So far this season (knock wood!!!) I am completely injury free. I think that’s partially because I have been able to strength train more effectively to protect my joints and also because my joints just seem to “feel” better.

I am just starting my 9th week of a 12 week “base” training program. The last 2 weeks were pretty intense and this is a “recovery” week which I’m really happy to have! I have been experimenting with the Adrenal Reboot and am hoping that will help me over the hump. I’m also liking the GSH-Ignite a lot as an addition to my program. What little evidence I have so far indicates that I am indeed “stronger” than I was at the same time last year. I seem to be much stronger in the water especially. Also, on the bike this morning in an 8 mile aerobic TT, I took a full 30 seconds off my time from last year.

My first real test will be the NJ Devilman Sprint Triathlon, first weekend in May, which is a setup for my 2 biggest races of the year: Eagleman 2nd weekend in June and NYC Triathlon, 3rd weekend in July.

I will probably do some more tri’s after that, but my focus will start to be on completing the Boston Marathon as part of my 60th birthday celebration.

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I will age up into the 60-64 age group this season which will make me the “youngest” in my age group and I intend to try to leverage that as much as possible! Protein Extreme Energy and Adrenal Reboot are both playing a huge part in recover and muscle building, allowing me to recover and do quality lifting 3 days a week.  I actually look forward to my weight sessions these days, using up to 3 doses on heavy days and feeling great.

I usually have a scoop of Protein Extreme Energy each morning when I get up  and then another scoop after my workout.  Depending on how hard my workout was and how I’m feeling, I may use a 3rd scoop later in the day.

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!

So far I am scheduled to race the Devilman sprint tri in early may, Eagleman 1/2 IM in early june and the NYC Tri in mid july.  after that I’m not sure exactly what races I will be doing, but I will be starting to think about prepping for Boston in the spring of ‘11 and moving up to full IM later in that season.

Half marathon “fun run” at disney world in early jan.  I’m definitely not training for it…too early in my season.  but I’ll be very interested to see how it feels.

Its only been a week, but I’ve experimented with taking more servings at different times during the day, limiting myself to 2 servings on “rest” days and using 3 servings on “heavy” workout days, with the 3rd serving being taken in the evening.

Yesterday, I did a training run of 18.5 miles/3hrs, lots of hills/very hot and humid. Had one serving prior to my run, one serving mid afternoon and then a 3rd before going to bed. This is the longest run I have done in 25 years. Today I feel great. I had one serving prior to my run, one serving mid afternoon and then a 3rd before going to bed. Yes, I’m a little sore today, but nothing compared to my fears.