November 13, 2007

• What a beautiful sunny day we have.  Cool and sunny.   I would go out and run right now except that I’m conserving my energy for tonight’s track workout.   Well, it’s not exactly a track workout as the coach has me scheduled to run hills.  What a way to start my comeback.  This will be my first interval training since my marathon run over a month ago.  I’ll ease myself into this stuff.  My feet feel okay now.  Come the last weekend of January, I hope to be ready to run a half marathon where it should be in the 20-30 degree Fahrenheit range.  Cold I know, but I do better running in the cold for some reason…much better than in warmer weather.    I did go out and run seven miles on Saturday morning with the group.  It was a weird feeling as fellow runners asked me why I haven’t been around for a month.  I was kind of surprised after telling this person that I had gout for short period of time and he replied, “Isn’t gout what old people get?”  I wasn’t sure if he was kidding with me or not.  Gee, anyone can catch this stuff at any age.  It’s the concentration of uric acid in a joint.  It’s preventable also.  Proper diet (avoiding certain animal proteins, moderating asparagus and mushrooms) and staying well hydrated helps in preventing a reoccurrence.  Anyway, I smiled at him (assuming that he was joking with me) and told him what gout is and what could have caused the condition.  

  It is amazing how after the marathon, my body had started to break down the day after…gout (requiring medication)..muscle soreness..chest cold (requiring antibiotics and cough syrup).  All of this made me miss several days from working out in the gym…which caused me gain a little weight (.75 % body fat increase and losing one pound of lean tissue).   Yes, I’m getting older but I must press on and strive to be the best that I can be.  I think that’s what God wants me to do..to not give up.  What I want is to gain some spiritual lean body mass…yes, be stronger and more alert for what’s going on around me.  I need to listen more to His voice..I need to not be so consumed by material things.  I need to take the initiative and get to know Him more instead of relying on others to educate me.  I’ve been a baby taking in milk for too long and want to graduate to the solid food.  I’m so blessed that we have a loving and patient God!  He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6).   Praise God for that!

  Question: Why is it that organic milk has a longer shelf life than commercially produced milk?  I would think that organic items would perish faster than the ones that are treated with chemicals.  At least this is what I’ve found when comparing organic and commerically grown produce.  I’ve been drinking fat free organic milk for about two years now and love it.  I don’t miss the fat at all.  Organic carrots make the best juice for sure! 

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