Nutrition
Does Caffeine Help You Cruise — or Crash?
Did you read about the study that said blood flow was reduced after drinking coffee?
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Nutrition
Nutrition and Immunity: How To Stay Healthy
Keep your immune system in top-notch shape so you can enjoy outdoor training year round. The status of your immune system might not be the first thing you think about when you get out of bed in the morning, unless you are feeling sick. Let’s face it; if
Training Articles
Winter Endurance: Tips, Tricks, Secrets of the Pros
Whether your idea of winter endurance fun is groomed track XC skiing, backcountry skiing, telemark, randonee, snowshoeing, or a bit of them all -- there’s a wonderful white world waiting for you just a short drive from home this winter. Since most RaceCenter readers have only limited time in snow
Training Articles
Winter Running Tactics for a Successful Upcoming Season
Laying the groundwork for a successful running racing season next year will require strategy and planning this winter. It is important to honestly assess what you have done this past year and identify what your goals are for the upcoming year. Let’s look at how to create an attainable
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Tri Something Different This Year
It’s the time of year to look forward to the triathlon season ahead in the great Pacific Northwest. It’s not easy to pull yourself out of bed for early morning swims, bikes, or runs as the thermometer dips, and the sun sets not long after “the man” has
Nutrition
Get Ready For Winter: High Performance Cold Weather Foods
Winter is here. Diana Krall sings those words with a touch of nostalgia for good times gone. Many people feel a bit of sadness with the passing of the sunny, easy season of summer. Even though distance athletes generally aren’t the hibernating type, cold weather requires them to face
Nutrition
How Healthy Fats Improve Performance?
Endurance athletes are always looking for ways to maximize their energy. Traditionally, the emphasis for fueling exercise has been on carbohydrates, and for good reason. Who hasn’t been in a race and felt the beast of a bonk about to take over when, with shaking hands, you ripped open
Nutrition
Physiology Behind Nutrition
Carbohydrate vs. fat for exercise When it comes to eating for exercise there are several things to consider while meal planning. Carbohydrate, fat, and protein all contribute to the fuel supply needed by working muscles, with carbohydrates and protein providing 4 Calories per gram and fat providing 9 Calories per
Training Articles
How Fast Do I Lose Fitness If I Stop Exercising?
Deconditioning, or losing fitness, when you stop training due to illness or injury is one of the six principles of conditioning (listed below). The principle of use/disuse refers to the 'use it or lose it' concept. However, how quickly you lose fitness depends on how fit you
Training Articles
Laying the Foundation for Your Best Season
Fall is here. With the exception of the cyclocross season, most cycling, running, and triathlon races are in the record books. For the majority of us, it is time to put our training schedule away and just swim, bike, and/or run to our hearts content. This is the time
Training Articles
How To Maximize Your Training
Sometimes life gets in the way of training and there are only so many hours in a day. Given all that you have on your plate, how do you maximize your time while training for a race? From tempos to fartleks to long distance runs, and even weight or cross
Nutrition
Is Your Diet Promoting Fatigue?
Lack of energy is one of the most frequent problems I hear about from endurance athletes. But trying to reboot with whatever food or drink looks appealing at the moment can make the fatigue problem worse. Let’s take a look at the big three nutrition mistakes you DON’T