Nutrition, Racing, Training

Coffee – An Athlete’s Edge

4 Comments 21 September 2009

Vintage Coffee Ad

Who doesn’t like to wake up to a mornin’ cup’a joe? For lots of us it’s a ritual, and for people like me it can be the reason I get out of bed, period. It’ll be 8:30am on a Saturday and I’ll be rolling over for another half hour of sleep when I’ll think, “Oooo… [...]

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Nutrition, Training

Drugs in Sport – No such thing as a level playing field

7 Comments 14 April 2009

The red pill

It’s only my opinion, but there is no such thing as a fair, or level playing field – not when you really get down to it. In the recent wake of the media mayhem surrounding Lance and the Tour, I sat around this weekend and gave it some thought, and in the realm of sports, [...]

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Nutrition, Racing, Training

Sports Drinks vs. Water

2 Comments 16 February 2009

Powerade

Haymaker’s Punch, or Switchel might have been the earliest form of the ‘Sports’ drink. It was a homemade mixture of water, vinegar and molasses, popular among American ranchers during the hot, hard working haying season. Sound like something you’d want to drink on a hot day?  Modern sports drinks have changed a lot since then, [...]

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