Thursday, June 19, 2008

Nutrition

While I was at the CSCAA conference last month, I had the opportunity to listen to a talk given by Dr. Barry Sears, who established the Zone lifestyle solution. As nutrition and lifestyle are obviously important to everybody and plays a big part in athletic success, I have always read and researched on the subject. I think anyone who is serious about their present and future health and those interested in allowing their bodies to be able to achieve peak performance athletically should take some time to read up on the Zone and anti-inflammatory lifestyle. I have not come across anything that really makes more sense than this. But you should look into it and make your own judgements.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Life goes by

Because I have been getting a lot of questions about this, here it goes.
As many of you know (and apparently some of you did not), I got married Saturday. We had a small, simple wedding. We got married in Hamilton, NY, off of a nature trail in a small field (no we are not dirty hippies). It was nice and just what we wanted.
Erica and I have known each other for 18 years. We first dated for a few years when we were 16. Although we went our seperate ways for quite a long time, we always remained in contact in some form or another. Now we are married, and that about covers it. It just goes to show that you never know...

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The Art of War

“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.”

~Sun Tzu

I am feeling millitaristic today. Athletics has always been an easy association with war- victory, defeat, strategy, discipline, training, etc. (although holistically I do not think that is what the core of participation is all about, it is a part of the competitive environment).
So, are we ready to receive the enemy? What are you doing to prepare yourself for what awaits us?
If today's preparation determines tomorrow's achievements, and each of our achievements is directly linked to the efforts of the person right in front of and right behind us in the ranks; are we going to experience success? Are our failures going to be from a lack of trying?