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I've had skin cancer surgically removed twice. The last one left a nice Frankenstein scar on top of my shoulder. I just recently blanketed that entire shoulder with a large tattoo.
I grew up with a backyard swimming pool, and lived on a large lake with our own boat dock and ski boat, so spent most warm months with a deep dark tan. Even now, l've got a backyard swimming pool. So, l'm constantly being checked by the dermatologist and having pre-cancers burned off.
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Good morning friends. Happy birthday Bill. I truly hope you have an awesome day. Today is St. Patrick's day and I'm making some Irish stew. My healing is coming along slowly but life goes on and I need to get things done. Their is no rest for the weary or something like that. Enjoy your day everyone and have a Guinness on me.
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To answer B) as Liz said, it depends on the judges. some might prefer more traditionally scripted stories while others might enjoy stories that are wildly outside the box. there have been times when i've read the comps and fallen in love with a story that i know won't do well because it's pretty out there - that's my tastes speaking. that said, quality is recognized - if there's a gay story, for instance, and a judge isn't into gay stories, but it's above and beyond the rest in quality, they are impartial enough to rank it up at the top of the list.
hope that helps add some insight?
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Just to reiterate because I'd hate to see you waste your money...
I hate to burst your bubble, but using BCAAs for endurance purposes is like buying a box of Cracker Jack solely for the shoddy surprise that's inside.
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Hey Miss D: thanx for the baby food packet idea! 12 hour mountain bike race???!!!!! Now THAT'S impressive!!! I'd be crashing over every second pebble and tree root in the last half of that ride.
Have you tried melatonin to help you sleep? Might help with duration or quality of sleep but check out the potential side effects or interactions with other meds. Night shift wreaks havoc on the body's natural sleep patterns and I'd guess your schedule makes sleep a challenge. I use melatonin sparingly and have never noticed a negative impact on the following day's performance but then I am not at your level so a fractional difference may be more noticeable to you. Alternatively you may find Valerian Root helpful for sleep too.
Hope you meet and surpass all your goals, after reading your posts I'm dying to get out for a ride!
But how the hell did you find time to write all those EP's and RR's???
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Hi Dirty D: I'm not convinced BCAA's are the answer for flagging spirits during long rides but I've only used them as part of a weight training regimen. I used to ride 800km a week with many 5-6 hour rides. Are you eating enough during rides? I mean real food; fruit, muffins, sandwiches, chicken, rice, gorp rather than hi-tech gels or bars (I do use gels and bars too) I used to eat like a pig and never bonked. On the rare occasion I felt myself flagging it was always due to lack of food or water intake, usually at the 2 - 3 hour mark which suggests a link to depleted glycogen stores. I have never used caffeine for rides but try it and see what works.
You might also try new training routes or just a long ride with no HRM or cyclocomputer. Change things up, try something crazy. What do you think about when you ride, do you let your mind wander? Read everything fitness related you can get your hands on: nutrition, cycling, sports psychology heck even Zen Buddhism; I bet you find something that helps. I never found any one source in a book or a coach that was 100% 'on' in all situations. No offense to your coach who I'm sure is eminently more qualified than me but sometimes you have to find something new.
Sounds like you have a very demanding training regimen. How is your pulse rate in the morning? Maybe you are over-training? Do you have a rest day?
And huge hats off for challenging yourself!!!
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Why not ride with a companion? I do not mean just anyone. I am certain there are many decent people who would love to ride with you.
Even gypsies ride in groups.
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Dirty_D if I may? BMI can be unreliable by itself but OK as a rough guideline, sounds like you may need to work some intervals into the cardio or reduce cardio in favour of resistance training? If your numbers are good and you feel good you could also tell the doc to piss off...
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Slawburgers with home cut fries.
If you are happy you can go out and exercise. I just eat what I love. I burn calories working out, running, biking, etc. and have ultra low cholesterol and all. In fact, the doc, for awhile said my body fat was too low and I needed to gain weight in fat. I've put enough on I think to just barely keep him happy.