1. Tan lines . . . Pretty serious tan lines at that. Tan lines not to be envied, unless youre into the look of having permanate shoes, watch and bike shorts.
2. You no longer dream about anything except for food. Mostly carbs at that, instead of visions of sugarplums dancing through my head, I see flying loaves of bread and huge dishes of pasta.
3. Your front porch looks like this . . .
4. You realize with horror on laundry day that more than half of your clothes are now made up of some form of spandex.
5. Rather than being absolutely mystified why someone would come up with a sports gel, name it GU (yes. . . like goo) and expect anyone to eat it, you now have lengthy discussions about which flavor, sodium level and electrolyte balance makes you feel the best on a long training run.
6. You spend more time biking, swimming and running than you do sleeping.
7.. That you know with certainty that sweaty power bars actually taste pretty good. (Gross, I know)
8. You laugh histerically and teased mercilessly when you are caught eating M&M's on your couch in front of the TV, and when finished, stuffing the empty wrapper down your shirt. (Like you have to when racing and training so you don't litter)
Less than 2 months till race day . . . Wish me luck!
