Confession time.

OK, so most of friends and family know that I am trying very hard to maintain pescatarian status. Not eating any land-based animals. Just fish. And dairy. This is for many reasons. But mostly because I feel so much better when I don't eat meat of any kind. I miss it something awful. I really was a carnivore extraordinaire! Tonight I broke down and had one of those things at the counter at the pizza places, they're little pepperoni bites.

OMS. Oh my stars. OH MY STARS!!!! It was so good. It has been over a year since I've had pepperoni in particular. It will be hard to re-sacrifice it. I find it is easier to stay away from certain foods if I stay away from them completely. When I "cheat" then I crave the delectable item all the more.

On the exercise front, I altered the plan for today based on the forecast for the rest of the week. Evidently, it is supposed to snow again.  (It pays to be an informed individual, most of the time I am not.) So instead of doing intervals, I did my tempo run. Felt a tight hamstring for the first 1.25 miles, but it loosened up and I had a very nice 5 mile run. Very happy with those middle 3 tempo miles. And how I felt when finished. Slept in the Strassburg sock last night since the ankle had been nudgy...happily it felt a whole lot better today. Anyone with Plantar or Achilles issues, I highly recommend these silly socks. They have really helped me a lot over the last couple of years. If you don't know what they are. Here is a photo of me employing them on a painful day.

Try not to notice the awful face I'm making and the frizzy hair. It had been raining. Focus instead on the feet with the ice pack. And OK, the quads look a little muscular...that would be OK too. LOL.

Anyone interested in these medieval torture devices, you can get them at The Runner's Edge. It takes some getting used to, especially since I'm always hot in bed and cannot stand the thought of sleeping in socks. But they really are worth it.

Three days with no chocolate. I should hurry up and go to bed before I break down on that too!