How Much Recovery Do I Need?

Nell, I followed you on Saturday and hope you’re taking some time to rest and recover…which brings me to my question: how much time will you take off?  How you know when you can do your next race or even get back to regular training after a long event like Ironman?   I feel like […]

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Here We Go Again!

At 7AM Hawaii Time today, I’ll be in the waters of the Pacific, ready to begin my day racing the course of the legendary Ironman World Championship here on the big island of Hawaii. Always makes me giggle a little when I chat with anyone who doesn’t happen to be into the sport about the […]

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McDonald’s and the Olympic Games…Perfect!

According to McDonald’s website, they “became an official sponsor of the Olympic Games in 1976 and have a longstanding commitment to the Olympic Movement. At the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, McDonald’s airlifted hamburgers to U.S. athletes competing in Grenoble, France, who reported they were homesick for McDonald’s food.” Nothing like a nice big bite of good […]

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Cheese, Wine and Chocolate?

Should you have it all? I wouldn’t recommend it.   First off, I’m not a fan of the Paleo-With-Dairy take on Paleo, so I’d nix the idea of cheese straight away. Wine and (raw, unsweetened) chocolate, however, I do love on occasion, but it’s just that….only once in a while. Choosing your treat and planning […]

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