IM St. George 70.3 – Jen Datwyler

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Sheila always reminds me to “celebrate the victories”.  I decided to heed her advice when I sat down to analyze this race.

Hands down, getting to the start-line of this race was the most challenging in all of my triathlon career.
Victory #1: Although my “injury/condition” has kept me from running the way I had planned, I was able to train the bike and swim with no pain. Thank you Jon K!
Victory #2: My bike sustained damage that was actually repairable when ...
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Service Through Sport

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by Richard Hunter

Visually Impaired Endurance Athlete

www.unitedinstride.com

 

The swell of the tide is palpable. I feel the energy beneath me as though the perfect wave is just beginning to form. My body is buzzing with anticipation and patience feels more like a noose than a virtue. While I’m not a surfer, this has been my state of mind for months as I’ve been working and waiting for many initiatives to come to fruition that hold promise ...

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Weight Management

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Weight Management-  Is it Chronic Inflammation or Behavior?

Changing body composition is a complex issue. Your individual genetic makeup, immune system, and chronic inflammation are powerful components that have a role in weight control. More and more research is looking at the association of chronic inflammation with the struggle to maintain a healthy weight. Even more serious is the association of inflammation to other conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and depression.  In addition, chronic and with athletes, chronic inflammation can have ...

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Race Planning

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“ … plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our 34th president said this in regards to planning for battle, but the sentiment applies to many aspects of our lives.  Throughout my career in engineering, product development, and project management, I had first-hand experience with this idea and learned the value of planning.  The plans themselves never pan out the way you expect, but the process of planning itself is invaluable in that it helps ...

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Are you eating enough protein?

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There isn’t a lack of protein advertising these days. Look around the grocery store and hundreds of labels are promoting protein. Despite the easy availability of eating protein, amongst my clients, I often see a misunderstanding of how much protein is required. Consider that after the age of 30 a person can lose 5% of their total muscle mass for every decade. Then, at the age of 50 the loss of lean muscle mass speeds up. The Recommended Dietary Allowance ...

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The Two Components of Power

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Power is becoming a commonplace concept in cycling and triathlon today, mainly because the technology and associated products used to measure power output on a bike have come down substantially in price the last couple of years, making it a more easily accessible training tool for more people.  There is no doubt training and racing with a power meter can make a huge impact on your ability to improve.

From a physics perspective, the general definition is that power ...

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Guts

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I want to talk about your GUT. I love to talk about guts. We all have guts and I don’t mean outrageous behavior kind of ‘guts’ but rather the kind of stuff you can’t see. I’m talking about your digestive tract.

There are exciting discoveries being made on the importance of the health of our digestive tracts and prevention of disease.  Within our guts we have very individual “microbiomes.”  Our personal microbiomes are made up of good bugs and bad bugs. ...

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Sleep > Sugar

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Our society is inundated with choice and consumption, often making it difficult to choose the healthy path, particularly at this time of year with Holiday parties and gatherings aplenty.  This idea started me thinking about why it is sometimes so difficult to make a “good” choice.  As I got more and more involved in triathlon, I started paying more and more attention to these “little things” that help improve athletic performance.  We all know we need to train consistently, ...

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Off-Season BHAGs

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As an engineer and technical executive who worked in industry for many years, I encountered plenty of TLAs in my time (three-letter-acronyms, that is).  One of these that has always stuck with me is the BHAG (pronounced like beehag).  While it is actually a 4-letter acronym, you get the idea…

A BHAG is a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal.  It was a concept introduced in a business book by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras.  These BHAGs are strategic goals that ...

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Burning more fat: some numbers

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Ironman racing is hard.  Developing the endurance and deep aerobic capacity to be successful at Ironman racing takes years.   Finishing an Ironman is a major accomplishment, but going as fast as you can over the distance requires the development of a strong endurance foundation through a methodical approach to progressive overload year after year.  The progressive overload needs to be supported through adequate recovery and rest to facilitate and allow the physical adaptation — more and larger mitochondria in your ...

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