On a blustery Friday night I joined Jim and Jamie to talk nutrition, the recent races, a new ultra-marathoner friend, and an upcoming challenge I’ve issued for Jim. We were live on uStream recording #16 for the Fitness Tech Podcast. If you want to know when the podcast is live, follow Jim on Twitter at…
Category: Triathalon
Training
That is how winning is done: finishing what it is you’ve chosen for yourself to do. – Jason Jaksetic, Ultra Distance Athlete Training has reached a new level of intensity! I train all year long so I’m always at a relatively strong level of fitness and cardio but in 88 days the Lincoln half and…
The Jump
“Do one thing everyday that scares you.” –Eleanor Roosevelt Well, Eleanor, today I did a pretty big thing! The good news: I love the water. I got scuba diving certified when I was 14 because I HAD to know what was under the surface and in high school I worked as a junior aquarist at…
No Rest for the Weary…
I feel like my body is trying to tell me something… and it’s been a common theme for me this week – fatigue. I have been over training, not to an extreme, but certainly a touch too much and it has taken a toll. I am grateful my nutrition has been so solid the last…
BONK and Hitting the Wall
I recently had several friends run a marathon, half marathons and am training myself for a half and a triathlon. The training picks up and so does the mileage, so what do you do when your body seems to fail you? Most runners have heard of hitting a wall, but if you bonk… well, that’s…
Leaving a Path 