What started out as just a two week test has lasted thirty days.  As I mentioned in the previous blog, right away I noticed being able to focus.  This has continued as has a noticeable increase in energy. I have only taken two or three naps after work this month.  Much better than the daily nap that I was needing.  I am not sure if it is the lack of sugar and carbs or the reduction of my naps but I am sleeping better at night and I am no longer hitting the snooze button twenty times before actually getting up in the morning. I feel productive, many nights I…

After reading Chris McDougall’s book Born to Run I wanted more and read the next book Natural Born Heroes.  I was intrigued by the statements in the book that the group of runners that were written about consumed very little carbohydrates from bread and rice type foods.  After completing the book I purchased In Fitness and in Health by Dr. Phillip Maffetone that was referenced. Dr. Maffetone’s book goes into how the low fat movement has not helped society and foods billed as low fat have added sugar to make them taste better and carbohydrates today are processed so much they are not healthy for us.  I have always loved…

It is that time of year again where I look back and see how the year went.  If you read my blog from last year’s review you know I set some pretty big goals for this year.  I see time and time again, “plans are what you make and then God laughs.”  I am not sure who originally coined this saying but it is very true in my life.  January 2022 started out with me still in a hold pattern, the injury that occurred in November still had me sidelined.  As February began I was given the approval to start running again.  A mile or two at a time at…

Obviously, I was meant to take another break from running.  I thought I was doing everything right recovering from my ankle injury that occurred in November.  I was careful not to push too hard and slowly increased my mileage each month.  I felt good.  The Cape May Point races were coming up and I felt like the 2 races totaling 7 miles would be a good challenge. To date I was up to 6.2 miles so another 0.8 would be fine.  For those that are not runners, when you train for a half or full marathon you don’t run the actual distance during training.  For the half you run ten…

So as I mentioned in an earlier blog I was sidelined by an injury to my ankle.  I ran a 5K at the end of April as a test race before the Great Cape May Footrace in May, the one I signed up for the 10K instead of the 5K. I kept thinking the race was on a Sunday and the weather report calling for rain on Saturday was of no concern to me until Thursday before the race when I realized I was running on Saturday!  Every runner I have ever met will tell you the importance of training in conditions you could face during a race.  I never…

Last year, I completed my first triathlon and already signed up for the same one again this year.  I want to see how much I can improve and work towards completing a longer triathlon the following year. As I see multiple triathlons in my future I purchased my first wetsuit.  Last year Delmo sports held a swim race at Sunset lake in Wildwood Crest, this year was the second annual event. I figured I had a wetsuit, so I should sign up.  There are two distances, a quarter mile and a mile. I briefly thought about signing up for the one mile before selecting the quarter mile.  I prepared by…

April 24, 2022 marked my first day back to racing after my injury in November.  I completed all of my physical therapy and was cleared to start increasing my mileage.  I have been a bit hesitant to run too much, I don’t want to get injured again.  My breathing is not where it was pre-injury, not sure if it is from my bout with covid or just my asthma and my lungs need to get back in shape.  I have a race coming up in May, a 10K I signed up for thinking I would have been back to running long before now.  Second Capital running announced a new race…