Not all supplements are created equal. Going out and buying a multi-vitamin/mineral combination that gives you 100% or more the RDA of everything is not necessarily a good idea. Don’t think that if you don’t need it, your body won’t use it, or you’ll just “pee it out”. Supplements, when …
Archives for February 2011
Get It Right to Race Faster – Nutrition Before, During, and After the Race
What you eat before, during (if the race is long enough), and after a race as well as during exercise will have a profound effect on your performance as well as recovery. Eating the right types of food before your race can help as much as eating the wrong type …
Warning Signs & Symptoms of Overtraining
LISTEN TO THE WARNING SIGNS OF OVERTRAINING! Understand the early warning signs of overtraining/overreaching (too much anaerobic exercise, too much total stress, or both), and slow down before you are forced down from injury and/or illness.
Ban Body Marking in Triathlon!
This year marks my 20th season in the triathlon world. Out of perhaps 125-150 races ranging from sprint to Ironman, this past weekend I did something I never did before – I raced without getting body marked, and it was intentional. Call me crazy. I don’t think anybody noticed. I …
Running the Spartathlon Ultramarathon in a Pair of Sandals
There are a lot of interesting stories from many great athletes out there, yet some of the best ones come from normal everyday people doing extraordinary things. There’s this crazy foot race in Greece called the Spartathlon held every September. Its 246 kilometers which works out to 153 miles for …