Primal Health and Physical Challenge - I have been feeling lately that I haven’t challenged myself in endurance due to shifting my health direction to less cardio stress... however I do feel that endurance activities can be a good indicator of general health as long as its not chronic... Not to mention sometimes you just want to see what you are made of... Even at 58 :) I decided on a whim, 2 days before and with no prep training to do a marathon length run/hike after an invite from a mountain marathon runner friend of mine ... I decided to do the run/hike to see how my low carb, keto dietary and primal fitness norms stood up... I had not ran longer than 32k in my life, even when training regularly... I had also not run for 3 months at all... I am very happy to say I completed the 42k gruelling trail run under perhaps the worst conditions on a very technical trail (Tonquin Valley - Jasper) without incident... I have challenged the Primal diet and lifestyle once again and it has passed with flying colours... I ate very little fuel (nut/coconut butter, 3 small pepperonis and a can of sardines and drank water from fresh mountain streams) I did not feel any lack of energy, and the muscle pain I felt due to the long stressful activity passed within a day... I don’t recommend an activity of this physical stress level for anyone not prepared but I will say please challenge yourself in whatever you feel will help to affirm your own beliefs in health and wellness... You might just surprise yourself :) And remember if you do anything as crazy as this give yourself a considerable amount of rest and recovery time to get the maximum benefits from the stressful activity.
