EnduroPacks' ambassador Sara Randolph decided that one marathon wasn’t enough for her so she signed up to do 2 marathons in 2 days!
This past Saturday Sara ran the Wisconsin Marathon on Saturday and on Sunday she ran the Kalamazoo Marathon as part of the “Earn Your Mittens” challenge. Her intention was to run the Wisconsin marathon to be competitive, but she ended up finishing in a time of 3:17 which was the 2nd place overall female! An amazing result! Then on the following day, Sara finished with a time of 3:30, the 8th overall female. Read more...
Ultra Marathoner, Marathoner, Yoga Instructor, and fitness enthusiast at RunTriMom.com, Stephanie Johnson, describes her 30 days leading up to her Chicago Lakefront 50K Ultra.
Stephanie had this to say, "It had helped me come off of a 10 day hiatus and severe lung infection feeling stronger then ever and with relatively no soreness in my muscles as I started back up with my training!"
Did you know we are now on YouTube? Check out our latest videos of us racing through the streets of NYC on the way to T2Multisport computrainer and getting a bike fit to some FatBoy Slim at HBodyLab in NYC.
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Whether you are new to 'healthy living' or just want to research to find out more, we wanted to give you some helpful links so you can eat and train right. Find out more here...
Brent's 2014 Goals are to get back into ITU racing which he's hasn't competed in since 2007. This season he will race in ITU Sprint, Olympic Distance and a few 70.3s and some late season World Cups. His next race will be Galveston 70.3 on April 6th. Please cheer him on with us!
We set out to help athletes answer the common questions about calories and how the body processes different types of calories from food. The prevalent idea is that an excess intake of calories, meaning consuming more calories than you burn on average, leads to an increase in body fat. This logic is flawed. Calories are a unit of energy and not a nutrient, they have no physical form unlike, for example, fat which is essentially a long string of carbons with hydrogens attached to them.
During the 30-day trial period, Eli Cohen (Team Director of Big Pistachio Racing) measured his Heart Rate Variability (known as HRV) and had his blood Hematocrit levels (HCT) tested pre and post trial. Read on to hear what he found out from these test results following his 30 day trial.
Our new weekly blog post features an athlete who we would like to recognize in the endurance community. This week we interviewed Nick Logan, a USAT/USAC Elite Level 2 coach and race director for Team Mossman Events who began his endurance racing in 2004. Since then, Nick has competed in 177 endurance races of various lengths, including the ITU World Championships in 2013. What's next for Nick? He is hopes to finish the Ultraman Florida, a 3 day event of 320 miles on February 21st-23rd and looks to be a Team USA Triathlon All-American.
We sat down with Nick for an interview to get to know him a little better.
We are sharing with you one of Lindsay Cotter's Healthy Bites recipes. Okay it's a rather odd mix of ingredients, but it tastes great and is organic and gluten-free!
We want to share with all athletes out there the benefits of a gluten-free diet. Should you go gluten-free? Is it hard? What exactly is gluten? Lindsay Cotter, gives us the facts about gluten-free diets for athletes. Everyone should give it a try and see for themselves.
The inclusion of plant-based soups into triathletes’ diets is an effective way to incorporate essentials nutrients needed for optimal triathlon training. This recipe for Moroccan Red Lentil Soup is fortified with protein and vegetables to provide triathletes with essential nutrients to supplement the training recovery process.