By Bethany Rutledge In part 1, Ilana Katz talked about many of the reasons why you should consider using real food during training and racing. Then in part 2, she shared ideas about the what and how much! Now in our final installment, she gives us some best practices on balanced meals. Enjoy! Balance your caloric intake (what you eat) and caloric… …read more Source: Energy Lab
By Bethany Rutledge We had some outstanding racing this weekend! For many it was the first big multisport race of the year! Xterra Fort Yargo After two races in the past two weekends, Mark Smith still was able to best his time by nearly 5′ from last year @ Xterra Fort Yargo Triathlon! Nice work! Chattahoochee Challenge Half… …read more Source: Energy Lab
By Bethany Rutledge Getting started anew can be tough for many reasons, but one mental reason is the frustration of comparing yourself with your fitness before before versus now. Whether you’re struggling with extra pounds or just a big gap in your aerobic power or pace, here are a few quick tips for starting back. Getting started again… …read more Source: Energy Lab
The last few weeks have been major! Lots of great training and racing fun to report on. This past weekend was particularly epic. Coach Kathryn Taylor along with Megan Melgaard put in an amazing first running of swimrun Georgia and many of us got to participate. Congrats to Team #feartheplatypus Harold Waldrop and Rahul Mahesh for coming in 3rd male short course team! Nice job to Bryan and Melanie for coming in first coed long course team! Great work to Meg and Sarah for snagging 3rd female short course team. Bethany and John Rutledge also participated in the short course …
By Bethany Rutledge In part 1, Ilana Katz talked about many of the reasons why you should consider using real food during training and racing. Now it’s time to talk about the what and how much! Here are some simple meal ideas to get you started. What have you tried and liked? Small snacks that are great to… …read more Source: Energy Lab
I enjoyed writing about lessons learned from nearly a decade in triathlon for the All3Sports Blog. Next weekend marks the anniversary of John Tanner, which was John and I’s very first race in 2009. All in all we’ve done a version of John Tanner something like 9 or 10 times apiece if you include the spring and fall versions. Here are some thoughts on that subject.