My bathroom sink is beginning to resemble a geriatric’s. But it’s not quite as bad as the one foot square, multi-compartmented “pill pallet” an HIV-positive friend once showed me. In the morning, I take: 4000 mg (or “four grams” — stupid Americans) of vitamin D and 400 mg magnesium citrate. In the evening is when [...]
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Most of the spam I get on this site is predictable and mundane. But this morning’s batch was entertaining indeed! Before I hit delete, I just have to share one snippet: “The photo dimensions average pixels and contain about British women.Every episode contains satin linen, so the bottom line of having a blast.A site that [...]
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This week was yet another improvement over the last. Whether it’s the iron kicking in, recovery at work, or some combination, I was feeling good last week. The mileage got bumped up by a little over a third, going from 40 to 55. The running was all time-based again (distances shown are estimates based on [...]
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Robert (Cowboy Hazel) has just launched a brand new resource for NYC area racers: http://www.nycrunningraces.com/ The site provides a monthly calendar of races in NYC and environs. You can follow updates on Twitter and even submit a race for inclusion. I’m hoping he’ll add Connecticut, given how extensive its racing scene is year round. In [...]
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…is a dead Garmin 305! My watch didn’t exactly die this morning, but it was acting oddly and rendered all data useless. First it took 15 minutes to find satellites (this is an ongoing problem). Then, midway through the run, the HRM started telling me I was running at 25% max heart rate. Just for [...]
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Elite runner Cristin Wurth-Thomas has been on a roll over the past few months. Earlier this month she broke 4:00 in the 1500m in Rome. During the broadcast of that race, one of the commentators noted that her coach had told her that she needed to drop 10 lbs., which she did. While her performance [...]
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Friends of Westchester Parks has put together a downloadable audio tour of the entire Bronx River Pathway. This is the path I’ve been running on for 10 years…and now I can learn about what I’m looking at every day. Bonus: it’s narrated by Dan Rather! Learn more
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Note: There was no week 2 in this basebuilding effort. I took the entire week off in an attempt to hasten recovery. I’m somewhat reluctant to honor this week with the label of “basebuilding” lest I tempt fate. But, what the hey. I’ll be an optimist. Basebuilding? No, not really. More like continued recovery from [...]
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Yesterday I got a hit from a search on: “men like girl feet” I’m really, really tempted to rename my blog to http://menlikegirlfeet.com now.
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In my quest to become as iron saturated as quickly as possible, I’ve been reading up on foods for the iron depleted. Chicken liver is tops in my book. Not only is it easy to find, but it’s also suprisingly low in calories (around 150 for four ounces raw; not that you’d actually eat it [...]
Filed under: eating, physiology | Tagged: chicken liver, cholesterol, deficiency, iron, liver, recipe, vitamins | 6 Comments »
