Hello and happy New Year! We are back to normal blogging now that the holidays are over. :) For many people, the start of a brand new year is so refreshing - it is a time to sort of "start over" and work on optimizing health and eating healthier and signing up for new races and setting some training goals. It's a great time to work on habits that set up our nutritional base so we can put more into our workouts/runs, feel better, build muscle, and optimize our overall health a