I was at about mile 4.5 of a 9-mile trail race, the Hotter n' Hell race to be exact when my ex-intern says to me, "this is a different kind of animal Beau Beard."

I also remember a few years back when my office manager was helping us work a trail race; she looked over at me as the first few runners finished and said, "these runners are more like animals than road runners are."

So a few days ago I received some green tea matcha in the mail, some high-end stuff let me tell you. I also picked up some 70% dark chocolate. Over the next two days, I had a cup of matcha and a few pieces of dark chocolate each day. On the evening of the second day, I started to have visual disturbances, a headache, and almost what I would call hallucinations.