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57 Days – Recovery?

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so a rest day…….this was supposed to be a short run and a spin on the bike trainer day….but

well, a really hard almost 6K in the snow yesterday, and two shots at shoveling snow wore me out. I ‘ve a HUGE training day set for tomorrow, Sunday….so today, working on next wee’ks schedule, and getting myself ready.

I’m still looking after a virtual learn to run clinic, taking care of a two day a week run club, as well as getting ready for a 5K clinic starting next month, and well, I’ve got this BMO Vancouver Half Marathon in May, it seems like a good day to read, write, plan…and yes spin….

Spinning seems to be my outlet for the days I don’t feel like doing much…….like today….so an hour, just turning thru the gears, keeping the heart rate up, building my endurance without high impact……so that felt good….

Spent this morning learning a bit about nutrition, iron, the importance of iron in our diet, especially women’s….and about phytate and phytase in our diets, and what a supplement called Equal Access. It’s a digestive enzyme designed to provide access to the micronutrients otherwise bound in food by the anti-nutrient Phytate.  These micronutrients – zinc, iron, magnesium, and calcium, are all critical to your health, gut health, well-being, and immune system. So I’m in…..I’ve had gut problems most of my life, so this may be an answer…..

Even though I feel a little worn down….I’m still figuring this being 63 out everything I hear or read tells me I’m supposed to be sedentary, watching lots of TV and playing bingo or something…..that ain’t me….

I keep watching this again and again…the Fit Generation...about us seniors…pretty inspirational…also it was all filmed in Vancouver/the west coast….so two reasons to keep watching over and over again….

The truth is, I have no idea what 63 is supposed to be like…how am I supposed to act, what I’m supposed to listen to, relate to……..seriously I seem to have more in common with those way younger then me..music, movies, just basic interests…..I just wish there was more research into this stuff, all I see advice to take it easy, not to work too hard, not to run or train too often……based on what?

So I guess, I’m an experiment of one?

58 Days…..an evening at my Running Room

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This is home, my comfort place, where everyone knows your name……even on a quiet night, no matter how badly my day(s) have been, it’s where I feel my best.

Yes, there are a lot of Running Room’s, this one is and has always been different……it’s not just a store that sells running stuff…..we’re a run hub….everyone that works here runs….everyone…so not only do we know what we sell, and use what we sell, but, well, what do runners like doing more than running….talking about running…

We run with everyone…name a group in this Edmonton reason, one of us have run with them….name a race or fun run…that’s us……yes, Leg 6 at Sinister….yep, whined about the Ambler Loop at Death Race, yeah, experienced that too…..

we even have a pot of gold…..

the way this works best is, we sell what we have, and we have what we sell…..and, we’ve finally got trail shoes!

Gotta love Hokas….one one, and yep, Speed Goats!

yep, I finally made it out for a run today…….don’t I look happy……lots of snow, sort of like running in really deep sand, but not…..

I’m possibly going to bail still……I need a long run, 12-14K long to get back on track, and to have a consistent weekend at least…I may reset aiming at another half marathon on May 15th….but, I really need this trip to Vancouver for May 1st…but he stars are really going to have to align to make this work….I have run half marathons with not of a lot of training, nothing more than a bunch of 10Ks…..and seriously, it’s just four 5Ks…..so, thinking about it.

and tunes, yes we can listen to music at the shop……Aftershokz….love ’em…

Tomorrow’s Saturday….a short early morning run planned, my virtual learn to run clinic, we’re talking about Iron and nutrition with Amy Puzey…..should be interesting…

then the goal is a total of 12K on Sunday…maybe split into a 5K and then something more after the Run Club Run……at least it’ll be an active weekend, maybe it’ll make me feel better by Monday…time to get the head on straight……come Monday, it’ll be alright..

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