Today Diana and I ran the UPS & United Way 5K in lovely Coral Gables. It was a fun experience. I have to admit that I was a bit nervous about racing a 5K again. For me, anything over 500m is quite grueling and utilizes another aspect of training discipline: mental fortitude. Not to say that sprinters don’t have to contend with that, but something about the grit from distance, putting your head down and sucking it up, makes me highly respect distance running for competition.
The race went well! Came in 3rd overall and first in my age group at a time of 18:42. Diana dropped her time from 28 in May to 25 today. An incredible 3 minutes off of her previous pr!!! Since now we get our naturally sourced nutrition from Isagenix, there are so many ways to utilise their products, especially the performance solutions, that will optimize our physical outputs. Key words are: adaptogens, undenatured whey protein concentrate from pasture raised ‘Happy Cows’, and cleanse days. We’ve been feeling so lean and fit lately no wonder we can go from a sprinting base and adapt with minimal training to perform well in a 5K. Not to mention, we had a booth there promoting Isa solutions and offering amped hydrate drinks. A complete sports recovery drink that has nothing artificial and tastes great. Every single person who tried it gave raving reviews! 🙂
As you can see in the picture above, we are wearing the earthrunner minimalist grounding sandals. Had them on before warming up for the race and put them on as soon as we finished. What a tremendous way to get antioxidants passively.
Being a holistic athlete is a lifestyle approach to search and discover new sustainable and self-sufficient ways that create a high quality life, healthy and capable. Enjoy everyone and much love. See you next time!! 🙂