SWBKRUN -CLOSED DUE TO TRAINING (Page 49)

jfought - 2012-01-20 5:04 PM  I know I will continue to push myself this year, but it's going to be a lot more fun and a little less suffering

I Love the fun part, but I think the rest of your sentence contradicts itself.    

Any suggestions on how/where I should log the run drills I've been doing?? Strength?  Sports? As another run (distance would be difficult to estimate)??  Here's some of the things I'm doing:

Ankle Jumps

Hip Stabilizers

High Knees

Butt Kicks

Dynamic Skipping

Sprints

Hill Repeats

Any suggestions on how/where I should log the run drills I've been doing?? Strength?  Sports? As another run (distance would be difficult to estimate)??  Here's some of the things I'm doing:

Ankle Jumps

Hip Stabilizers

High Knees

Butt Kicks

Dynamic Skipping

Sprints

Hill Repeats

Any suggestions on how/where I should log the run drills I've been doing?? Strength?  Sports? As another run (distance would be difficult to estimate)??  Here's some of the things I'm doing:

Ankle Jumps

Hip Stabilizers

High Knees

Butt Kicks

Dynamic Skipping

Sprints

Hill Repeats

Great wheels Doug and the saddle too!

I did another Sufferfest trainer ride last night and didn't suffer quite as much as the first time. I even managed a little run off the bike to cool down.

I'm not quite sure whether my trainer is set up right, I had the resistance on the mid-setting and the rear wheel slightly depressed by the trainer. I pushed as hard as I could but didn't shake all over after like last time; do you think I need to do something to make it harder or stick with the current setup???

So far, so good in Mexico!  I am not sure 2 margaritas and chips and salsa are the greatest dinner before my long run, but we'll see!

I did meet an interesting person at Happy Hour last night.  He just left the NIH and I of course was pumping him about food quality in the US.  I asked him if he would eat imported fruit from Mexico or Chile (I always have heard it is a big no no) and he said ABOLUTELY NOT due to their water sources and baceteria levels.  Best fruit comes from the US, Spain and other European countries AND New Zealand (which apparently has stricter standards than the US).  I share this only because so many of us are forced to eat imported fruit this time of year.  I was buying Costco Blueberries, Blackberries, etc, all from Mexico.  No more.  His advice was get frozen if you couldn't get fresh from the preferred countries.  I even asked him if it wasn't better to be eating this "bad" fruit than no fruit at all.  His answer, nope.  So my tip of the day!

So far, so good in Mexico!  I am not sure 2 margaritas and chips and salsa are the greatest dinner before my long run, but we'll see!

I did meet an interesting person at Happy Hour last night.  He just left the NIH and I of course was pumping him about food quality in the US.  I asked him if he would eat imported fruit from Mexico or Chile (I always have heard it is a big no no) and he said ABOLUTELY NOT due to their water sources and baceteria levels.  Best fruit comes from the US, Spain and other European countries AND New Zealand (which apparently has stricter standards than the US).  I share this only because so many of us are forced to eat imported fruit this time of year.  I was buying Costco Blueberries, Blackberries, etc, all from Mexico.  No more.  His advice was get frozen if you couldn't get fresh from the preferred countries.  I even asked him if it wasn't better to be eating this "bad" fruit than no fruit at all.  His answer, nope.  So my tip of the day!

So far, so good in Mexico!  I am not sure 2 margaritas and chips and salsa are the greatest dinner before my long run, but we'll see!

I did meet an interesting person at Happy Hour last night.  He just left the NIH and I of course was pumping him about food quality in the US.  I asked him if he would eat imported fruit from Mexico or Chile (I always have heard it is a big no no) and he said ABOLUTELY NOT due to their water sources and baceteria levels.  Best fruit comes from the US, Spain and other European countries AND New Zealand (which apparently has stricter standards than the US).  I share this only because so many of us are forced to eat imported fruit this time of year.  I was buying Costco Blueberries, Blackberries, etc, all from Mexico.  No more.  His advice was get frozen if you couldn't get fresh from the preferred countries.  I even asked him if it wasn't better to be eating this "bad" fruit than no fruit at all.  His answer, nope.  So my tip of the day!

