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Pre-Wheatbelly fun: Pizza and "Koelsch" (Cologne-area specialty beer) in Germany
Cologne, Germany -- overlooking the Rhine River, Cologne Cathedral in background
Moscow Mtn. Madness Half-Marathon 9/12 (2:17:55)
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"Bring me my chariot of fire!" - William Blake
I am 52 and fairly healthy but am actively relearning how to eat and exercise. By this I mean healthy and socially responsible eating habits, and by adopting minimalist, long-distance running along the Chi running line. I ran my second half-marathon in March 2012 and did #3 on 9/9/12. I'm preparing for #4 in March 2013.
Regarding diet and nutrition, I have been following a gluten-free diet since Jan. 1 of this year. Fortunately I found that there's decent GF beer out there! ...
I am 52 and fairly healthy but am actively relearning how to eat and exercise. By this I mean healthy and socially responsible eating habits, and by adopting minimalist, long-distance running along the Chi running line. I ran my second half-marathon in March 2012 and did #3 on 9/9/12. I'm preparing for #4 in March 2013.
Regarding diet and nutrition, I have been following a gluten-free diet since Jan. 1 of this year. Fortunately I found that there's decent GF beer out there! Increasingly my family and I are going in a primal diet direction. I'm trying to fold this into a larger perspective where healthy eating (organic, whole, and if possible locally produced foods) is not only for my personal benefit, but also a small way to help build a better society by supporting health and an ethos of sustainability on a large scale.
I have been a follow of Jesus since college, way back in the day, and am on an ever-evolving path to understand and practice my faith in real life.
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Member Since: 8/17/2011
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My Goals:
I am becoming a relatively proficient medium-distance runner (up to half-marathon) using minimalist running technique and am now exploring trail running. I want to learn more about strength training. Always educating myself more on diet, nutrition, and running. Get into the habit of stopping to center during the day.
My Program:
Mixing running and strength training throughout the week. Always have a nutrition or food culture book to work on. Get enough sleep!
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History teacher in Eastern WA state. Especially likes the history of popular religion, modern war, and collective memory and commemorations.
Homeschooling Dad, house-churching Jesus follower.
Going gluten-free and exploring low-carb and paleo diets.
Trying to become a decent distance runner. Greatly enjoying the increased fitness and vitality.
Next goal is regular meditation.
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"On a flat road runs the well-train'd runner,//He is lean and sinewy with muscular legs,//He is thinly clothed, he leans forward as he runs,//With lightly closed fists and arms partially rais'd."
-- Walt Whitman, "The Runner"
"Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land."
- From the hymn "Jerusalem" based on a poem by William Blake and the inspiration for the title of the film "Chariots of Fire"
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