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Time Well Wasted

Never Had That Happen To Me Before…

I don’t know how many hours I’ve ridden a bike in my life.  A 1000?  Maybe more?  Sounds like a lot…

Anywho.  I was commuting to work today when I got a tap on my shoulder.  No it wasn’t someones finger, it was bird crap!  I had been pooed on from above!  A bird [...]

To the Tri-girls Out There!

 

(Warning: due to the graphic nature of this article husbands/boyfriends/ men in general may want to skip this article!)

A few weeks ago Cliff and I decided to dial in our TT positions to make them more aero but also more comfortable. We arrived at a position that I thought would work for me. [...]

Where have I been?!

Wow! Guess it’s been awhile. I wish I could say that extraordinary events have kept me from updating but truth be told, I live an exceptionally boring life. If I’m not swimming or biking or running, I’m resting or stretching or eating. Such is the life of an Ironman-in-training. The only real excitement is seeing [...]

Golf, Threshold, Rejuvenation

Good weekend in Odot.  Weather was perfect for doing pretty much everything.  Warm skiies with a slight breeze to ward off all the bugs.

Last week was my rest week after 4 weeks of racing.  I read somewhere that a perfect rest week includes lots of sleeping.  Well, I checked into my bed early and [...]

Canadian Content

Ironman 70.3 Boisie was held over the weekend.  Two athletes reigned supreme in the 1.9K swim, 90K bike and 21.1K run.  Craig Alexander who basically wins every tri he enters and Magali Tisseyre won the womans field.

Magali is from Quebec, Canada and has raced at many of the races of myself and Chris.  This [...]

Misconceptions about High-Fructose Corn Syrup

I read this article yesterday in the Journal of Sports Nutrition.  I admit that I am one who knew little of what HFCS is or where it came from.  Reading the article game me a better understanding of why people are trying to ban it.  This paper specifically (abstract below)  defends HFCS which you [...]

Records Are Meant to Be Broken…

Each day at lunch I do situps and pushups.  On my rest weeks I try to do max repeitions.  Today I got 63 straight pushups which right now, is my record.  Wanna know what the world record is?  I had to look; 10, 507.  So I’m a little behind.

Writing down PBs should become [...]

More Rest = More Benefits

In the recent issue of Journal of Sports Secience, a study was done on rest intervals for weight lifting.  Here is a snip of the abstract:

The purpose of the present study was to compare the influence of two and five-minute rest intervals on the number of repetitions per set, per exercise and total repetitions [...]

Who Studies This Stuff?

So my quest for knowledge keeps growing.  I frequently checkout different journals online.  I’m not talking blogs.  I’m talking about studies that have been done and then reported on.  Below are a couple that I found at the the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.

Maximising performance in triathlon: Applied physiological and nutritional [...]

Nowhere to hide

A few weeks ago, our triathlon club had the tremendous opportunity to take a Swim Power Test from Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas of Global Sport Technology. Dr Sokolovas is the Sport Science Director of USA Swimming Inc. as well as coach to some of the best of the best. (Heard of a guy called Michael Phelps? [...]

Kohl Tells All…

Bernhard Kohl ─ the Austrian rider who tested positive for the blood-booster CERA during last year’s Tour de France ─ admitted that blood doping was the most effective way to cheat.

In an extensive interview with the French sports daily L’Equipe, Kohl said extractions of blood began nearly a year before competition.

“It was [...]

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