a raw beet!

In honor of northern europe, I decided for a vegetable today I would consume a beet. After purchasing one, I realized I had no idea what to do with it. I mean, I don't cook... and it's not picked, or in a can, and it's not salad... so what to do? I decided at last to eat the thing raw-- it was actually good in the same way carrots and sweet potatoes are good raw. I have decided that raw root vegetables are very tasty.

That is a random post... but I thought I would put it on here to remember that beets can be eaten raw, in case I ever decide to eat more beets.

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on a side note, i also read the Pam Reed book today. maybe I have a girl crush on Pam Reed or something, I don't know, since I read the last article about her I have just been fascinated-- how does she run 300 miles in a row? how does she, 10 days after giving birth, race and WIN a 100 mile race? clearly this woman knows something everyone else does not!

so I read her book and wow, it was inspirational! to summarize it, she basically said, whatever you believe is the upper limit of what you CAN do, you can do two times that. She had some great motivational tips about how to get out the door when you feel like crud, how to enjoy your runs and not let competition get in the way (there is very little "competition" like I associate with running in the ultra world, I guess-- I suppose if you finish 100 miles who really gives a damn how slow you went, right?), etc.

well, I feel inspired now... inspired enough to.. do my statistics homework. but who knows-- maybe I will enter that http://www.hoodtocoast.com/map.php hood to coast run next year-- that sounds pretty fun-- and you get to see mount hood in a "safer" way (no getting lost in snow storms, eh?) hmmm... it would be cool!