Please allow me to be one of the first people to wish you a very Merry Christmas and my best wishes for a Happy New Year!!!!!
Not much has gone on since the half marathon. I got the low down from my doctor as to the possible reason for my passing out after the race. He told me that it was probably due to the level of sodium in my blood. Either too high or too low and you can find yourself on the deck. He said that there had probably been at least 2-3 folks that had passed out at the race by the time I crossed the finish line. Volumes of studies have been conducted to try to determine what the optimum sodium level is. He did an EKG test just to be sure and everything was fine.
In my previous post, I promised the link to my marathon photos. Click here to see the photos. You will need to enter my last name and my bib# (32).
Since then, I have pretty much taken a break from the training. I am still not sure how much I will train during the winter - walking wise. I do plan on continuing to incorporate the core training into my schedule.
I will once again be involved with an online forum "holiday mini challenge" that starts today. I will attempt to post here how that is coming along. I would like to get my diet back under some semblance of control. I liked the results that I got from the TNT Diet. I was not too thrilled with how I felt cutting out the breads and starches. So, I will be going with a modified TNT diet. I will be cutting the carbs back to about 20% of total calories and see how it goes from there. I would like to see if I can cut that percentage back some more. For the resistance training I will be working on the core training and doing some body weight exercises from Turbulence Training.
I hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday season.
The story of my transformation from couch potato to an Ironman triathlete.
