Hi ST
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I am actually not all that successful at endurance sports. I was a heavy smoker from age 14 to 38. I quit smoking at half time of the 1st Vikings game in 1999. In the spring of 2009 I realized my 10 year anniversary of being a non smoker would occur at half time of the 1st Vikings game in the upcoming season and I thought running ten miles after the 1st half would be a great way to celebrate.  At the time I weighed 225 lbs and was kinda flabby. But running just melted the pounds away. I did a 10 miler in August 2009, a half marathon in Sept and a full marathon Feb 21 2010 in Florida. That day I finished my 1st Marathon and had my 1st ambulance ride 30 minutes apart. It wasn't a great idea to train in Minnesota on a treadmill all winter and do a Marathon in Florida but I survived. Then I decided I needed to learn to swim so I could do a triathlon so I go to the pool at the local high school at 5:45 AM for adult open swim and can now swim a mile in 50 minutes. Both my swimming(I am the slowest guy or gal in the pool) and biking have almost infinite room for improvement. Doing these things exposes one to lots of nutritional advice and I have sought information for a variety of sources. But this path my life has taken also gave me the confidence to return to the Quetico and I did last June with my daughters. I am now so anxious to return it is almost unbearable. So I joined this group to keep the enthusiasm going. But although I have run an ultramarathon (only one and it was excruciating 7.5 hours) I really can't be categorized as a world class endurance athlete. I just do it all to stay in shape and be able to Quetico trip. I guess I have Aspbargers according to everyone that knows about it and me. I have the same enthusiasm for healthy eating as everything else I do and so I brought it up, tactlessly per my usual modis operandi.
Jon