I have two thoughts for today.

1) Yay, I seem to be getting faster.  Meaning that I run at a comfortable pace, and my heart rate is lower than I expect.  I have always fought to run slow enough... seemed like I could hardly do anything faster than a woggle before my heart rate was in the working-too-hard-therefore-going-to-bonk zone.  Sometimes it feels like that's all I'll ever be able to do; I guess I had enough trust though, (after all how many bizillions of people before me have written books about their struggles) and suddenly, I look up once in a while to find myself running. Like a runner. Like a comfortable and efficient runner. Yay.

2) I have found my calling in life... Acts of Kindness. Kind of a weird thing to say, but I'm determined that sooner than later I will find a way to make my living doing Acts of Kindness (Random and otherwise!). But for now, what might I do to combine my two fabulous hobbies? I train and I think of ways to make people happy, what puts those two things together?

I realized recently that my hunny and I have reached the “training tunnel vision” phase of the training lifestyle; having been in and out of focused training before I saw in myself the tendency to talk of nothing but training, and most often MY training (I have always acknowledged that endurance training can appear self-possessed).  I chalk it up to the time factor… since we spend up to 40% of our week at work, nearly that much in sleep if we’re lucky, and then 5-15% in training, means life and socializing are squeezed in around the edges… it’s no wonder that any chatting is full of training, racing and nutrition (since who wants to talk about work?).   I consider it a phase of transitioning to the endurance lifestyle.  After some time of adapting one’s routine and habits to be as efficient as possible, I think we can relax into the rhythm of training and let our brain free up some processing space for that which is entertaining and frivolous. 

What are your thoughts on the one-track-mind symptom? Can one have the training without the conversation domination?