This has got to be the toughest part of training. The race is nearly 8 months away yet this is the most critical training phase. Included in this is dieting, which is so my favorite thing to do! Ever encountered a chocolate table before? For those of who have not come face to face with this torture device, it is a table full of every form and consistency of chocolate imaginable: cake, mousse, coated strawberries, loly-pops, brownies.