Thursday, January 19, 2006

Thursday, January 19, 2006 After the Marathon Current mood: contemplative It's a good job I was warned about the week after the marathon. My blisters have now all opened up and are still quite painful. I'm wearing my thick Smartwool socks and my sensible shoes. My appetite is rampant. I literally cannot stop eating. I talked to Beth last night and she's exactly the same way. I think my body is both making up for lost calories, minerals etc... and also anticipating the chance I might do that to it again in the near future. Therefore, it's trying to stock up. Already today I have eaten enough to sustain a small village, and, I'm still hungry. Thank goodness it's Thursday and it's five dollar fish and chip night so I will have more opportunity to stuff my face in a few hours. I'm also tired. People keep telling me I look tired. I think that's a combination of the marathon and starting school this week. I want to start running to train for the Country Music Marathon. I can't do it yet because of the blisters - I'll only make them much worse. I've decided that this time, I want to raise money for a breast cancer charity. I don't know if there are any breast cancer centred charities who encourage or who have an organized marathon fundraising effort. I've tried looking that up, but aside from the Susan Komen 5K thing, I haven't found anything. If I can't find anything, I'll just do it on my own and see how much I can raise. I think it would really mean something to my mother if I ran for breast cancer research. If you know of anything, please let me know. Currently reading : A Guide to Composition Pedagogies By Gary Tate Release date: 06 July, 2000