Category: Running & Health

Day 225: A little goes a long way for me

Posted on March 16, 2019

I have written a few times about being highly sensitive. I have learned to honor this quality in my daily life. For example, although I consider myself very people- and performance-oriented (after…

Day 206: I finally learned how to eat

Posted on February 25, 2019

These days, my diet has waaay changed from what it used to be. Since last summer, I have a completely altered my way of eating: not only have I stuck to intermittent…

Day 177: A Jog in the Fog

Posted on January 27, 2019

This morning I took a nice 9-mile jog from our flat in Midtown Sacramento to Discovery Park, across the bridge, to Old Sacramento, and back home. It was a nice calm Sunday…

Day 146: Fast Times with Intermittent Fasting

Posted on December 27, 2018

Over four months ago, at the end of August, I began doing intermittent fasting. This involved a significant but quite manageable adjustment to my eating schedule. Instead of eating at all hours…

Day 136: A Winter Wonderland of Leaves

Posted on December 17, 2018

Okay, so maybe we Californians at coastal altitudes do not get to experience those winters that are the mythical subject of so many Holiday songs.  The key missing ingredient, of course, is…

Day 117: Cereal of the Gods!

Posted on November 28, 2018

I have always been a big cereal fan.  Ever since I was a child, I have associated cereal with comfort food… and with home.  Up until recently, my wife liked to joke…

Day 100: Sugar Free Me… Well, Almost

Posted on November 11, 2018

So about a month ago I started my sugar-free experiment: one Sunday I stopped eating cereal, grains, breads, and processed sugar.  I did this in conjunction with my intermittent fasting to make…

Day 98: It’s All About Attitude

Posted on November 9, 2018

I have heard Tony Robbins (I think) say, “Success Leaves Clues.”  Well, I heard that somewhere, and very likely Tony Robbins said it, if not many others.  To me, this concept means…