Archive for the 'eating' Category
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
I was looking at the Triathlete Mag website the other day when I stumbled across an article title The Starving Athlete. After giving it a read I wondered how many of us out there are suffering from this syndrome in an attempt to achieve the perfect physical condition before a major race but what really [...]
BMI, Boost Your Immune System, Diet-Blog.com, GI, GL, Robin Frankland, body fat percentage, bonk, carbo-loading, diet, eating, exercise, fat, health, micronutrient, nutrition, race nutrition, recovery, rest, taper, triathlon | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Well the first major goal of 2007 has come and gone and I can reflect on a challenging time preparing for the race and and even tougher day out on the course. Tides, winds and a little sun all came to play on what was ultimately a very good day out for me.
2007, Eastern Cape, Frankland Robin, Gerrit Schellens, Ironman South Africa, Ironman South Africa 2007, Lorient, Natasha Badmann, Paula Newby-Fraser, Petr Vabrousek, Port Elizabeth, Raynard Tissink, Robin Frankland, South Africa, blog, caffeine, diary, drafting, drinking, eating, experience, gel, goals, heart rate, hydration, iroman, money, polar file, report, rest, results, rules, support, swimmer, taper, triathlon, tricape.com, weight | 2 Comments »
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Faris AL-Sultan starting the bike leg of Ironman South Africa 2006, photo courtesy of 3athlon.de
I am not a coach nor I have much experience in racing at Ironman distance (only one Ironman so far, in Port Elizabeth last year), but I collected some info tips here and there and I hope this can help…
2007, Ironman, Ironman South Africa, Ironman South Africa 2007, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, carbo-loading, carboloading, dehydratation, drafting, drinking, eating, goals, heart rate, pace, rules, tips, triathlon, tyres | No Comments »
