These no-salt oven-roasted chicken thighs use lemon, garlic, oregano and paprika to build deeply browned skin and satisfying flavour without added sodium.
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Health & Wellness, P50Fit Recipes
I do not want to add sodium when I cook. That’s the rule I’ve settled on in my own kitchen. Table salt, sea salt, kosher salt, potassium-chloride substitutes and MSG are all off the table. So are high-sodium sauces or seasoning blends sneaking in through the side door. That doesn’t mean every ingredient I eat
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Health & Wellness, Longevity
The internet can give an older runner hundreds of “essential” exercises. I used AI to help reduce the noise to seven movement needs, then kept the exercises I will actually do.
Minimum Strength Training for Older Runners: My Seven-Movement Framework Read Post »
Longevity, Running After 60, Strength & Mobility, Strength Training
I am not asking ChatGPT to spit out a generic 10K plan. I am building an ongoing coach and athlete workflow that connects each prescription to my Garmin FIT data, subjective feedback and the next training decision.
How I Use ChatGPT as My AI Running Coach at 67 Read Post »
Ouch to 10K, Running After 50, Running After 60, Training Tips
Ouch to 10K was not part of the original plan. I am currently scheduled to enter Week 8 of my build toward the Medavie Bluenose Marathon in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 17. The goal was 42.2. The goal was steady progression. The goal was confidence heading into the October 2026 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
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Injury & Recovery, Marathon Training, Ouch to 10K
Act I – When Plans Meet Reality Something felt off before I even crossed the start line. I’d eaten my pre-game bread and jam, almost finished my Maurten 320, and was feeling calm, confident, and ready. Then, suddenly, it hit – a strange rush. Not excitement, not nerves. Something chemical. My body flooded with energy
TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Recap: The Four Acts of the Marathon Read Post »
All-Weather Running, Marathon Training 2025, Running After 50, Running After 60, Running Journey, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42K, Weekly RecapDate: October 15, 2025Time of Day: 7:18 AMTemperature: 14 °C | Humidity 82 % | Feels Like 13 °C | Wind WNW 7 km/hPhase: Taper Phase | Run 2 Last Workout to TCS 42 dot 2 in the T-Dot. There’s a special energy in these final tune-ups – a mix of light legs, restrained excitement,
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Marathon Training 2025, Running After 50, Running After 60, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42KTwo Confident Algorithms, One Confused Runner Garmin says I’ll finish my first marathon in 4:12:25.Strava swears it’ll take 5:16:55.They can’t both be right – and yet, they both think they are. One uses physiology; the other uses patterns.Both wear the crown of “AI prediction,” and both forget the one thing I never do: the long
Race Predictions: What Happens When AI Ignores Your Long Runs Read Post »
Running JourneyMy Road to TOWaterfront 42K Date: October 14 2025Time of Day: 11:30 AMTemperature: 16 °C | Humidity 77 % | Feels Like 19 °C | Wind NW 6.8 km/hPhase: Taper Phase | Run 1 ’Tis the season to be racing! With taper in full swing, this Taper Week Easy 30 Run marked the calm before
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Marathon Training 2025, Running After 50, Running After 60, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42KMy Road to TOWaterfront 42 K 🏁 Opening Reflections Taper week arrived with its usual mix of too much energy and not quite enough spark. Every runner knows this uneasy balance-legs that feel both light and sluggish, fitness that’s fully loaded but still under wraps. This week, I reminded myself: taper isn’t about rest-it’s about
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Marathon Training 2025, Running After 50, Running After 60, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42K, Weekly Recap