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Junk Drawer!

Junk Drawer

It’s a Recovery Week between big volume builds and I’m sitting here relaxing, pondering and surfing.

eDiscs from eLoad rock my socks. They taste like Sweet Tarts give you a boost when you need it AND are amusingly fizzy. My family is irreverent, caustic and some might even say “crazy” and I [...]

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 [...]

Ultimate Recovery

The Ulimate Recovery Routine

From Endurance Corner

(Editor’s Note: Pro’s spent as much time or more on recovery. Here’s an example of what they do.)

1. Perform a 15 minute cooldown at a very low intensity (<60% max HR) 2. Have sports drink mixed to 75-90g of Carbohydrate and 10-20g or protein at the ready. [...]

Has sports nutrition progressed during the past century?

Without doubt, many elite athletes have utilized diet as a component of their training program, and dietary intervention has had a positive effect on performance. Many Olympic athletes report, however, that they formulated their “ideal diet” through trial and error.

One is struck by the fact that although progress has [...]

Triathlon’s Fourth Sport

Swim. Bike. Run. Eat. Repeat.

Ask any triathlete why they do what they do and likely many will answer, “So I can eat what I want, when I want.” (read : eat like a pig)

Good thing I don’t consider myself “A Triathlete”.

See, back when I first started this kooky sport, “Doing it” was [...]

On my back…

… waiting for my body to heal itself.

On My Back

So. Remember last week I was all gungho about being back in bizness? And I mentioned, ever so fleetingly, that my knee/hamstring was a bit sore after my run? Well guess what?!? It manifested into a full blown back outtage, the likes [...]

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