1 scoop chocolate whey powder
1 small banana or half a large
1/4 c. quick-cooking oats
1 c. skim milk
Add water as desired
I read somewhere (and can't remember where now because I think it was as I was drifting off to sleep, or maybe I dreamed the whole thing?) about an endurance runner who described how she came to terms with the effort required in a race, and she called it "embracing the beast." This idea that you court and invite the pain, revel in it, celebrate it. I thought about that a little on my run today, envisioning a short, fat, hapless, fuzzy beast.
One more random post. I was looking up inspirational quotes for my class today and found they had a section on running quotes. Two of my favs:
If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise. ~P.Z. Pearce
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. ~George Sheehan
