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Triathlon Races – ELEVEN names ironguides official coaches

Mike — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:34:38 +0000

September 21, 2010 – ironguides concluded a deal this past week to become the official coaching partner to the ELEVEN triathlon series. ELEVEN represents 11global’s exciting long-term mission to provide an annual international Olympic-distance triathlon series that will culminate in age-group and relay team champions. 11global owner, Ryan Landy explains, “We strive to recalibrate the …

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EP Athlete Results at 2010 ITU Olympic World Champs

Mike — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:06:03 +0000

Congratulations to all our EP athletes on their performances at the 2010 ITU Olympic World Championships in Budapest. MARRIETTE HATTINGH (2188) Timing Point Time Split Rank AG Overall Female Age 45-49 Female Swim 28:26 – 347 32 Transition 1 31:28 0:03:03 350 32 Bike Turn 1 36:04 0:04:36 327 29 Bike Turn 2 54:17 0:18:13 …

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Triathlon training – Why swimming, cycling and running is not enough

Mike — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:45:33 +0000

The triathlete’s winter “off season” is no doubt the best time to get down to some productive gym work so as to start the next season even stronger. This article sets out the rationale and a good programme… Mike It’s time to tear up the ‘old school’ rulebook… There’s a revolution going on in sports …

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Sports Nutrition – Does sodium bicarbonate supplementation improve performance?

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:36:43 +0000

Joe Friel in his book “Going Long” talks about the use of potassium bicarbonate to reduce blood acidity as well. His motivation for this revolves around the fact that our blood increases in acidity with age, and the use of this supplement would reduce aging symptoms. From the evidence in this article using sodium bicarbonate …

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