Pros and Cons of Marathon Training and the Oil & Gas Business

This training is NO JOKE. Not that I ever thought it would be, but I am constantly thinking about my next run: where will I run; morning or evening?; am I gonna have to poop after 3 miles? (TMI but it's been happening lately!); WILL I MAKE IT TO THE PORTA-POTTY ON TIME? 

Pros: 

• I can eat constantly & not gain weight or feel guilty.
• I can eat tons of carbs ;)
• My legs look AMAZING.
• I am amazed at my endurance. I can't believe I can run 18+ miles...

Cons:

• TMI: I'm constantly peeing but not regular in the OTHER category.
• I've used a porta-potty more than my own bathroom over the past 2 months.
• My knees will probably fail by the end of this adventure.

In other life news.... I have nothing. When I'm not at work, I'm running or reading. Went to the farm this weekend, laid in a lounger in the sun, and started reading World Without End.

Diablo was SO excited to be going to the farm! He kept peeking his head next to me & snorting. Gah I love him so much

In more depressing news... the pipeline is almost complete =( I have a love/hate relationship with the oil business. It employs so many hard-working men and women, brings a ton of revenue to the state, and I also work for a petroleum company. However, it destroys precious landscapes, like this one on our farmland, including taking out a tree my sister had carved her initials in as a child

The left is from October 2012 (the land had been cleared over a year ago for another pipeline) and this is the same spot as of January 20, 2013. So depressing!

My sister, standing majestically on a dirt hill overlooking the pipeline...

We have vowed to plant many, many, MANY new trees when we are able to.