Curation Progress Report 2

This week, I accomplished much more than I thought I was going to. I secured a place to where I was going to actually curate. I picked Pinterest. I felt that for my topic, this would be the most useful way to collect and organize my information, and I was for sure right. Not only was I able to pin websites and articles, but also great pictures and easy recipes that tie along with athletics and healthy eating. 

The most interesting element that I found this week was a list of things to eat before, after and during a certain type of extraneous workout. I found that fruit juice, sugars and protein are good for after a short and fast run, and electrolytes are especially necessary after a long and evenly paced run. Although some of that information is something that I had previously learned, I found it interesting that I was able to pin in on my "Running" board, one of the several different categories I organized.

One challenge that is still pressing me is to find certain foods and recipes that are directly related to being beneficial for certain sports. I found foods and recipes that relate to different types of workouts but I was hoping to find information that was much more specific. 

I know that I need to expand my research other than just looking at Pinterest. Since the website itself does not have that much depth, one of my next steps to finding specific information is using different search engines and trying multiple keys words in hopes of getting deeper into the curation.

The next step is to continue on the path that I have already started on. I feel like I am making a great start with my curation and if I keep finding a few elements every other day or so I can accomplish the goal of 25 elements easily.

The next is to simply enjoy working on the curation. I am curating something that I feel passionately about, so I should not be looking at this as a task but more of an activity, because the research I am finding can for sure benefit me as an athlete.

I think that this project is working greatly. I am able to look and find general information about my topic, then take that information and use it to find something deeper. I am also learning things about this that I never would have bothered to look up before, and it is helping me become a better athlete and also making me more excited to keep working on my curation.

Curation

I was immediataly excited to being this project because I knew that I would be working on something that interested me, which would provide for a better finished product. There is a lot of information on the internet about athletes, which helped me get a start on what I was hoping to accomplish. I chose not to pick any athlete in particular to focus on, but rather focus on information that any athlete can relate to, not someone famous.

Eating healthy and maintaing physical ability are two things that go hand in hand with each other, but eating healthy to find your maximum potential is not something that many people have ever thought about. Most people assume that to reach your maximum potential in sports you need to workout and practice every single day. Although this is true, your food source plays a huge role into how you play. I found serveral types of foods that provide long lasting energy which is a huge benefit for athletes, but some of these foods were either too heavy or too light which would cause other sorts of problems while working out.

The biggest struggle I am going to have to overcome is finding which foods would be the most beneficial for different types of athletes. There are certain things that a football player could eat, without lowering their game that a tennis player probably should not eat. Being able to differentiate what foods are good for certain athletes will be the most difficult part of my curation.