Who the hell do you think you are?!?! HA! Just kidding.

Seriously, you are partly right. My eyes ARE hollow-ish because I AM exhausted! However…

Chalk up the not smiling to three things. First, I’ve always been a bit self-conscious about my smile so, as you can imagine, it’s a bit un-nerving to put it out there on a video. Second, the boy is ALWAYS goofing off. I was trying to concentrate on what I had to say and I HAD to ignore him or that wasn’t going to happen. Off camera, we’d just spent a half hour playing together. The kids are my joy – really. Lastly, I WAS tired and didn’t feel much like smiling so, in that regard, you are right but it was only one small part of it!

My hollowness/fatigue really got bad this past week. I was tired two weeks ago and functioning normally but this week is the peak of my training and, as you’ve demonstrated, it certainly shows.

My wife has commented. She’s somewhat concerned but she also knows it’s short-term (only four more days!) and things get right back to normal. She’s 100% behind my goal.

Thank you SO much for being concerned. That makes me feel pretty great and EVEN puts a smile on my face.

Not the hair.

Not the thinner-ness.

Look at your eyes. Right now they look incredibly hollow. You LOOK exhausted. You look like you are going to fall asleep. If you hadn’t said you were heading out for a run, I would have thought you just got back from a two hour long run.

And something else. No smile. That was an incredibly long video and not once did you smile. Your kid is being a big time goof and you didn’t even smile.

Look at your profile pic, look at the last few pics you have taken of yourself. Ask the family how your mood, sense of humor, general appearance has been.

Mark, you are doing amazing mileage and your times are fabulous. Seriously, its been inspirational! Please keep an eye on that fatigue level and make sure you aren’t making those improvements to the detriment of other very important parts of being alive.

Your training is really inspirational, honest!

Congrats on the big mileage week!

Push through, skinny boy.