Barefoot, Raw food, on the trail again

Like everybody else the holiday season has taken a big bite out of the normal routine and schedule.  The reality now of back to work is always the downside of having a break.

Though in saying that I am one of a lucky few that does not have a boss standing over my shoulder and giving me a hard time.

I have been away and have not got alot of structured training in but have been happy with Kayaking in waters with views like this at the end of the day

It was my first time I have been away for an      extended period of time without access to my blender and kitchen utensils that I come to rely on for ease of maintaining my my Rawfood lifestyle. As much as it was a departure from the routine I found I maintained quite well.

It was a good wake up call for me as I realized I was going down the path of making the mistake of trying to complicate eating.

I like mucking around in the kitchen and I make up dehydrated goodies and stuff to tart up meal

While I was away, I found that I kept going on a very simple plan that involved very little more than Fruit and lettuce wraps.

It was the biggest chore I had was to figure out how to keep the kids dead animal products from spoiling and cooking it up.

It has become more of a challenge to me to prepare animal products for meals as I gain more insight into how much impact unnecessary killing and production of animal food products have on the planet and the end consumers.

Even after the length of time I have been been following a raw food lifestyle commitment I have not got all the bumps worked out and unfortunately there is quite a good deal of mixed information on what constitutes  long term  raw food protocol.

What I do know is that amongst the terrifying statistics of obesity and attendant health challenges  in the western world today even a stumbling adherence to a raw food lifestyle is greater then the lemming like involvement that people have with the food choices on offer today.

I have not completely gotten over the injury to my ankle as yet but even on the limited training I am able to do my performances have been steadily getting more comfortable and I believe my bare foot running techniques and Raw food lifestyle are the reason that I am able to get good results.

I am finding that to be competitive I do need to be able to have some form of cushioning for stony downhill tracks as I have to back off to much, and the huarache running sandal does not preform very well in wet weather,

On the weekend I was out at Woodford for a trail run and coped a barrage of questions about why I was running barefoot.

Photo by Tim Miller

I spied a set of  vibram five fingers of another minimalist runner that in turn led to an interview with the photograper for a story to be put out on bare foot running so it was a great day out escpecialy as I ran a second place finish for my race.

This is a summer seiries race so it is apropiate the start and finish line is at the woodford swimming pool

As always the sense of gratitude I have for being able to run and enjoy the companionship of of fellow runners is the true motivation for being involved in sport, the other health benefits are just a bonus.

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