I think this is about Day 10...Paleo diet going well. Not hungry at all for most of the time. When I am hungry, there is usually less panic about food. My weight is down 5lbs. from a few weeks ago. I'm beginning to realize it's OK to be hungry especially on non-training days. After all, our ancestors went around hungry and made it. I made a joke to Renee though that if the Paleo diet is so great, then why did Paleo man die off.
Speaking of training, it's going well also. First few days out on the bike I bonked then I realized I needed a bit more carb so sweet potato cakes were introduced and they are the answer.
First year doing the Allatoona Creek race. Missed it last year because I had a duathlon on the same day. This course is sneakily difficult with the most challenging being the Mason's Bridge section. On a bike, it's easier and more fun because you can roll through all the dips but running through those is really tough. There aren't very many climbs and no big hills but that course is a grinder. There was a torrential rainfall a few days before the race so the first 3 miles was a mud run through open cross-country. I really liked this part though felt I got off to a slow start. Pacing is so difficult because I don't know how much energy I need to spare. Feet were wet out of the gate but it was no big deal. There's a twisted part of me that prefers adverse conditions. Went in to the singletrack section at Rusty Bucket and shuffled through twisty sections, not very fast through there. In fact, I felt leaden the entire race. I had ran the da...