Veganism

Today was not a vegan day :(  I really struggled today with cutting out animal products.  I knew that this process would leave me with good days and bad days, but WOW!  Today was rough.  I had toast with butter for breakfast...the butter thing I expected to happen because I'm not rich enough at this point in my life to throw away food that I already have.  Then I had an egg salad sandwich at Starbucks.  All this, I think has led to my sudden and intense craving for a soda (Coke in particular).  I have never liked Coke, why on earth would I crave Coke?  A few weeks ago I had a Dr. Pepper and couldn't finish all of it because it was so sweet.  I know that if I give into my craving, not only will I think it tastes bad, but my body will feel crappy too.  I strongly feel that we have addictions to the crap we've put in our bodies our whole lives and clearly I still have some cleansing to do.  Tomorrow will hopefully be a better day :)

Obstacle Courses

I've always wanted to do an obstacle mud run.  Usually people get dressed up in costumes, run through crazy obstacles like hay bail hurdles, cargo climbs or wild water crossings plus the illustrious run/crawl through a pit full of mud.  I find my life following my desire to run through an obstacle course full of mud.

When my life is "safe" and I can keep going down the nice paved road with a 55 MPH sign, I decide to take a dirt path with bumps and "DIP" signs that suggest a speed of 15 MPH.  Sometimes the dirt path looks harmless enough, but when I get on it, boy are the bumps rough.  I could have stayed in Reno with my safe life and my safe job with my safe income.  I decided to take the bumpy road to the LA area and although the bumps are rough, and they come up out of nowhere I will make it to my destination.  It's time to fasten my seat belt and hold on!

Getting in gear

Just over two months to go until I participate in my third Reno-Tahoe Odyssey.  After my run on Monday, it's clear that I need to work hard to get back into peak running form.  April will be for getting back to basics and working on my form, breathing, and my favorite and yours, HILLS!  In May I plan on adding three days a week of two workouts per day.  This will help me get used to running multiple times in less than 36 hours.  I feel like the last two Odysseys I ran in, this was my downfall...being mentally and physically exhausted after two legs with little left for the third and final leg.  I want to feel great and have a great time while contributing to my FABULOUS team.  "Putting the ODD in Odyssey" will rock the Reno-Tahoe Basin in 2011!