Friday, March 21, 2014

Perks of the non running lifestyle

It's been nine months since I blogged.  I guess I didn't really feel like writing, because I mostly like to write about my running, and add a little extra borning life stuff in.  But since I haven't really been able to run for 15 months or so, I guess I have nothing interesting to write about.  Ever time I'd start to write, it would be a woe is me, gloom and doom post.  So I thought I'd go over some of the positives of not being a runner.  Here goes nothing.
1.  I get to watch tons of trashy tv.  My favorite shoes, Being Human, The Walking Dead, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Face off, Best Ink, Inkmaster, Hell's Kitchen, Master Chef..... and the list goes on and on.  I've replaced the 10-13 hours of training almost exclusively with trashy tv couch time.
2.  I now rate in the normal range for BMI.  I'm not underweight anymore after gaining 20 or so pounds.  Yeah, I'm still skinny.
3.  I used my inability to run as an excuse to upgrade to a rad new mountain bike.  Which is awesome until this happens:

4.  No early morning runs.  So now I waste several hours of the morning playing Candy Crush, solitaire, and reading tech nerd articles about the new phone that isn't out yet that I'm going to ditch my current just released phone for.  Oppo Find 7, I'm talking about you.  
5.  Snuggle time with kitties.  
6.  Don't have to go play in the rain when I don't want to.  

That's really it.  At least that's all I can think of right now.  Any additions that I haven't thought of?  Any hobbies for the couch bound that I should look into?