Good

Lately I've been thinking, "I'm training for a marathon so I can eat anything I want." The results of that thought are taking form in my body, and it doesn't look so appealing anymore.

Better idea--I'm training for a marathon, so I can eat really good food that will keep me going and not slow me down.

Here's quinoa with kidney beans, romaine lettuce, heirloom tomato and basil (local) and avocado (not local.)

This is not a hot dog.

It's a marinated and grilled carrot, my second one. There were twice as many tater tots at the start of the meal.

18 miles

Runner's burn--note the white triangle.

The pudding was good. But otherwise, I wasn't quite as prepared as I should've been for today's long run. What I learned today:

•sunblock is my friend.
•a second bottle of gatorade, an even better friend.
•a dollar in my pocket would have been enough to buy that second bottle of gatorade at the secret vending machine by the tennis courts.
•oatmeal is a great breakfast.
•I'll run a long way for pudding.
•Avril Lavigne makes embarrassingly good running songs.

My girlfriend made 20. She rocks.

Pudding

From Vegan with a Vengeance, with rum and raisins to taste like the Christmas fruitcake. This will be so good after 21 miles tomorrow.

nothing but a picture of a tomato

I've been wanting a blog, but there's been this underlying problem of not being sure what I want to say. But I like to read other people's blogs, and after awhile that starts feeling like being the fully clothed person at the topless beach. So for now there's a picture of a tomato. I picked it up yesterday from our CSA share from hearty roots farm. Its overripe friend is now salsa crudo in our fridge.