Just one 6-inch Roasted Garlic loaf from Subway–just the bread, no meat, no cheeses, no nothing–has 1,260 mg sodium, about as much as 14 strips of bacon.
And other scary stuff!
via Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods To Autoimmune Disease | True Activist.
1st the race is relocated from Nevada with its’ challenging bike course to Tempe, AZ with a promised flat and fast out and back bike route in the desert…
But no. It’s no so…
We’re 15 days from the event, and yet another disappointment about this race:
To Our Leadman Tri Marquee Athletes and Supporters | Life Time Fitness – Leadman Tri.
4 LOOPS?! Come on! Really?! If I wanted to race a crit I’d have signed up for it.
If I weren’t so financially committed to the event (air, accommodations, entry, etc), at this point, I’d just walk away.
After the Nevada version of this race in 2012 it was listed as a race to not miss in 2013. The on-site organization, festivities, post-race nutrition and pretty much everything else about this race had best make up for the crap-show so far.
Yes, I’m pretty unhappy.
Ok…. yes it’s exciting that there’s a potentially new carbon fiber material out there that’s stronger and lighter and sustainable, but their 1st product:
The first product, called FXR (Front Xtended Range), is designed to be mounted in between aero bars and carry a Speedfil A2 bottle.
Weighs in at:
just 20 grams compared to competing systems weighing 25 grams
Karbon Speed launches all-new Flax Carbon Hydration Product Line for 2013 » Endurance Sportswire.
Now come on… 5 grams? I really did laugh out loud.
Extending this small piece into the full size of a bike frame and I start getting a little excited. Say there’s 100x the quantity of carbon fiber in a frame than this little prototype. That’d be a savings of 500g – that’s pretty serious.
Let’s Get Physical: The Psychology of Effective Workout Music: Scientific American.
Another “we knew this” article, but cool reading it confirmed.
Raisins vs. Jelly Beans for Athletic Performance | NutritionFacts.org.
100 kinds of awesome here! No real surprise though. One of the reasons I like my energy bites so much: real food™, no preservatives, minimal processing, tasty and they work just as well (or better) than sports energy supplements costing 10-20x as much.
There are a bunch of recipes on my blog. Search for “energy bites”
It’s a generally heald belief that long-slow-distance running, does 1 thing very well: it makes you slow. In fact, the extension is generally true, that the more LSD running you do, the slower you get, unless you’re specifically doing complementatry speed work to keep the tempo up. The same is true of swimming: just logging long distances in the pool with no thoughts to tempo, technique, pace, etc. will make you slower and slower over time.
You’ll read again and again how the best use of time in the pool is focused workouts: some tempo, some drills, some long, etc. I’ve adopted this recently. Mondays are kick days (because my kick sucks and needs specific focus). Tuesdays and Thursdays are easy/recovery/technique-focus days, where I’ll do a solid hour but focusing on streamlining, catch and pull body and arm position, kick connection, paddle work, etc. Fridays are tempo days where I try to spend a lot of the workout near critical speed and really get my heart rate cranked. Finally, Wednesdays are my long-swim days, but even these days are not just mindless kilometer after kilometer: I breakup the workout into segments and each of these segments will have a sub-focus of tempo, technique, drills, kick, etc. The great news is that it’s working for me.
This morning, while I was in the pool, I was pondering this and how it relates to Open Water swimming. I realized that when it’s cold out and I’m in the pool, I’m very focused on tempo, and pace. I’m measuring my splits and pushing for improvement. In the past; however, when I got outside, I’d just swim for time or for distance, but I’d only measure it in the totality of the workout. Its not surprising then, that my swim pace suffered when I got outside. All the months of hard work in the pool destroyed by the lack of marked distances outside and the lack of my new-found understanding.
Obviously, with current technology (specifically the Garmin 910xt which I own and open water swim with), there is no excuse to lose my pool swim mentality when I get into open water. The GPS will track distances for me and I can set alarms to go off every 400m (or whatever) and track my pace and effort to keep up the intensity and not lose all that I’m gaining.
Hurray for those moments of clarity!
Now if only May would get here so I can put this to practice 🙂
Outside running today in a few degrees below freezing, it occurred to me that I’ve mastered the snot rocket. I don’t remember the last time is botched it and ended up wearing the effluent 🙂
For those of you who haven’t yet mastered this handy hanky-saving trick:
5 Steps to the Perfect Snot Rocket – Runner’s World | Runner’s World & Running Times.
Rich Roll did a very well worded response a lot of the confusion rolling around about fats, low-carb, etc. Definitely worth a glance.
Let me prefice his article by restating: I believe that nutrition is extremely personal. What works for one person may well not work for another based on genetics, disease, etc. The only responsible way to eat, if you really care, is to determine through ongoing experimentation what works well for you.
That said, I think that a lot of the Paleo movement is good: whole food, minimally processed, stay away from known inflamatory foods, but I don’t (personally) deal with fats well (no gallbladder) and I have found myself happily carb adapted and see no reason to change.
Coconut Oil: Panacea or Artery Clogger? | Rich Roll.
Lets also face it… bacon, while tasty, is not nor has it ever been “good for you”. 🙂
… and if you believe that, then I have a bridge to sell you and some prime real estate in Florida. 🙂
WTC just announced that they’re expanding the Age Group Ranking system that they were trailing in the EU in 2011 and 2012, to the rest of the world in 2013.
From the announcement:
You may race as much as you’d like in 2013, but only the top three (3) race performances are scored. You can improve your ranking by improving on your race performance. (For example, if you have a strong performance in one IRONMAN race and two good performances in IRONMAN 70.3 events, you may choose to race another IRONMAN 70.3, improve your finish time and improve your rank.
The AGR recognizes age group athletes in three different categories: IRONMAN, IRONMAN 70.3 and a combination of both race distances. The AGR is not connected to KPR (Kona Points Ranking) in any way.
The AGR allows IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 athletes the opportunity to see how their race performances compare to other competitors in their age group throughout the calendar year. Rankings will be updated weekly.
Some great drills here but more importantly what they correct for and how to tell if you should be focusing on them. Nice!
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