Friday Night Live

One of the great side benefits of training for the marathon, is it forgives a lot of the pressure you might feel to have big plans for the weekend. Try going out for a night of drinking (or smoking!) the day before you do a long run, 15-20 miles. Doing that run barefoot over fiery coals is nearly as pleasant. If hangover and it’s good friend dehydration don’t kill you, that feeling in your chest will. I tried this out last week for this little 4 mile race I needed to do, though not well, and the results were hilarious. Anyway, tomorrow being a 20 miler, well a hash 20 miler, I’m in tonight, and lovin it.

Tonight’s a bit of an extreme though. I might not have spent my friday doing laundry and emptying the sink if I weren’t feeling under the weather. Rather than prepping for an exciting round of blogging I could have been out. I had things going on. No, I did. I was looking forward to going out with this girl I met last week, but it’s probably a good thing I cancelled my plans with her since she told me my ditching on her was the highlight of her day.

Nice, huh?

Most of these marathon training fridays find me out for dinner and a movie, but in bed by 11 or 12. It works. I’ve got some great people to train with too, so we make up for it on the run. It’s really something else when most of your marathon training is oriented to where you’re going to drink afterwards. On the other hand, believe me the bloody mary was made for brunch after a brisk 18 miler. That’s a drink you’ve earned.

You’ll have to excuse me now, I’ve got to put some whites in the dryer