Alkaline vs. Acidic

That has been my main theme of 2008, and so fair things have got off to a fantastic start, and I have been having breakthrough after breakthrough.

If you don't already know I did the 14 day water fast (Easily, the hardest thing I have ever done), and have been enjoying some big breakthroughs on the bike as a result. I read so many books during those days that I knew I would never be the same once I went back to eating food.

I really got a much deeper understanding of what alkalizing food does to the body, and a much better understanding of how harmful acidic food is to the body. If you are an athlete, then you are producing much more acidic waste in volumes that is higher than most people that don't workout as much. So taking in more food that has an alkalizing and energizing effect on the body is paramount.

So I decided to make that concept my theme for 2008. It is to have 80% of the food that goes into my body daily coming from alkalizing food. In the last 13 days the ratio has been more like 90% Alkalizing/10% Acidic. And it became quickly apparent that I was on to something.

Coming off the fast I really went after the right food this time out. I would eat soup or fruit in the morning, and a salad for lunch. For dinner I would always do stir fry. I would get all the alkalizing vegetables, then cook them at 168 degrees. The cookware that I have has a whistle on it once the temp goes over 168 it whistles to let me know that I'm about to start killing the nutrients and enzymes that are vital. Here is what the stir fry looks like. As you can see, I did not hold back on what is alkalizing.

In staying with the Asian style cooking I normally add in some Chinese dumpling, better known as Potstickers if you are American and frequent Cheesecake or P.F. Changs which is the kind which Mrs. P prefers

Me, I'm taking a page out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with the old school Chinese style dumplings like I used to get when I spent some time training in Shanghai. I get them from the Oriental Market in Coral Springs.

I have stayed on this program to the tee, and I have felt great, and it has shown in all my workouts. If you want to see how it has affected my workouts in a positive way, then read the "Crunching Numbers, pt 1" where it's all broken down.

On top of that I have made the purchase of the year in getting a Water Ionizer, which alkalizes the water to the level of 10.0, with 9.5 being optimal for human consumption. (I know you have already heard me mention this more times than you care to hear, but I'm doing it for a reason). The water you can make in your house with this, is better than anything you can find in the store.

I was at the Sheridian ride on Saturday, and at the Mobil station at the end of the ride it was really painful to watch the riders drink Desani(ph5.4),Aquafina(ph5.6) and Gatorade(ph5.2). That water is just robbing their bodies of oxygen, and energy. They don't even know that the only 2 water companies to drink(If you have to) is Fiji(7.4) and Avian(7.5). Now, I take a extra bottle of 9.5 water that has enough servings of sport powder to fill up 2 more 20oz bottles. If I have to drink water, then I'm going with Fuji.

Just to make sure wasn't tripping about this whole water hype, I ordered some ph miracle water which is suppose to have a ph of 9.5. Here is a picture of it.


That is a gangsta ass looking bottle of water. The first thing I did was crack open a bottle, get my ph drops out and tested it. It immediately turned dark purple giving merit to the fact that it is 9.5, and it highly alkalizing. So for Xmas this year everyone that is significant to me will be getting this $3.50 bottle of water, the website, and the research behind why they should get more of it for their health.

I can say that I have worked out the first 10 days, and have completed 452 miles of training, and I have not even come close to feeling like I need to take a break to give the legs a rest. I fact, on Sunday I went out and did a workout that normally sets me back for 2 days. It is a sprint workout on foot of running 150meters, and I normally do 5 all out sprints, with an average time of 26 second. That 15 minute workout normally has me walking around all sore, and I can't ride my bike for 2 days. On Sunday I did 9 of those sprints, and the avg time was 24 seconds. Check the chart.

8 of those 9 sprints I got my heartrate right into my race zone. Since it was raining, I then jumped on the trainer and did the CTS 1hr "One Legged Drills" with the mask on riding at 14.9% oxygen(9000ft) from the CAT Altitude unit. The concept is to drive up the Oxygen Consumption Rate by doing the sprints on foot, because to me they are much more explosive than doing them on my road bike. Once the legs are tapped out I go get on the trainer. Then getting on the trainer and specifically working on improving the cadense while riding with the mask that is giving me less oxygen to the muscles is another level to reach for the muscles.

That is training my legs to be able to work under a more difficult workload, and without as much oxygen that I'm used to. To ride in your fat burning zone at 9000 ft is like full on racing to the cells that are oxygen deprived.

When I have done the sprint workout in the past, my legs would already be sore once I got up from my nap. Not today! Even after riding on the trainer under low oxygen. My purpose was to go out and see if I could smash the legs, and I have not been able to do it yet. If I'm drinking Alkaline water with a ph of 9.5, the lactic acid can't stay in my legs. Ah Damn! I'm on to something. My new phrase for 2008 is "I run on electrons".

Here is a picture of my non-plastic, non-leaching material container and the "VIP" (Very Important Product) making the life giving, energy giving, 9.5 water, which I call "Water of Life". Ok, that last sentence was really, really lame.

I have been sponsored by Dedicate Athlete since 2006, and I have been taking EP-NO, as it is a natural blood booster. It is going to be more effective now that I'm sleeeping in hypoxia(Low Oxygen) which triggers my body to create more red blood cells.

I'm making my order for the Rapid Recovery, Rapidade, and Multi-vitamin next week so that I'm "Dedicated" all the way down to the bone. I think I have covered all bases, and the last things is how I'm going to approach the Markhum Race this coming weekend. I'm going to keep my plan under wraps, but it is going to be "Extremely Ambitious".

Pacer Out!