Food, food, food, food!!!

I could not sleep last night AT all! What is it that occupied my head space, you ask? Well, food...I know...I know....

Anyone who knows me, knows how obsessed I am with food. I think most runners are. Our lives revolve around how food affects our stomach, how long to run after food, what food to eat/avoid before a long run, what causes our stomach's to churn, etc etc. Most of us also have insatiable appetites. I am always hungry. I went through a phase a few years ago when I did not know when I was hungry - and a result of which I lost too much weight and looked absolutely awful. On top of that I was a vegetarian. Yes, you can all laugh since those were the saddest days of my life (no joke!!). Aditi without bacon and joy of fatty, spicy pork is a very very sad girl. Life, for me, is a journey of inclusion rather than exclusion, especially when it comes to food.

Anyway, at about 9pm yesterday, I decided I was too hungry to sleep and it was too late to eat since I badly wanted to have a good run this am (yes, I like running a little more than I like food and besides, I hate eating unless I have run before). I jumped out of bed all happy at 2am because it was FINALLY a reasonable (!!) hour to run and I could FINALLY eat after my workout. My legs were springy for once so I took advantage of it and did a tempo run. Goodtimes, all my nervous energy was channeled into it this morning and now my mind is still.

Here it is - try it if you want but I should warn you - if you truly are honest with yourself and do this "all-out", it will leave you breathing very hard but it feels great afterwards. I know I do, except my face is going to be flushed all day - small price to pay :-)

3 mile warm-up - 25 minutes
3 mile tempo (not quite all-out) 22 minutes
8 by 200 metres (1 mile) 6.24 minutes
500m slow recovery jog.
10 by 70 metres intervals.
1.5 mile cool-down.

Food tastes so good when it is earned in this way :-)
I should add, this post is written with Nutella being eaten straight from its jar while I decide what to eat for breakfast.

Happy Diwali!