I’m thrilled to begin a series of posts for beginning triathlete with this guest post on transition etiquette by Kit Hayes. Kit is an avid triathlete and trail runner. Some of her recent races include: Iron Mountain Trail Run, Lake Logan International Triathlon, Turtle Crawl Triathlon, Beach2Battleship and Enka Triathlon at Biltmore Lake. Here’s a link to …
I was up before the sun Labor Day morning and running through my triathlon checklist with a headlamp. Once I was convinced that every necessary piece of gear was indeed in the van, I headed out to the Barberitos Sprint Triathlon at Warriors Path State Park, Kingsport, TN. As my wife and I drove toward …
The New River Duathlon in Fries, VA, has been on my radar for a couple of years now. I’d been wanting to try a duathlon, and I was intrigued with the New River Trail, a popular rail trail along the New River. There was just one hitch, to do well in the race I would …
Friday: Spinach Banana Apple Smoothie with Chia Seeds It turns out that there is fairly well used formula for making green smoothies. It is roughly 60% fruits to 40% greens. Multiple websites/blog posts broke it down further 2 cups greens, 2 cups liquid and 3 cups fruit. So using that simple formula, my simple mind, …
Thursday: Kale Apple Smoothie Today we go back to kale and up the ante with a stalk of celery. Flavor comes mainly from the apple juice and celery. This one was easy enough to make and easy enough to consume. The celery taste was fairly strong so if you like celery fabulous and if …
Wednesday: Spinach Smoothie with Mango and Lime Today we go tropical, putting some mango and fresh-squeezed lime juice in with spinach and grapes. I’m using Real Simple’s recipe for Collard Greens Smoothie With Mango and Lime and substituting spinach because I don’t have any collards. Again only 4 ingredients: 5 if you count water. Can you …
Tuesday: Kale Smoothie with Pineapple and Banana Again four ingredients and again the blender’s frozen drink setting easily transformed them into a drinkable beverage: 1/2 cup coconut milk, 2 cups stemmed and chopped kale, 1 1/2 cups chopped pineapple (about 1/4 medium pineapple), 1 ripe banana, chopped. This smoothie was quite a bit …
Good morning, Mr. Stumble. There is growing concern that recreational endurance athletes like yourself are not eating enough healthy foods especially green leafy vegetables and fruit. Your mission, should you choose to accept it will be to make and consume a green smoothie each day this week. Further after consuming it you will exercise in …
Viktor Kimmel has graciously agreed to provide a guest post on the 2014 Crazy 8s 8K in Kingsport, TN. Viktor is a triathlete and runner based in Johnson City, TN. His race resume includes the Lake James triathlon, Bristol Half & Half marathon, Surgoinsville 10 miler and the BMW Frankfurt marathon. Viktor’s Report This was my first Crazy 8s …
Late June found me at Warriors’ Path State Park in Kingsport, TN, toeing the line at my second sprint triathlon of the season. This was the first year for the Warpath Sprint Triathlon, which featured three triathlons in one including one for little kids’ (5-10 year old), another for big kids’ (11-15 year old), and …
