Blogs
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Enjoying the Benefits of Mushrooms
Marni Sumbal Dec. 17, 2013
How do you like your mushrooms? I prefer cooked over raw because I really love the meaty texture.
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Get the Facts About Fats
Emily Ng Dec. 11, 2013
Saturated fats, unsaturated fats, trans fats — what do all these mean?
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Developing an Annual Training Plan
Jonathan Mason Dec. 09, 2013
After the dust settles this time of year, coaches are often asked, “Now what?” This is actually one of the common questions I ask my athletes as the first step in developing an annual training plan (ATP). How I handle it is to distance the athlete a few weeks from their last BIG race of the year then broach the subject. This gives them a more deliberate response then the emotional one the day after a late-season grueling race.
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Joy Across a Finish Line
Colleen Kelly Alexander Dec. 09, 2013
Two years ago, I was run over while cycling home from work.
A freightliner went through a stop sign, and it ran over me with both front and back sets of tires. I was left bleeding out. I flatlined repeatedly, lay in a coma for more than a month and recently had surgery No. 22. -
Offseason Nutrition
Susan Kitchen Dec. 09, 2013
For most triathletes (in the northern hemisphere), triathlon offseason has arrived alas.
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Women Leaders: Melissa Stockwell Named to USAT Women’s Committee
brenda barrera Dec. 09, 2013
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The Stress Budget
Jesse Kropelnicki Dec. 02, 2013
As we near the end of the triathlon season, it is a good time to take a step back and review your stress budget. To some this may sound like Accounting 101 and in many ways it is. But, stress budgeting is one of the most important concepts in lasting an entire season and making long-term progress. Often overlooked by triathlon coaches and self-coached athletes, this is part and parcel to surviving and benefiting from the training of a triathlon season. I encourage athletes to approach their day-to-day and season planning with a total stress budget in mind. That is, planning well and consistently expanding the stress budget without breaking the bank.
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Food Logging: Is It a Stress Worth Adding?
Rachel Baker Dec. 02, 2013
The No. 1 piece of advice I give to my athletes, whether they’re multisport newbies or seasoned triathletes, is to keep track of what they eat.
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Reintroducing Aerobic Volume
Marty Gaal Nov. 25, 2013
After finishing a big event, it can be tempting to get right back into higher effort workout sessions, the thought being you can keep that super race fitness you previously achieved. And you can extend your peak/race-type fitness for a handful of weeks with lower volume and higher intensity or race pace workouts, knocking out a couple more solid race performances. -
Because We Can
Hann Sern Young Nov. 25, 2013
At 17, I weighed in at more than 240 pounds. I had a size 40 waist, and the thought of doing anything remotely distance related was a laugh at the local fast food restaurant.