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26 Feb 2020

Plant-Powered Athlete Tips and Resources

We had a spectacular showing at our two Plant-Powered athlete panel sessions with great engagement and wonderful questions! We hope those who attended left with more information from our qualified pan ... Read more

8 Dec 2015

I Feel Good!

I feel good…na, na, na, na…like I should…

I’ve been on an interesting nutrition journey this year, after leaving my job, I dropped about 15 lbs. just from not sitting on my rear 8 hours a day. Read more

27 Jul 2015

Race nutrition is more than just on Race Day

“All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.” Mia Hamm

Race nutrition is more than just on race day, it is a lifestyle. And before a race you consume more of certain things to help your body when taxed at your actual event. In 2011 I raced Ironman Louisville
because I had several friends racing. I also wanted to beat my previous time of 14.5 hours from IMKY 2009. Read more

8 Jun 2015

Nutritional Woes

Two Ironman Tris, two sets of goals unachieved, both resulting from different nutritional problems which lead to way too much walking in the marathon.

Ironman Florida 2013: the day was going as planned and then it all fell apart around mile four in the marathon. My gut was telling me that it needed some sort of release, either vomiting or diarrhea, I couldn’t tell which. So I did the run/walk routine, with more of a focus on walking, until about mile 18. At this point I had enough and decided I wanted to get the day over with, and I also felt well enough, so I ran out the remaining miles (much to Greg’s dismay). Read more

18 Jun 2013

Getting Help with Sports Nutrition

I remember looking at a picture of me coming out of the water at Ironman Arizona (2011), and seeing the woman behind me and thinking “I look soft. She looks strong.” I had seen my weight gradually increase throughout training for Ironman Arizona, and afterwards it wasn’t coming off. I knew something was off with how I was eating as I was always hungry, felt bloated and off, and my weight was still creeping up. I was missing something and wanted help. Read more