SSMinnow - 2012-01-22 7:47 AM

So far, so good in Mexico!  I am not sure 2 margaritas and chips and salsa are the greatest dinner before my long run, but we'll see!

I did meet an interesting person at Happy Hour last night.  He just left the NIH and I of course was pumping him about food quality in the US.  I asked him if he would eat imported fruit from Mexico or Chile (I always have heard it is a big no no) and he said ABOLUTELY NOT due to their water sources and baceteria levels.  Best fruit comes from the US, Spain and other European countries AND New Zealand (which apparently has stricter standards than the US).  I share this only because so many of us are forced to eat imported fruit this time of year.  I was buying Costco Blueberries, Blackberries, etc, all from Mexico.  No more.  His advice was get frozen if you couldn't get fresh from the preferred countries.  I even asked him if it wasn't better to be eating this "bad" fruit than no fruit at all.  His answer, nope.  So my tip of the day!

replying in general, not just to suzy. and i fully support local farmers whenever i can.  that said,

i don't agree with your friend and i think its unfortunate you feel the way you do about fruit from mexico.  eating fruit from a local vendor and eating fruit grown in mexico for sale in the US are not even remotely the similar source.  

driscolls, hurts, sun belle, etc have sanitary standards in the field that far exceed the local farms.  the economic gains far exceed the cost of sanitary standards, places like costco wouldn't take the risk if not. 

pesticides, a whole different issue.

as far as comments on only eating fruit from certain states... if we're talking about supporting regional farmers then i totally support that. (although seattle to so cal is kind of stretching the whole regionality thing).  however, if the comments are directed from a food safety angle then i disagree and in fact you may be at an even higher risk because of this feeling of "safety".  its amost even funny, to say one won't eat fruit from mexico but will it fruit picked by migrant workers.... from mexico.  ecoli is a risk.  fruit from everywhere, even the good ol' USA! should be washed thoroughly.

 gotta ask ... if you don't eat fruit from mexico, do you wear clothing or accessories from mexican maquiladoras? 

My choices stem mostly from trying to eat more locally. And yes, I know so-cal is far from local... but I'm also not going to cut citrus and bananas out of my diet, and I sure as heck am not gonna find any tangerines grown in WA!! I don't feel "unsafe" eating foods from Mexico, heck one of the biggest e-coli breakouts was spinach grown in NorCal!! I think US foods have a long way to go in terms of safety as well! I've struggled with outsourcing fruits/veggies from outside of my region, and I've made peace for myself in that I don't buy apples from New Zealand in the summer or strawberries from Mexico in the winter. I support our local farmers as much as possible (that's why I eat turnips, parsnips, and kale, for heaven's sake!!). I eat exclusively organic for fruits and veggies that "matter" (check out the dirty dozen and clean 15 list).

I'm kind-of a food freak, and I take a lot of $#!# for it... but I make choices that feel good for me and that I can feel good about when I'm feeding my family. I try to practice what I preach. That said, I also preach balance and moderation. I cringe when my kids want fast food, but I let 'em eat it. They're kids. I ate it when I was a kid, and I'm OK. And yeah, I admit that I steal their fries!!!

replying in general, not just to suzy. and i fully support local farmers whenever i can.  that said,

i don't agree with your friend and i think its unfortunate you feel the way you do about fruit from mexico.  eating fruit from a local vendor in mexico and eating fruit grown in mexico for sale in the US are not even remotely the similar source.  

driscolls, hurts, sun belle, etc have sanitary standards in the field that far exceed the local mexican farms.  the economic gains far exceed the cost of sanitary standards, places like costco wouldn't take the risk if not. 

pesticides, a whole different issue.

as far as comments on only eating fruit from certain states... if we're talking about supporting regional farmers then i totally support that. (although seattle to so cal is kind of stretching the whole regionality thing).  however, if the comments are directed from a food safety angle then i disagree and in fact you may be at an even higher risk because of this feeling of "safety".  its amost even funny, to say one won't eat fruit from mexico but will it fruit picked by migrant workers.... from mexico.  ecoli is a risk.  fruit from everywhere, even the good ol' USA! should be washed thoroughly.

gotta ask ... if you don't eat fruit from mexico, do you wear clothing or accessories from mexican maquiladoras?