Fast food is healthy right?

Fast food is way to delicious. I usually never eat it but this weekend being Halloween I celebrated like it was my 21st birthday. Which led to the worst hangover in my entire life, i literally thought I was going to die. You know you have reached an all time low when you are puking in QFC grocery bags while you tailgate.

Why am I telling you this? Good question, I just think its funny when I do dumb stuff. Which tends to be often. Point being that since I was so hungover I didn't get a chance to eat for about 24 hours, I could have eaten a piece or cardboard at that point. But instead I had my dad drive me to the nearest Jack In The Crack and I proceeded to order a burger with curly fries- ate in my bed like a depressed fat women and then passed out. This morning I woke up and drove to Taco Bell and got more fast food.

Moral of the story: don't drink and eat fast food. I find that when I have my fridge stocked with fresh food I will most always reach for it.

Welcome Back.

It has been sometime since I have even looked at my own blog homepage and that my friends is sad. This is not by choice but more of how our sick world works. I will be somewhat vague as to why I have no been in touch with the social media world for sometime but you are all smart and I'm sure you can figure out why!

It was brought to my attention that my blog may not be the most professionally appropriate avenue to be using for communication. Which baffles me because it is about running, training, nutrition, and celebrities- where is the negative in that?

I realize that sometimes I post gross mishaps that potentially other bloggers might be to embarrassed to admit, but isn't that what makes social media and freedom of speech so great?! I do recognize that there are some things that could be dialed back, maybe I won't say shit as much or maybe it would be better if I wrote it like this- sh$t. Now it's happy sh$t instead of mad shit. Anyway I digress, the realization I came to was that life is too short to now enjoy the things that make life living for.

So in the end. I am going to step back into the wonderful world of blogging and if repercussions come my way then so be it, but I can't fault myself for doing and expressing the things I love Running has become a part of my life, just like work it to is something I want to grow and be successful at, and just like you need coworkers at work to help you with projects- you need peers in the fitness/running community to share your goals and aspirations with. Being part of a community is so much more that just blogging and talking about your feelings it is a place to go and share your goals and support others on reaching and achieving theirs as well. So I'm happy to be back and hopefully my friends that have stuck around will continue to do so and maybe more will jump in and contribute as well. I can't wait to start catching up on everyone else's blogs and read what I have missed out these last couple months.

Xoxo
-Megan@ marathon diaries

" Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous then absolutely boring "

- Marilyn Monroe

Hot as hell and chlorine water

So ill do my full review later but I thought I would just touch a little on the Labor Day Half in Woodinville,WA this morning.

Let the bitchfest begin: I don't want to be a complainer but heck I at least want to be honest.

1) the race didn't start till 9am which wouldn't normally be a problem in Seattle. But on this day it was supposed to be close to 85.

2) HILLS. This really isn't a complaint But it ties in with how the course was laid out.

On a positive note- the hills were good in that I now know I need to incorporate more hills into my training schedule.

3) Nasty water at the water stations. I had my Nathan water bottle with me - thank god.

I wanted to finish under 2 hours but I finished right around 2:19 unofficial time.

Hope everyone had a good labor day weekend! Did anyone else race or run this weekend ??

-Megan

When I grow up

I love the phrases "do what you love" or "I just feel so blessed to be doing what I love each and everyday"; I am going to call bullshit on those right now. 

I read a great article the other day, click here to read it for yourself. But I will summarize a few things from this article.

Career decisions are not decisions about "what do I love most?" Career decisions are about what kind of life do I want to set up for myself?

You tell yourself that a job has to be something you would do even if you weren't getting paid- that is just stupid

The reward for doing a job is contributing to something larger than you are, participating in society, and being valued in the form of money.

One of the highest risk times for depression is in your twenties, when you finally realize that your "dream job" is not going to be taste testing beers in Aruba (or maybe that is my dream job) and when you realize that you are never truly going to be simply doing what you love.

Do not what you love, Do what you ARE



I love this. But it is hard to really narrow down what exactly you are? How about this - do something that caters to your strenths. Do something in fact Do Anything.

She mentions one other thing that I want to finish with mainly because it is something that directly relates to my life and things that I have been struggling with. A job can become so stressful, to the point it consumes you (or me rather). A job is simply part of my life, NOT my life.

Relationships make your life great, not jobs. But a job can ruin your life – make you feel out of control in terms of your time or your ability to accomplish goals –  but no job will make your life complete

This is a bit of a different topic for my blog but I would love to hear your opinion? How did you find your job, do you "love" your job, looking for a new one?

~



Megan

Family Time

Just thought I would post some pics of hanging with my family in California. It has been so hot down here, you pretty much have to be where there is A/C or near the water in order to survive.

happy hour $3 margs!!

Here is some pics from family lunch that Nathan took. Thanks Nathan!

my cuz Matt and his new wife Bree

Nathan being gansgta... and Ethan not paying attention

Today we are heading to The Cove Waterpark to hang out. I really am dying to get in some running since it has been 4 days.  But my knee is finally feeling better so I think I can get back to it.

Tomorrow I head back to Seattle.

Califronia Girl

I love California. It is so much fun, always sunny, and the beaches are amazing.

I haven't done much running since I have been here but my knee has been really sore since the kickboxing class and I for sure burned at the beach today. BUT we are planning on hitting up LA Fitness for a spinning  class.

Other than that I have been doing nothing but chilling and hanging with my family & Loving every minute of it.


P.S. It is 9pm and it is 92 degrees out. How about them apples.

Why is it so hot on planes

I am sitting on the airplane waiting for people to sit down so we can get out of here!!!

But I got to thinking.... Why is it so much work to get to the plane or maybe it is just me.

The lady in the security line behind me yelled really loud: "man you sure do have your hands full."

Thank you lady in the matching pink jumpsuit for saying that. Yes, I realize I am unorganized when I get to the airport. Nothing is ever in my bag, I always have a coffee (which spilled everywhere in line. Awesome) and when I actually make it to the screening part they screen my bags 8 million times before I can go through. Then I do the mad dash to my gate because I always get to the airport at the very last minute.

But the time I sit down, which is now. I am sweating and fanning myself with the latest Self magazine. Which has Jennifer Hudson on the front! Eek.

I guess it's just me & no wonder people always give me weird looks at the airport. I always thought it was because I was ridiculously good looking.

Man I wish I had another latte right now.