Super Fuel

Well, I'd write about running, but I haven't been running...so... I won't. I'd write about working, but I'm writing to all of you to avoid working...so...I won't. I'd write about a new workout that you all should try, but I don't know of any.

Yep, currently the "Fueled by Vivác" is all about the fuel! The tryptophan has impregnated my veins requiring me to lay on the sofa only getting up to fetch more fuel. That turkey makes you thirsty right?

So this week, I simply say...when you can't run, Riesling. When you can't bike, Barbera. When you can't swim, Syrah and when you can't get up from the couch because your sauced...cheers us because that my friend, means you are truly "Fueled by Vivác"!

-Cheers from the Vivác Family
www.vivacwinery.com

Being Run Down

When training for a difficult race, be it a 5, or 10K,  half marathon or a full Marathon, it is inevitable to feel run down during the training. After the race there is let down and again the inevitable run down...many get ill as a result. Yet running is suppose to be good for you, you are supposedly building up your immune system. So where is the line?

Obviously it is personal, there isn't any set in stone guild. For me, my half marathon, quite literally, almost killed me. Running a full Marathon however was no problem, but Jess was run down and caught a terrible cold. Of course he then ran 53 miles and not only wasn't sore, he never got run down! He is obviously from another planet. Hmmm... I am now picturing that movie "The Astronaut's Wife"...I hope I don't have to zap Jesse with a toaster in a pool of water.

Back to subject...

So, then in turn how is it that work, stress and life in general can regularly run you down? It seems frustrating that if you don't run you can get run down, if you do run, THAT can run you down and if you live in Northern New Mexico, the cars most certainly will run you down.

I see no other choice than to stop doing all types of running, physical, mental, emotional and start drinking more wine. They say 2 glasses of wine a day keeps the Doctor away, so surely that is the cure to being run down. I might have to double that number just to be safe.

-Cheers from the Vivác Winery Family!
www.vivacwinery.com

Going Cold Turkey

After a good long break from training, I have decided to jump back into things. Ironically it is as the weather changes and I find myself running in the bitter cold. My husband finds this amusing since I am notoriously cold...all the time.

I'm not sure why I choose to run in the cold. Perhaps it is that work has finally slowed down or that our son has settled back into school or that the fall leaves are layered across the road and the sky is a shade of blue that inspires painters. The crispness in the cool morning air seems to quicken my step and I feel alive. It really is a beautiful time of year to run. Even if both sets of cheeks are frozen.

Having run my 1st full Marathon this past spring, many would expect that I could jump right back in, sadly that is not the case. I almost had a heart attack running 3 miles. Now I'm wondering if the Taos Turkey Trot 5k is more appropriate for me right now than a half or full Marathon. For some reason, my diet over the last 6 months of bacon, cheese and a mass consumption of wine, has left me shockingly out of shape!

I think I need to ponder my new training goals now while I drink a bottle of our Refosco wine, it goes so nicely with cheese.

After all, I can't let my body go into shock.

-Cheers from the Vivác Winery Family!
www.VivacWinery.com