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Archive for June, 2009

Racing The Best

“So many things swirling in my head laying there on the finish line. Something that I think only happens when you miss the win by 2 seconds in a 4 hour race. Replaying the whole race in my head in just seconds. Trying to scan for those 2 seconds that I may have left out [...]

Running And Air Quality

You are enjoying a wonderful run outside. The wind is lightly blowing, your iPod is thumping, the sun is shining, and you are breathing in a bunch of toxic garbage suspended in the air. Oh, so close. Now that summer is fast approaching, for many of us that live in or near an urban setting, [...]

Low Fat, High Protein Substitute for Sour Cream

Many people enjoy sour cream on or in a whole host of meals. I enjoy it periodically. My wife makes some great chicken enchiladas that includes this calorically dense product. Yummy! The issue with sour cream it is mostly fat. So the calories add up quickly. If an athlete or anyone for that matter is [...]

Garmin Forerunner 305: Indoor Run Intervals

The Garmin Forerunner 305 really shines in the outdoors but this handy little running tool can be useful indoors as well. The 305 has a workout feature that allows you to set up time-based intervals. No GPS signal is necessary for this sweaty workout! Setup The setup for a time-based interval workout is fairly simple and [...]

Interval Training For Runners: Get It “ON”

Intervals – you either love them or hate them. Which side of the fence do you live on? There are various flavors of intervals but the version I am referring to are the those intense, high effort, short duration intervals.  Yes, the ones that make you cry home to mamma! I prefer long course events [...]

M-dot

I thought this was cute… A couple days ago I was wearing my Ironman triathlon world championships t-shirt that I purchased when Wendy and I watched the big event in Kona back in 2003 during my triathlon days. My two year old son (Griffin) is all about letters right now and he was saying the [...]

NormaTec MVP – Athlete Compression Recovery In The 21st Century

The quicker the recovery, the greater the potential to improve. Assuming that the entire world doesn’t implode on itself, technology is here to stay.  This advancement has brought to athletes a recovery tool that has geek written all over it. Of course, computers used to be only for the geeky-type, now nearly everyone in the [...]