This is me. The crazy one. Dressed in neon orange outside running. Yes it might have been in 30cm of fresh snow and during a snowfall. It might have been -32 degrees Celsius outside. This is what I do. I don't complain, I come prepared. I run each run as though it were my last. I try to live in the moment. I am present, alive and breathing. I am here. There are hard runs, they suck the good feeling out and replace it with despair. But there are usually more often than not awesome runs that fill me up with runners high (real thing. No lie) that leave me feeling exhilarated and full of life. Just ready for more. The love of running exudes from every pore of my being. Not sweat people, we runners leak Awesome! Yes in someway that might be misconstrued as insane, but we take that as a compliment. Thank you for noticing our hard work and dedication to our sport and thinking we are nuts because maybe we are just a little bit. In the end it is just another justification to eat all the things post long run.
Before I really taking my running seriously, I had heard of these ridiculous post run meals of runners gorging on any and all foods in sight, the proverbial "See Food Diet." Now I can truly attest to it being real. Post long run, I consume water, coffee, and eat all the things. By that I mean all food that gets within arms reach will be consumed. After knew long run in particular, I remember lying on the kitchen floor and having my daughters (3 and 5 years old at the time) put foods in my mouth. A gummy bear, peanut butter and banana sandwich with cheese and cucumber really isn't that bad. And yes, this was just one mouthful.
So really I am not all that crazy. I am just plain old weird and not afraid to own that one. This is me, a mum, a runner, a welder and a fitness enthusiast.
