Several years ago I was chatting with a guy at the gym (called Gold’s Gym at the time, I think it’s LA Fitness now). I told him that I did triathlons and he asked if I was doing the National Championships. At the time, this seemed ridiculous to me. I had only been in the […]
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USA Triathlon Nationals Race Preview
I’ve always wanted to race in the Age Group National Championship, and I’ve actually qualified for it the last three years. In 2012 the race was in Connecticut and was just too far to drive. Last year it was close enough to drive (Milwaukee), but I was doing Ironman Louisville at the end of August […]
Essential Oils for Athletes
In our quest to avoid using drugs (both prescription and over the counter), my family and I started using essential oils about three years ago. Before that time, we had a cabinet full of medicine. Bottles and bottles of cold and cough medicine, Antibiotics, Acetaminophen (Tylenol), Ibuprofen (Advil), decongestants (Sudafed), Benadryl, Pepto-Bismol, Tums and even […]
MAC Triathlon Race Report
My 2014 race season is built around my “A” race, the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championship in Milwaukee on August 9th. As I laid out my race calendar, I knew that April and May were going to be full of races. I planned out my training so that the 9 weeks leading up to […]
Meal Replacement Drinks
It seems like meal replacement shakes and drinks are all the rage in the health and nutrition world right now. These “easy” and “conveinent” options for people to drink in place of a solid-food meal are nothing new. Slim-Fast has been promoting their shakes for almost 30 years now. Remember the slogan “a shake for […]
Little Debbie Ironman. Huh?
Two weeks ago it was announced that Little Debbie was signed on as the title sponsor for the newest Ironman race to be held in Chattanooga. The race will take place on September 28th in the beautiful mountains of eastern Tennessee. If you are a friend of mine, or follow this blog (hopefully you are […]
Gluten Part 3 – Why Are Some Gluten-Free Foods Bad?
If you haven’t read the first two posts in this series, please go back and read those first. They can be found at the links below. Part 1 – What Is It? Part 2 – What Happens When You Eat It So in this third and final post, I’m going to explore the ever-increasing world […]
Race The Bridge Triathlon Race Report
I’m tired. As I tried to plan out my race calendar back in January, I knew of a few races that I wanted to do this year…but the dates had not been set. I built my season around two races that I knew I was going to do, Rev3 Knoxville in May and the Age […]
Gluten Part 2 – What Happens When You Eat It??
In part 1 of my series of posts on Gluten, I described exactly what it is and how it’s made. The purpose of part 2 is to give you some details as to what happens to gluten and how does your body use it once you eat it. The molecular structure of modern gluten plays […]
Rev3 Knoxville Race Report
This was my third consecutive year racing the Revolution 3 Triathlon in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s become a staple in my race calendar for several reasons. First of all, Rev3 does a fantastic job a catering to racers that bring their families with them. Second of all, a Rev3 race has a “big-race” atmosphere and they […]