Marathon Weight Gain - the funny joke that makes you sad

I'm fascinated by the phenomenon of marathon training weight gain. This isn't your usual muscle-weighs-more-than-fat situation. It's your actual more-ass-weighs-more-than-less-ass quandary.

I just think it's funny. I can't help it. The link in the title above is the most thorough explanation I've found for it. I'm embarrassed to admit to some of those mistakes myself. The thing is, they creep up on you. For instance

I definitely eat more of the cookies, etc. that my roommates sprinkle around the house. And I do mean sprinkle, as these kind gentlemen are like candy fairies running around with magic wands and covering everything with chocolate. The thing is that I have to be very vigilant about keeping fruit in the house, as carb desperation is generally accompanied by a loss in mental faculties due to the depletion of glucose stores in the brain. This frequently renders me both hungry and stoopid.

I also neglect other training types. I haven't lifted consistently since I started running - let alone more complex dance training. This has sho' nuff got to change - and will be doing so forthwith. Or is it posthaste?

This conversation on the Runner's World forum is also a hoot: Weight gain during marathon training

I love that deciding to train for a marathon means putting in even more work to maintain a healthy weight. Whoopeeee!!!!

Time to go meditate and then do a 4 mile run. Stats to follow.