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Sarah Haskins wins Miami International Tri and shares her nutrition

taken from http://blog.firstendurance.com/2010/03/sponsored-triathlete-sarah-haskins-win-miami-international-tri/

Sarah is one of our own..so you can interact with her if you like. http://team.firstendurance.com/profile/SarahHaskins?xg_source=profiles_memberList

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Added by Robert Kunz on March 16, 2010 at 8:05am — No Comments

Taking the Steps that Matter; lots of lessons

I am sure I can speak for most of us in saying, the season opener race is always the most nerve racking...going in to my race this past Sunday at MIT, I was excited and very nervous all at the same time. I couldn't help but think about all the unknowns; knowing good and well I had put in the time and effort (the steps that matter) for a successful and fun race. It never fails, the night before the race and the morning of, the thought of "why am I doing this?" or "how can I get out of racing

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Added by Mandy McLane on March 15, 2010 at 10:57pm — 1 Comment

The Week That Was, March 8-14

The sun is staying up longer, and IT IS AWESOME! I can actually run after work and not fear for my life. Of course Sunday was the beginning of daylight savings time, which IS EVEN MORE AWESOME!! It was starting to get pretty easy to get out of bed, so I suppose that will get worse for a while. But its totally worth it.

So what did I do with my first extra long evening? Nothing. It sn

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Added by Anthony on March 15, 2010 at 8:46pm — No Comments

Amy Marsh wins Ironman China

Did you all know our very own Amy Marsh won Ironman China this past weekend? http://team.firstendurance.com/profile/AmyMarsh?xg_source=profiles_memberList

Will get a full post up shortly!

I'll see if I can get Amy to post her Ironman nutrition for this race.
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Added by Robert Kunz on March 15, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

First TT of the season- warm-up and FE product use

25.3 mile TT Arrive 90 minutes before start time. Port-o-john trip #1. Pick up number, pin it on (use your steering wheel as the "frame"). Unload bikes, set up trainer. Talk with friends in parking lot. Check air pressure in tires, ensure brake pads not hitting rims ect. 60 minutes to go- start warming up on trainer. 40 minutes to go- start drinking PreRace bottle (2 scoops + 1 of EFS in a small FE water bottle). 20 minutes to go- finish PreRace bottle. Couple harder spin ups 15 minutes to go-… Continue

Added by Eric Fletcher on March 15, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Iron Kids partners with the Iron Andy Foundation

Iron Kids announces partnership with two charities: 1) The Iron Andy Foundation (http://www,ironandyfoundation.org ) and 2) Team Winter. Read story on ironman,com

http://ironman.com/new-events-added-to-2010-ironkids-series?utm

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Added by Andy Holder on March 15, 2010 at 8:09am — No Comments

EFS Liquid Shot pre-swim

I test everything when it comes to my nutrition. No joke - if I might possible try it in a race, I will have tried it at least 3 times in practice. I feel like I have my bike nutrition dialed in, and my run nutrition is about done. Next up is my pre-race nutrition. I am still waiting on my EFS bars (out of stock : ( ) to try for before the race, so yesterday I checked out how EFS liquid shot sat in my stomach before a swim. About 10 min. before my Sunday swim I took in 1 oz. (approx. 100 cal) of… Continue

Added by Kati Derrick on March 15, 2010 at 7:27am — 1 Comment

Phase 1 complete- Spring is in the Air.

Well winter may not be officially over yet but after a month of 4 major stroms and 78" shovelled from my driveway last month, all that has melted away and 55 degrees feels like shorts and T shirt weather. My new bike (my first real Tri Bike, a Kestral Talon Tri SL) is in route and I can start to feel the energy rising inside for that first triathlon since Ironman UK last August coming up the first week of May.

I have had a great three months on the bike this winter months of 60

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Added by Andy Rosebrook on March 12, 2010 at 9:22pm — No Comments

Dialing in the Race Nutrition

My last 2 IM's were nutritional disasters. With celiac I am limited in how I respond to nutritional problems during a race. I read RR's with envy that talk about throwing the plan out the window and subbing gatorade or chicken broth or even oreos. No gatorade ever for me, chicken broth - usually teeming with gluten, oreos - well that's a no-go. So, my strategy has to work, which means that during training working out my nutrition is almost as important as my training.

Right now I am working

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Added by Kati Derrick on March 10, 2010 at 1:11pm — 1 Comment

Weekend Warrior

My definition of weekend warrior is someone who does very little all week then goes out and kills themselves with insanely hard workouts on the weekend. Which pretty much sums up my last five days.

