(ICYMI: Sweaty Answers Part I Here)

I know you’re a beer lover, but how much water do you drink throughout the day to stay hydrated?

I drink an obscene amount of water during the day (and morning and night). I’ve singlehandedly forced every office with a water cooler to triple their water supply after hiring me.

I wake up every morning with a couple of pint glasses of caffeine-enhanced nuun and continue to double fist water and nuun all day long. There are usually no fewer than 3 glasses of liquid on my desk (I’m also problematically hooked on caffeine). I also make sure to chug a pint glass of H20 before bed, especially if I’ve been showing beer just how much I love it that evening.

What’s the deal with the salt shaker?

I have a serious addiction to salt and never leave home without one.

And just in case I do, I have a backup supply of salt packets in my wallet, clutch, and every tote bag I own. As well as a few other things…

Yeah.

How much flexibility do you have to take time off to travel for races etc?

My current job offers the most flexibility I’ve ever had for race travel (and the most vacation time) although I don’t take advantage of either all that often. I tend to book lots of red eyes and early morning or evening flights that allow me to take minimal time off for weekend races.

Even though I’ve raced and traveled a heck of a lot this year, I think I’ve taken less than a week of vacation days.

Fun fact: I’ve never taken an entire week off for vacation. Which feels wrong and like something that I should probs remedy ASAP.

What ARE your favorite running shorts?

My current favorite running shorts are the Oiselle Distance shorts.

I love everything about them except the fact that they don’t come in multiple shades of every single color of the rainbow.

Some of my favorite features of the distance shorts include:

1) They’re comfy and they’re flattering. These babies are the anti-diaper short, no bulging fabric in the bum region to hide your great running butt or to get in your way while you’re out trying to crush some miles.

2) They have zipper pockets to store apartment keys, credit cards, and an ID for post-run beering.

3) They are short enough to allow your legs to race free and fast but long enough to keep you from breaking any public nudity laws.

4) They also make great lounge and travel wear. Now, if I can only convince my employer to let me rock them at work…

If they’re good enough for Olympians (trust me, I’m wearing them!), they should be good enough for the office.

What did you eat during your 50 miler?

My 50 miler was run on dunkin’.

Not even a little bit kidding. I’ve always loved chocolate donut holes at the finish line, but during my 50 miler, I discovered that they’re even more amazing sandwiched between the start and finish. And not just chocolate. ALL kinds of donut holes.

Other than just donut holes (of which there were many), I also ate peanut butter pretzels, honey stinger waffles, granola bars, peanut butter snickers, cheddar cheese combos, chips and flipz. So basically every type of health food ever.

Where do you get your awesome sunglasses?

Mostly off of the street (or stolen from friends. Shhh don’t tell). My favorite pair of American flag sunnies were acquired in a tourist shop in DC. You know I must REALLY want something if I am willing to brave hoards of tourists to get it.

In this case, totally worth it.

When are you going to race in Texas so I can run with you? Preferably Austin.

I assume this means you’re offering a couch for me to sleep on. In which case, BRB, looking at flights.

Are you an ambassador for any specific brand or gear?

Nuun. Which is not the reason I mentioned them so frequently in my answer to the hydrating question above. It’s the other way around. I’m an ambassador for them because I’m obsessed with the product, the company, and the entire crew of nuunies.

I’ve seen your bike and swimming instagram pictures. What’s a typical bike or swim workout right now?

Short and not sweet.

I’ve biked approximately twice all year and both workouts were slow and involved very few miles (I didn’t track so I can’t tell you just how slow and short, but trust me, I was practically moving backwards. PSA: you get out of biking shape when you stop using one for two years). For swimming, my entire workout is generally shorter and easier than the warmups I used to do back when I was a swimmer. I rarely do more than 2,000 meters and much more frequently squeeze in an easy mile before I conveniently have to be somewhere else.

The tots queen asked: sweet potato tot or regular tot?

…I’m actually not really a tots girl. PLEASE DON’T KICK ME OFF THE INTERNET.

When Theodora almost physically assaulted a bartender for an order of tots.

But, I do love a pile of sweet potato fries and one of my favorite post-marathon meals is a cheeseburger with fries and a side of ranch (and a beer, obviously).

Your turn!

Absolute favorite running shorts?

Top post-race meal?

And more importantly, fave post-race celebratory bev?