathon training, so I'm doing my best to stick with it. I have a tendency to stress eat sometimes (read: candy) and I don’t cook so it makes eating out too easy (I’m working on this).

• I am getting sick of Facebook. I cannot log into my account without the news feed being over run by political rants and baby pictures. Between the heated Obama Care debate and how you are evil if you eat at Chick-Fil-A, it's getting old. I have really no problem with the baby pictures other than they take up all my news feed, but the ultrasound as a profile picture thing? They pretty much all look the same to me.

• A few lessons I'm learning in this training cycle (aka marathon training for a PR in the summer): It takes support. It takes patience. It takes discipline. It takes, well, just plain old bull-headedness.

• Question: What do adults wear to bed? I'm serious. Incorrect answers include: nothing and things with long pants or long sleeves (I live in Texas and it is always so hot and if I am hot at night I am convinced that I will die of awfulness). I currently sleep in some oversized boxer shorts and whatever shirts I have stolen from my husband. The problem is that the shorts have lost their elasticity and thus their ability to stay on. It isn't pretty. I know I could buy more boxer shorts but it doesn't feel very adult. I don't want clingy. But I also want it to be something that I don't necessarily have to put a robe over if I have to sneak into my own backyard. 

• I've run 18 marathons and this is the first marathon that I've followed a training plan for. I thought I would hate it, but I really like it. Crossing off workouts hanging on my wall is the best motivation I could have ever asked for. No matter how I am feeling or what has happened the day before, I am running when my alarm goes off. No ifs ands or buts. I just do it. I am working towards a goal and I won't let anything stop me. I didn't have that kind of attitude when I’m not following a training plan. 

• I did 10 miles this morning, 6 of those miles were purely hill repeats. And it didn't suck as bad as I thought it would.

• I love my basset hounds to death but damn they shed a lot. I have been vacuuming EVERY DAY and filling up the vacuum cleaner with dog hair each time.

• As I mentioned the other day, I have still not had any Mexican food whatsoever since I began this training cycle. Mostly because I will stuff my face with a basket of chips then eat an entire meal every time I step foot in a Mexican food joint. Dan tried to make the argument to me last night that it is possible to eat healthy at a Mexican food restaurant. I countered that if I am going to eat Mexican food, I sure as hell don't want to eat something healthy - especially while he stuffs his face with something 10x more appetizing. Which is why I've avoided it altogether.

• I have really enjoyed watching the Olympic Swimming. I have not enjoyed the fact that they can swim 200m faster than I can swim 100m. Damn, I'm slow.