diet

It seems that American hero Alan Culpepper is another of the illustrious names (ahem) who has been bothered by a lack of iron in the blood.

The latest Running Times has a good story on this unsuspected scourge of distance athletes.. read it here.

One thing I disagree with. RT's Richard Lovett writes: "Treatment is fairly simple". Hmm. One runner in the article apparently solved it by eating steak; Culpepper took supplementa and six weeks later was OK. Not my experience :)

hurts more than the longest runs. Cutting out the food I love...

The first cut I ever made was when I stopped drinking sodas and went to water only. I am so glad I have, but it is such a temptation. But I'm proud to say as someone that used to easily go through 48 12 oz. cans of Dr. Pepper in a week I haven't even had that many this entire year. I haven't even had 24. (I do drink sports drinks and other things when I need the supply)

Ribose is great stuff. Yes, it's a sugar, but sugar's not always bad for you. This particular sugar has been heavily researched after early studies showed it seemed to be able to help revitailse extremely sick hearts.

AFter reading up on it, I made it a key part of the nutritional supplement program that supports me in training and racing when other men my age (present company excepted, of course) are settling down with a pipe and a cosy pair of slippers of an evening.

I'd never tried ribose right before a run; I usually add it to my post-training recovery drink (Endurox). But today I experimented with a teaspoon or two in a glass of water, plus a cup of tea, as I was still feeling a bit tired from Saturday's tempo run and thought it would give me a lift.