Image purchased with copyright from ShutterStock, Inc. Hi folks, I continue my research into the challenge of running with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), as my right popliteal artery is almost completely blocked, and the other one is starting to induce claudication when I run or walk uphill. My right foot is essentially running on collaterals built over a lifetime of training, including the last 20 odd ... Read more
This image shows the stats for a training level assessment ride I completed with one of my major triathlon supporters and fellow athlete, Tracey. The goal was a slow build over a period of two hours on the bike on a one-mile loop. Easy rollers, much like our upcoming race, White Lake Half Ironman. Tracey is younger, fitter, and stronger than I, but I noticed her slowly dropping back. This made me wonder why, so I ... Read more
You can use your fingers to help your toes, as you train for aging and fight peripheral arterial disease. Aging is truly the toughest endurance sport. For me it has become a way of life, even though we train for aging our whole lives. Most importantly, it's never too late to start. I qualified for the 2023 World Half Ironman Championships this year by the skin of my teeth. On race day in August I will have just ... Read more
A plant-based diet isn't for everyone. To resolve conflict, e.g. meat-based versus plant-based, focus on your similarities, rather than differences. Move from static to dynamic tension. I do eat less meat. Now I'm on this vegan diet. But I don't like to preach. Each person has to decide for themselves. A few years ago, I accepted joint responsibility for a multimillion-dollar drug-safety program. My co-leader, ... Read more
It's funny how my mind can make up it's mind, too fast. And be really, really wrong. I picked up my ginger tea today, before settling down to work. I glanced at the side of the cup. ONLY ONE TEA BAG. My mind starts to say (I watch it instead of listening), "I asked for two tea bags. It's too weak with one. Should I go back and complain. It's always the same person who does that [Not true!]. Maybe I should go to ... Read more
"Heed no hoary willow! Fear neither root nor bough! Tom goes on before you. Hey now! merry dol! We'll be waiting for you!" Tom Bombadil, Lord of the Rings. Have you ever had the feeling that someone, or some idea in your head, was holding you back? They probably are, so it's time to move on - easy for people, harder for hard-wired ideas in your head, especially fear, though you can fix that ... Read more
The Subject Of Plant-Based Or Vegan Diets Raises Lots Of Questions Related To Health, Animal Rights, And Global Warming My latest adventure is the plant-based or vegan diet. Plus saving rats from chemical testing, which I did for years). I suspect that people who take on Ironman, or other endurance sports training into their 70s, are probably a little bit OCD, or as a friend of mine described me, ... Read more
When you ride a bike on the roads around here, it can be pretty dangerous, and people hurling abuse from fast moving vehicles is not unusual. Even hurling a beer bottle from time-to-time; it's rare to encounter human inspiration during a bike ride, but we did today! I was riding with Sue, along a fast, but fairly broad, two-lane road in the countryside. Sue was in front. We always keep to single file, unless ... Read more
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