Ambassador Sara Randolph Completes TWO Marathons In TWO Days!
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...
EnduroPacks Joins HITS Endurance Triathlon and Running Series As Sports Nutrition Partner
HITS Endurance, which produces both the HITS Triathlon Series and HITS Running Festivals, will be offering EnduroPacks one month pack to both men's and women's winners of their upcoming HITS Marble Falls, Texas race on April 26th and other upcoming events.
EnduroPacks Helps Ultra-marathoner Bounce Back From Illness Ahead of 50k…With No Soreness
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!"
Co Founder David Wiswell On Cycling, Nutrition, and EnduroPacks : Podcast
Our Co-Founder and former pro cyclist, David Wiswell, tells Tri Swim Coach's Kevin Koskella, how EnduroPacks can help all athletes cope with the rigors of endurance training.
In this podcast, David discusses his background as a pro cyclist in Europe and the long hours of training which led him to seek ways to help his body maintain the level of training he needed and compete effectively. Over that time in which he tried many nutrition products, he found a system of regular replenishment of nutrients and minerals for hydration and recovery was the most effective means to maintain a high level of consistent training.
Race Through The Streets of NYC To T2Multisport & Listen to FatBoySlim at HBodyLab via Youtube
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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Some Helpful Links To Nutrition Facts
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...
How Dehydration Affects The Endurance Athlete
The impacts of dehydration to an athlete’s body can be various and severe. According to Nina Anderson, author of multiple books on sports nutrition, including “Fueling For Peak Performance”, “as the heart rate increases, oxygen and nutrient delivery to the muscles can drop 10% even with mild exercise." Water losses equal to 2% of body weight and will impact heat regulation. At water losses equal to 3% of body weight, muscle contraction is affected...
EnduroPacks Athlete of the Week: Brent Poulsen
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!
Athlete of the Week: Travis Vance Started In Tough Mudder, Now His Sights Are Set On Turning Pro As a Triathlete
Travis Vance began his journey into endurance sports in Tough Mudder races. He competed in the 24-hour World’s Toughest Mudder, which challenged him but left him wanting more. Now he's racing in half and full (in 2014) Ironman distances and has his sights on turning pro one day. Read more of his story here in our blog and Q and A with Travis.
Answering the Questions Of Caloric Intake… Where Do They Go? Are All Calories Treated The Same?
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.
