Just your ordinary, average, everyday, sane psycho.

I have officially reached the certifiable stage. I emailed Eladio yesterday with a question, and he responded, so I was re-reading my original email. I had to read it a few times to make sure that I actually wrote what I did. Did I seriously say “I’m worried because my longest run for 4 weeks will ONLY be 13 miles”???? That is not normal!! Of course, it seemed normal to him and he offered a wise solution which now has me running 20 miles in 2 weeks as opposed to the 18 I had been scheduled for, among other changes. But seriously, what happened to the girl that thought she was going to die the first time she ran a mile, and who used to watch the IronMan broadcast and feel sorry for those people instead of feel insane jealousy?? It got me to thinking about other things I now do that would not have seemed normal to me a year ago. Thanks to all this IM stuff, I now:

• think that spandex is a perfectly appropriate thing to wear in public
• have no problem examining the blisters on my feet while sitting at my husband’s softball game
• openly discuss my bathroom habits with anyone who wants to know
• think that “what several hours in the saddle does to one’s girly parts” is a normal topic of conversation
• have gone THREE weeks without cleaning my bathroom, because laying on the couch on a Saturday afternoon after a long run is preferable to cleaning
• have spent more on race fees in the last year than I have on clothes
• find it nearly impossible to wear heels because my feet are so mangled
• can’t get a pedicure for the above mentioned reason
• fantasize about shaving my head so I wouldn’t have to stuff hair into a swim cap or deal with it sticking to my face when I’m sweaty
• don’t remember the last time I “slept in” past 8
• would rather spend my money on new running shoes than cute shoes
• have nice tan legs…..from mid-thigh down. My thighs are nice and pasty white
• think that a $2000 bike is relatively cheap

I could go on and on. I'm ruined for life!