The Holidays (aka the Enemy)

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday consisting of friends, family, and many good times!

I haven't blogged for almost a week now, but sadly, not much has happened since my last entry. I've been getting over a cold, so I haven't been able to run much. In fact, I skipped my long run (16 miles!) and I skipped a few short runs. All in all, I've managed to stay out of my running for shoes for a total of 4 days and I recently just got back into it all yesterday with a 5 mile run and again today, with a 3 mile run.

I didn't think it would be that bad getting back into the swing of things, but HOLY SHNYSKEES, Christmas really did me in. I traveled into the Bay Area for Christmas this year and was able to see my family. On the menu: PURE AWESOMENESS with a CRAP LOAD of DELICIOUSNESS. I think I had about 100 lbs of all of that on Saturday.

Anyway, I geared up for a 5 mile run yesterday, and headed off to run down by the river. I was only like, 3/4 of a mile into the run and I was just SO NOT feeling it. I felt sluggish, slow, and it felt like my muscles just didn't want to function. The only thing I had to blame was... the delicious food! I was just surrounded by sweets, fats, carbs, and everything else you could imagine! So now, I'm sitting here, chugging on my H2O, and eating only veggies and carbs because I have a 10 miler scheduled for tomorrow, and I"ll be damned if I'm comfortable.

I hate so badly how what you eat has a direct correlation to how you feel when you perform. I mean, my actual PERFORMANCE was the same. I completed by run at the same pace, but I just felt like poop. And right now, with all the left overs surrounding me, it's so hard to just eat right!

We'll see how this 10 miler goes tomorrow. The good news is that I'm about 90% over my cold and ready to run again. Let's hope for the best!

HAPPY RUNNING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!