Fueling An Endurance Athlete Lifestyle With Whole Foods
Millet was my mystery ingredient of my last shopping trip. What does this mean you are asking yourself right about now and I have an answer for you. In order to stay inspired in the kitchen I always purchase an ingredient that I have never worked with before or is finally in season again. By [...]
Core. Core. Core. We all hear it and we all know we need to strengthen it but do we? I know that for the first two-year in this sport my core work consisted of some crunches here and there and would ignore it other than that. I knew it was important but who has time [...]
Seeds are seemingly everywhere these days. Pumpkin seeds. Chia seeds (yes, those things from the commercials for ch-ch-chia-pets). Flax Seeds. Sunflower Seeds. Just about any food blog or Instagram picture you look at is incorporating seeds in one way or another. That is a great thing. We should all be eating our seeds and no [...]
Eggs have gotten a bad rap for a long time but it we need not fear the egg. Last week I posted my top 5 Favorite Ingredients and eggs were one of them. Why? I listed some benefits and I will add more to this post but here are a few: High-quality protein. Beneficial to eyesight. [...]
Quinoa and Black Beans are a match made in heaven like peanut butter and jelly or chocolate and peanut butter so as I was writing out my meal plan for the week I knew I wanted this combination at some point. As a kid growing up in a Puerto Rican household rice and beans was [...]
Swimming is on my training schedule 4 times per week and I will say when I first saw that I was not thrilled. I know that swimming is my weakness but to go to the pool 4 times in a week was daunting. Then something happened along the way and I am falling in ‘like’ [...]
Ingredients are the backbone to any meal but when condensing this and getting it down to 5 ingredients was very difficult. How do you choose between eggplant and zucchini? How about red pepper flakes and honey? The list could have gone on and on but I didn’t want to bore you and so 5 ingredients [...]
Cheating is cheating so let’s get that out-of-the-way to start. Do not tell me there are levels to cheating because there aren’t. It is just cheating. If an athlete uses testosterone, EPO or HGH OR they are drafting on the bike they are cheating. Either way they are gaining an advantage over the other competitors [...]
Triathlete: My Definition On Sunday I had a revelation that led me to think that being a triathlete was much different from I had imagined. Some of you may call me a triathlete based on the completion of two Ironman races (Texas, Arizona) last year along with 4 Half-Iron distance races in the past two [...]
Cream of broccoli soup was never something I ever wanted to eat growing up. As a matter of fact I’m not sure I want to eat it now but after making this recipe I think it is something that can be a regular part of my diet in the winter or summer. Before we get [...]
Mind games are going to happen when you race an Ironman and is, what I believe, to be the difference between people of similar ability. Your thought process is going to swing all over the place during an Ironman but playing mind games and controlling what you are thinking of will help you tremendously in [...]
Disclosure: This is a review for the Huma Chia Gel product that was sent to me for free. I did not pay for this product and was not asked to provide a positive review in exchange for the product. Huma Chia Gel was a product that I was introduced by John Flynn of the blog [...]
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