I feel like Protein Extreme Energy & GSH Ignite have really become an important integral part of my program. I can’t imagine being able to recover and remain injury free at my age without the support of these products. Last Monday I came down with a head cold, which under “normal” circumstances would have knocked me out for at least 2-3 days, but I was able to complete all of my workouts except one run of a double session (it was raining and snowing and windy out and i just couldn’t face it with a cold…:-)

FYI, even tho I’m not doing any speed training at all, I ran a 5k “fun run” on Sunday; won my age group with a 21:32 (that’s fast by my standards!!!) and felt great. My marathon was only 5 weeks ago and I am totally recovered and racing…that’s huge!

Energy level is pretty high. Normally yesterday would have been the end of the 2nd week in a 3 week cycle (2 weeks of build/1 recovery…”normal” protocol for an athlete my age), but I actually feel well enough to see what it would be like to try a 4 week cycle of 3 weeks of build/1 recovery, just like the good old days. I’ll know more after my tempo run tomorrow, but so far, I’m really impressed with my recovery.