And the only cure is more trail running.
You thought cowbell? Nay.
GAH, I’m obsessed. I’ve accomplished approximately 30 minutes of “real” work today at the office. BUT I’ve accomplished the hell out of “fake” work. What I like to call “homing from work” or what most bosses would call “wasting company time.”
Semantics.
Judge my productivity for yourself:
- joined GUTS – the georgia ultrarunning and trailrunning society.
- added 3 trail races to my event calendar.
- emailed my boyfriend no less than 5 times regarding various and sundry ultra and trail related topics.
- read a few trail running blogs – somewhere in the vicinity of a lot… i’ll admit it was more than 2 but definitely less than 50.
- made a list of gear to try out for the next trail training cycle.
- researched volunteering for the Pinhoti 100 in November. intriguing – it’s like putting on trail magic for thru-hikers… but for trail runners!
- brainstormed the idea of actually running (as opposed to thru-hiking) the PCT someday.
- picked out (but not yet ordered) a new pair of Vasque trail runners.
- cursed society for building thoroughfares with cement rather than singletrack trail. damn road running.
- watched dmb’s new video for You and Me (hey… my obsessions are not ALL related to running).
I’m stupid obsessed. Seriously. I think my co-worker hates me. He knows I don’t have this much work to do on the internet. Also, I think he’s on to my game of quickly clicking on Quickbooks to pretend I’m working every time he walks by my desk. Good thing he’s my brother. He gives me lip, I buy him a 6 pack of 420 and we’re good.
Also… I am lamenting the loss of my camera charger. Hence the boring lack of picture-posting to the blog as of late. I think my cat ate it… since she was probably still hungry after she chewed up my apartment lease renewal. Argh.
Back to invoicing, organizing and copy-writing. Juuuust after I research the Cheaha 50k…
Awesome! I’m as obsessed with trail running as you, but I’m going about my Ultra running very slowly. I see myself doing ultras in about 4 years: every year I double up my competitive distance. Last year 10k, next year 10k and half. 2 years half and marathon, 3 years marathon and 50k 4-5 years 50k and 50 miles. See how OCD trail runners are? Its endemic to the sport
I’m doing the PCT in pieces, bit by bit, not the whole thing at once. Good obsession on you!
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By: polynesian69 on October 10, 2009
at 10:56 am
What is a 6 pack of 420? That sounds illegal. Easy Dirty.
By: Lauren on October 12, 2009
at 1:11 pm
Lauren, you know how I do… Dirty Dirty! But really… a sixer of Sweetwater’s flagship brew – 420. A pale ale similar to Abita’s Restoration Ale… if you will.
By: ledawg on October 13, 2009
at 9:52 am
Section hiking the PCT would be great. But since I live on the Right Coast, I figure it’s easier to do it all in one fell swoop!
Good looking plan on tackling ultras. I’ve been running for about 16 years, so I definitely came by the longer distances slowly. I’ve been running marathons for 3 years now, so I figured it was time to move on up. I definitely know that running 31 miles on trails is more phenomenal than 26 miles on roads!
By: ledawg on October 13, 2009
at 9:57 am
Oh, I will. Thanks for the education.
By: Lauren on October 13, 2009
at 1:31 pm