randomness

I have been very quiet lately. Just haven't had much to say, really. Training is coming along pretty well for my first 50k of the year.  We've had a lot of rain, which means the days are really dark.  It's a rough time of year for me. I do much better when we have some sun.

I've learned a couple of things though.

I can't pull off 50 mile weeks and cut calories. This is probably obvious to the rest of the world, but I thought that I could eat very healthy food and be okay.  After getting sick the first time, spending a week doing nothing but eating, trying it a second time, and then spending a few days relapsing, it finally sank in. So I won't be trying that anymore.

Strengthening my core is helpful.  I can't count how many times I've said that I was going to do this, but I am actually doing it now and I am seeing results.  Yesterday's 20 miler on the trail ended with just a touch of lower back soreness - I am normally a wreck at the end of 20 miles.  I am swimming, doing some basic kettlebell exercises, crunches with a medicine ball and pushups.  Not a lot of any of it, but enough to show some results, I guess.

I have this nutty urge to do an Ironman. I keep watching my DVR'ed copy of this year's Kona, and I can't bring myself to erase it.  When I swim, I imagine myself in a wetsuit, starting my first leg of competition.  Of course, I have no bike.  Minor detail.  Still, I cannot shake it.  What gives?!?

That's about it!  What's going on with everyone else?