This week was fairly uneventful as far as training goes.  Most days consisted of two workouts but the workouts are still relatively short (one hour max, usually less).  I do find myself sleeping well at night. One area I began to focus on this week was nutrition.  My mom always said that I don’t eat, I graze.  Generally speaking Sarah and I eat fairly well at mealtime but come snack time I usually crave sugar and carbonation.  Not the best options.  I found myself taking in more protein than normal and cutting back my carbs (ie sugar).  My normal afternoon pick-me-up, a blue Monster, was (mostly) thrown out as well.  Reducing carbs is a viable option while the training load is still low and my body has some extra “fuel reserves”;  as the weeks progress there’s no question more daily intake will be required.  I just have to remember to put the right kind of fuel in the engine.

On Saturday Sarah and I did a local bike ride, the Honeytour.  We  met up with our usual CTF training buddies Jason and Katy.  Several of my co-workers (Bernie, Graham and Cheney) came out and Sarah had a friend come all the way from New York just to ride with us.  Amy and Chip, it was great getting to hang with you guys this weekend.  Amy posted later that one of the best parts of endurance sports is the friends you meet along the way and I could not agree more.  The Texas spring floods held out for the most part and we had a nice 47 mile ride.

Finally, thanks to those of you that made donations to CTF this week.  Sarah hosted a Bingo night that wound up raising over $500!  Thank you, thank you, thank you to Sarah for organizing this and to everyone that donated prizes, time, and money to make it a success.  Several individual contributions came in this week as well; all told I’m approaching the 50% mark which is fantastic.  If you’re reading this and would like to contribute to finding a cure so that kids don’t have to live with NF you can do so here.