Sunday, July 18, 2010

Missing in Action

Where have I been and why is this blog not updated? Good question. Here's the short version -- I may or may not get around to posting the longer story.

Let it suffice to say that on 1 June 2010, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, I had surgery to remove a golf ball-sized tumor on my pituitary gland. Recovery has been uneventful but slow. Benign, slow-growing, but probably has been affecting me for some time.

Now I'm back. Stay tuned.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Fight Geeks: Food Fuel Techno


Interesting overview by Elizabeth Quinn, exercise physiologist and fitness consultant, on how food fuels exercise:  http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/nutrition/a/aa080803a.htm  Quinn breaks it down into easy-to-follow steps and takes the mystery out of it. Fighters and fans alike will find this really interesting. Next time you're fighting -- or watching a fight -- see if you notice a change in performance at the switch between pathways.