Back to the land of the living

After being sick for at least 10 days, I am back to feeling sorta normal. What is the worst/longest you guys have been sick as an adult?

The spirit of the Blue Ridge Relay

Snowboarding anyone?

Something to get me in the spirit for the upcoming winter : )

High Sodium Diet= Bad

I have been thinking on ways to improve my diet and improve my athletic performance as well. It seems the best way I can help myself is to cut down on salt and simple sugars. Here are a couple of articles for your reading.

High Sodium diet consequences

146 reasons sugar impacts health

My Left Leg

Dang my left leg. I keep thinking I have is strong enough to go back to running more, longer and faster. Despite all my other exercises and activities, as soon as my leg feels better, I drift towards more running. It is familiar and seems to satisfy my deepest need to push myself. The downside is that it goes great for a couple of weeks, leading me to believe that my leg is 100%. It is more like 75% when it starts performing and feeling better. Bummer. I am resigned to the fact I will always have to do a well rounded exercise program. One long run a week, 2 shorter and faster runs. MAXIMUM! I wish I could get this through my thick skull. I have had my moments in the sun with running. Days when the pace was quick, my stride efficent and the rewards tangible. Time to search for another outlet that gives me the same feeling. Mountain biking is coming around . Or maybe cage fighting? Gotta go lift some weights for that...

Lake Crabtree Pump Track

Lake Crabtree jumps

Tempo run course measured!

This morning I got out and wheel measured my 2 mile tempo run course. You can also do this with a bike computer. I took a can of spray paint and put markings on the sidewalk every 400 meters. This time I put a big 4,8,12 and mile marks, for 400, 800 and 1200 meters. This way I can track my speed or splits during the run. It turns out the old course was 1.95 miles or about 10-15 seconds off. This morning I ran 13:45. The old course record was 12:20:01, worth about 12:30-35 on the new one. Now that cooler weather is here I can add this to my weeks workout list. It helps to have a neighborhood course marked off. Car odometers are terribly inaccurate if you decide to mark your course that way. A surveyor's wheel is the way to go. Accurate. Yout just have to account for tangents. Mark each curve and corner the same way. Now, go mark your own favorite course.

A little Salsa anyone?

Going out somewhere to dance has always been something I thought would be fun. I have two left feet but, am willing to try. We now have a place close to our house that has Salsa dancing on Saturdays. Looks like fun.


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Crabtree

    Sometimes the flow of the ride leads you to discover new things about yourself. You ride the same trails every ride but, they are different from ride to ride. The root or rock that you mastered yesterday, slows you down to a stop today. The smooth, easy sections are just a break to the next challenge. You break down the effort into small bits. The efforts of today build onto the successes of tomorrow. I guess this applies to all areas of life. The struggle you have with work, kids or dogs, is all worth it tomorrow. The flow of life leads us down a path of self-awareness. Time to go have a cup of coffee and reflect...