*snerk* Thanks, George.

Call me lame, but dropping the "Thoorgood Drinking Alone" bomb never gets old for me. Nor does drinking alone, for that matter.

*dancing around the room singing* I'm going to a party, I'm going to a party, gonna play some beer pong, probably gonna get drunk... (okay, well not DRUNK, but pretty tipsy) Party is on Saturday night....most likely gonna feel sick on Sunday morning.

Wanna go for a long run, or maybe do some intervals on Sunday?

Wanna see me throw up?

*party dance*

Generally, I try to keep the puking for races, not training. But it's not unheard of.

I have never gotten sick during, or after a race, but maybe that just proves that I haven't pushed myself hard enough yet...

Generally, I try to keep the puking for races, not training. But it's not unheard of.

I've full-on puked in only one race, a 15k. At 9 miles, I was smiling and waving to friends in the crowd. 0.3 miles later at the finish line after kicking, it was a full-on technicolor yawn. I think I may have puked a little in my first cross country race, but that was a dry-heave for the most part. I've puked / dry-heaved a lot more in training. Some of these have been out of stupidity (32oz chocolate malt, hurled it up a mile later without breaking stride), but mostly out of pushing it in speed workouts. Repeat 400s and 800s have been the source of many a dry-heave. My favorite dry-heave/puke training moment was freshman year of college. After not running much first semester, I decided to get back into track shape that winter. After only a few weeks of consistent running, I went to the track and did 6x800. In retrospect, I must have had a lot of residual fitness from the end HS track the previous spring, because every one of those 800's was under between 2:30~2:40. Except the last one, where I stopped to dry heave with 200m to go. But here's the best part -- I pulled myself together, sprinted the last 200m as hard as I could, and full-on hurled at the finish. I can only dream of having that kind of determination now.

I have never felt like throwing up after running. Not that I want to.

Yeah, I don't definitely want to throw up, either. But it does seem to be a sign of significant exertion. In running and drinking.

I'm going out tomorrow night, after EIGHT HOURS of a written practice past (maryland bar, essay portion) ... I doubt I'll even be able to stay awake, but it IS for a friend's birthday, and I COULD use a beer after all those hours of heasay exceptions ... and contract formation ... and the fourth amendment ... and!