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My Vegan Experiment

Note: As posted at athleta.com… Calling All Vegan or Vegan-Curious! If you are vegan, I’d love to hear from you. Tell me why a plant based diet works for you. If you are vegan-curious, or over 50, like me, I think you’ll be interested in my vegan experiment. Before I share what I’m up to nutritionally I’ll give you some background on my starting place, experience as an omnivore and why I’m currently checking out a vegan way of eating. As a lifetime athlete and coach seeking to feel some big energy as much as possible in my waking hours (and support others in this as well), I’ve done a lot of research on nutrition; nutrition for life, and nutrition [...]

Brain Function and the Bonk

Brain Function and the Bonk (guest post by Terri Schneider on KonaKase.com) Posted: February 21, 2013 on KonaKase.com Have you ever felt sleepy a few hours or more into an event or training? Mentally and physically out of sorts? Lethargic? Or, have you slipped into a really bad mood during an event and subsequently spent some solid time bashing your abilities as an athlete or perhaps why you as a human exist on this planet at all? If you answer yes to any of these, there is a good chance you have been on the edge of or in the throes of bonking. Bonking is general fatigue resulting from muscle glycogen depletion. When your stores are severely threatened, your brain function can [...]

Got Electrolytes?

If there is one thing that goes in your mouth that could single-handedly balance your total nutrition program while racing, it could be your electrolyte tablets. I’m not talking about the electrolytes in your sports drink or gel packets; these don’t provide the quantity of electrolytes needed to keep you fully in balance in longer events and in extreme conditions. I’m referring to electrolyte tablets that include a combination of sodium and potassium (not salt tablets). A while back I was trotting along in a 100K trail race in the Marin Headlands and engaging in a likely ultra running activity—chatting. Yet this particular chatting experience was unique in that I was actually being “outchatted” by a gentleman who worked in [...]

My Vegan Experiment

Brain Function and the Bonk

Got Electrolytes?

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