I'm beat but I love my family time! Growing up an only child I was always thrilled when a holiday approached because that meant that my cousins were coming to visit. It was an amazing feeling to go from not having any brothers or sisters to being surrounded by family that was your own age, had your likes and dislikes, knew where you were coming from and just loved to get into good old trouble. As an individual you could get in a lot of trouble doing something that you weren't supposed to. But there's safety in numbers! I distinctly remember one Thanksgiving hanging from nylon rope tied to an upstairs bathroom sink's piping suspended over my grandmother's upper floor railing. Lots of fun!
After having off for a five day vacation to celebrate my son's eight year birthday I am thoroughly exhausted. His excitement over his four cousins visiting reminded me of my childhood. They came, they raised havoc and now they're gone! One of the things that makes me a great runner is my consistency. I train the same way, I get the same amount of sleep, I eat the same things, I drink the same things. As I've gotten older my ability to handle anything outside the typical equation has decreased even more.
So today I woke up feeling exhausted, dehydrated and feeling like Jabba the Hut. Too little sleep this vacation, coupled with drinking too much adult beverage, not enough water and eating delicious junk food and deserts took its toll. It never ceases to amaze me how much a poor diet can affect how I feel. I zombied through work and somehow managed to run a good marathon pace workout for 6 long miles. Albiet with numerous bathroom breaks. The stomach was revolting all day from all the bad food. I normally hate treadmills. But their proximity to bathrooms can be a lifesaver sometimes.
Got home took a hot shower, made some BLT's for dinner with turkey bacon and had some warm tea with Agave nectar next to a warm fire. I can feel everything starting to get back to normal. Sometimes being a boring runner is a good thing. The days of eating trash plates after drinking all night long are far, far gone. God, I love trash plates!
Looking forward to some cross-training tomorrow after some strong Starbucks coffee. Hope you're enjoying your own version of boring and feeling much better than me. By the way, this is the time of year when most people get lazy and let their New Year's Day resolutions fall by the wayside. Tired of restarting? Stop quitting and just put one foot in front of the the other. You'll eventually get to where you want to,go. Run for your lives my friends...
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