bleh

a little over a week ago i started taking "triple flex", a glucosamine+chondroiton+msm supplement. reasons: i am getting old, and between running (which i've put on hold to train for cycling), cycling, and maintaining a beer/bbq gut, i put a lot of stress on my joints. this particular supplement is one that's supposedly got some reality behind it.

around thursday/friday, i began having an upset stomach all day and a general bleh feeling. on saturday, i rode 71 miles and had joints that felt just shy of Great. but i had a rip roaring upset stomach the whole way and felt bleh.

now, part of my training routine is training myself to get up early enough to start the ride on time. last week i was up at 6 every day, and today i was up at 5:30 (argh!!!). that could definitely be causing the bleh.

i took only half a dose of hte supplement today and experienced less of the upset stomach, but i still have a-plenty of it.

so now i get to choose: upset stomach or happy joints? now, my happy joints may be from acclimation to the new routine, or better form, or a dozen other things unrelated to the pills. and for that matter, the stomach upset could be from a dozen things besides the pills. but i think i'm going to lay off the pills next week and see what happens with my stomach and my knees. i've got enough to worry about without feeling bleaugh all the time, and i was really taking them mostly preventatively anyhow.