The

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Added by Anthony on March 7, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Cialis Posts

I looks like we have a lot of fake users posting about buying Cialis without a RX from Canada. Is there anything that can be done to remove these fake accounts? All I see on the homepage are posts by them with their advertisments for the stuff. I come here for actual information not spam that already fills my e-mail account.

Thank you
Tobi
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Added by Tobias Whaley on March 5, 2010 at 2:08pm — 1 Comment

With the upcoming DST, Tuesday Night Worlds returns!

The local race paced hard road road. A brutal destruction of your self worth, and an opportunity to suffer at the merciless hands of 20 year old Cat 2 with all the time in the world to train. Maybe if you are especially lucky, a few of the local resident Pro's show up to remind you of what authentic Fast looks like. So, what's your local hard group ride called, and what day? Continue

Added by Eric Fletcher on March 3, 2010 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Ultragen : Cappuccino Flavored

My new shipment of yummies arrived on Friday just in time for my long run on Sat. I used two scoops of Ultragen Cappuccino flavored recovery drink right after my run. I mixed it in water since my stomach is sensitive to mile AND the f.e. smart guys said - Mix it in water! I took a few swig before adding ice and thought it was o-k. Then I added ice and wow - that made a big difference for me. I thought it was down right yummy over ice! I was fresh and ready for my Sunday bike ride so I guess it d… Continue

Added by Kati Derrick on March 2, 2010 at 7:55am — 2 Comments

Iron Andy Challenge

The Iron Andy Foundation has launched the Iron Andy Challenge. Check it out at http://ironandyfoundation.org and learn how your donation can send a child with diabetes to camp and empower them to be extraordinary! Continue

Added by Andy Holder on February 23, 2010 at 5:04pm — 1 Comment

F.E. nutrition and my long weekend

I thought I would post a quick update of how I used my First Endurance nutrition over my 'long' training weekend. Saturday morning began with a longish run of 1:30. Because the run began at 8:30 with some group speedwork, just late enough that I needed a pick me up after breakfast I took a shot of EFS liquid shot (100 cal). Energy level was great and I made it through the run with no tummy issues. After the run I hopped on my computrainer for a reverse brick. My spin was a high cadence ride i

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Added by Kati Derrick on February 22, 2010 at 10:15am — No Comments

on the slow mend with the recovery...

Well I needed to take some additional time off from exercising over the last 5 weeks as I continue to recovery from last summers biking accident. I'm starting pilates (which I've never done before) to help rebuild my core region and overall fitness level. I ran a very ez couple of miles outdoor yesterday for the first time in 5 weeks to the best that my body would allow me to do...its feeling great to do some sort of exercising once again!

I have continued to take my 1st Endura

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Added by Brian on February 22, 2010 at 7:34am — No Comments

Another break through - 40K TT PR

Well with all the snow and sloppy conditions I have been doing alot of trainer work the past two week and my UltraGen and EFS have really helped keep my legs fresh. But the highlight of the last few weeks was one of the few days i did get outside for a run. Ran a brisk 7.7 miles on the roads and then about 4 hours later I hammered a 40 K TT on the Computrainer. All I can say about this one is WOW!. Due to the snow which started falling right at 5:00pm as forecast (another wow), we passed on k

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Added by Andy Rosebrook on February 20, 2010 at 8:16pm — No Comments

3D Cycling Analysis

At 3D Motion Sports there are 12 sports we can analyze: golf, baseball, cycling, football, tennis, volleyball, lacrosse, polo, running, softball, polo and racquetball. All data, an audio/visual report of findings and Progressive Skills Training drills are provided via the internet. All data are compared to professional or elite athletes for the particular sport.

The attached article, 3-D Pedal Stroke

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Added by Dr David Brubaker, DC on February 20, 2010 at 4:39pm — No Comments

Moab 50K, my first nutritional stumble

On the way to training for the Moab 100 at the end of March, I wanted to race a 50K in preparation. Last weekend I toed the line at the Moab Red Hot 50K. When I am on my super long runs (like the 45 miler I posted about) I focus purely on Moab 100 prep. I practice nutrition, pacing, time management.

But when you race...well, things are different. I am planning on the 100 miler to be a chore in execution. Keeping the heart rate low, never ever loosing control, ticking off the

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Added by Sonja on February 19, 2010 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

25km Trail run nutrition report

Well, this event was a bit different than a normal competition. Even so, I wanted to put my race morning breakfast to the test, and see how the gut fared with EFS product at a high intensity. All said the event took 2hrs and 1 minute. 1st place and a new course record. Average Hr for the race was 166 and a max in the mid 170's.

Morning breakfast:
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Added by Trevor Wurtele on February 15, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments