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Cliff Bars…

My last post was the quest to eat more and this week, I achieved that goal.  I upped my calories by about 500 a day and man what a difference in attitude + strength!  One of my key food supplements was eating cookies! 

I took an ordinary recipe but  added my own twist.  I [...]

Swim help…

Were Going To Go Broke!

Olympics are done for another 4 years.  So I guess the question on every ones mind is, who is the LMS athlete for the week?  Who elevated their game to new heights?  Who exceeded expectations and pushed the limits to new frontiers?    Could it be Phelps with his 8 gold medals and plethora [...]

Rhodes and Granger win Ironman Canada

26th Annual Subaru Ironman Canada event sees winners from down under

from Ironman.com

Bryan Rhodes and Belinda Granger won the 26th running of Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton, British Columbia today. Rhodes had to dig deep during the marathon to claim his fourth Ironman title, while Granger cruised to her third Ironman win of [...]

ITU announces new Triathlon World Championship Series

from Triathlon Canada website

Less then 24 hours after the completion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games triathlon, the International Triathlon Union announced on August 20 an innovative new platform for the sport by establishing a pioneering new series that will take triathlon to new heights.

“This is a great step forward for triathlon and [...]

The Need To Eat…

We all learned from this Olympics that Michael Phelps eats a lot.  As the legend goes he eats about 12,000 calories a day.  That is quite a lot of food to ingest.  In fact you have  to try really hard to eat that much…  Adding maple syrup or Nutella to everything would certainly help.

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Stealing and a solid finish to the ACC team…

Like any other major stage race, we showed up at breakfast in a relaxed mode. The last day usually shows this with every team, and even with the organization. We discussed how everyone was feeling and even some possible ways of making back those 43 seconds separating Cameron Evans to the leader’s jersey. We [...]

LMS Fredericton Update

Hey all. Things are progressing nicely behind-the-scenes with regard to the club.  We’ve met with a few consultants and advisors which are very supporting and extremely helpful.  With their input and advice, we will get this club going soon.  LMS members can expect to get many benefits from the club, including:

- group training sessions

- [...]

Almost there…

Nothing much happened in stage 7. After 3 hard days in the mountains, everyone was more then happy to ride in the group for the whole day (160 km). For us especially, this day was more than welcome after all the work we had done in the previous days. The only unfortunate incident happened [...]

Stage 4, Can Our Canadians Hold Off Vicious Pena Pena?

Another day, another plan; That’s the way we need to roll around here. On stage 4, we controlled the race, but we also lost 7 minutes. According to the locals and the media, this was a major accomplishment for Cam to still be in yellow, but the time bomb was on. It was simply [...]

20 Ways to be a Smarter Eater

By Liz Applegate, Ph.D. Runner’s World via Active.com

1.SWAP IN: Omega-3 eggs SWAP OUT: Standard eggs The Omega-3 fats in these enhanced eggs boost immunity, protect against Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and cancer, and may lessen symptoms of depression.

2.SWAP IN Dark beer SWAP OUT Light beer Darker brews may have a few more [...]

Pena Pena!!!!

Well, the cat’s finally out of the hat. Columbian climber Flober Pena Pena showed the rest of the pack what he was capable of after hiding for four days. Today’s stage 4 marked the entry in the real mountains. Not to say the event had been ridden over flat and easy roads since its [...]

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