five ten bugs proof

                      I never but most kids used to say five ten bugs proof when little children in the school play ground, I've absolutely no idea where this came from but you clapped your hands and touched your foot to prevent you getting germs from dropped sweets or a smelly person! 

Germs- illnesses

                It’s a lot of money and a lot of time and effort to get to the start line of a big event, it would be a terrible shame to get ill with some virus or other a month or two before the kick off even worse the week or day before, but how do you prevent that from happening you can prepare as much as you like and be unlucky, I’ve only taken antibiotics once in my life and that was when I was unlucky and caught dysentery in china, some things catch you when your unprepared, after that I started carrying alcohol gel in backpacks when I was travelling, because dysentery is something you can catch by touching a door handle or cup after someone else has touched them,

                From travelling around the world I’ve had loads of vaccinations -yellow fever, hepatitis, polio, rabies, that’s just of the top of my head, right now as I type there is the corona virus outbreak! its not panicking  me my biggest concern is that my son catches it or the event is cancelled, I feel sure I would survive it, I also think that within a short time we will have a better understanding of either how to protect ourselves from it like the malaria tablets I once had to take or the inoculations I’ve had to take in the past, or some new antibiotics or immune system boosters they are experimenting with, the human immune system is incredible my buddy is getting his boosted to attack his cancer and it appears to be working,

my room shelf in Shetland

                Through work I can get the flu jab I generally don’t bother as at 53 I feel I should allow myself a chance to build up a resistance to these sort of colds and flu`s, I did consider tasking the jab this year though just for the event I would be gutted to miss it due to getting the flu! Maybe I shoulda taken that jab? HEALTH is WEALTH says the king of the cliches, and he is right enough 

                Being a bit eccentric and liking to experiment and challenge myself and my life habits I am at present giving wim hoff`s ideology a go just the first of his three pillars about coldness, according to wim the cold is your warm friend and one of his three pillars method. Proper exposure to the cold starts a cascade of health benefits, including the build-up of brown adipose tissue and resultant fat loss, reduced inflammation that facilitates a fortified immune system, balanced hormone levels, improved sleep quality, and the production of endorphins— the feel-good chemicals in the brain that naturally elevate your mood, research him and his methods yourself watch his ted talk and read about his achievements! A cold shower in the morning to boost your immune system I may give it a go in the spring maybe!

                With my diet being mostly plant based these days,  I still eat eggs fish and chicken sometimes when away from home because plant based is very difficult when living in hotels (getting better these days) which means I don’t follow a plant based diet enough due to living in hotels about 75% of my time, while at home its all plant based diet I’ve not eaten beef or dairy at all in over a year, I have bought some vegan multivitamins and slow release vitamin C just to be sure my body and especially my immune system doesn’t lack any vitamins, on the run up and during the event, as it can be hard to get enough in for what I am putting out in training and once at the event, I have already lost enough weight

             

   Runners in general keep healthy anyway getting outdoors running for even just half an hour each day I am convinced keeps you healthier than those that don’t do it, my friends that get ill the most are the ones that spend the longest indoors and exercise the least, 

       The cape wrath ultra have sent an email newsletter out this week i just read it before starting to type this, there`s a section on hygiene been added to it and its obviously due to the coronavirus they are giving hand washing instructions etc for the event, that`s no problem my work are huge on this subject its drilled in but! i`m not sure about the blow your nose with paper towels and dispose of them correctly right away, avoid touching your face with your hands! my nose runs like a train i need my cotton hankies so that rules that out for me


nutrition is everything and I pay a lot of attention to my diet as anyone that knows me knows! getting ill during the training period would be unthinkable fast forward three years i am almost completely vegan these days, i still eat honey and eggs but no meat dairy or fish any longer for environmental reasons, i done another blog on probiotics and health, the worlds knowlkedge of this subject is increasing daily, i no longer trust doctors since well i bet you can guess? here is a blog i done on keeping healthy through one aspect of your diet - enviro-mental-schtuff.blogspot.com/2021/11/thoughts-on-probiotics you will need to add the htpp &stuff i couldnt work out how to post a link lol or maybe now i have?