I know this is always something that needs to be taken with a thought process that allows you a learning curve that is outside an obvious physical exertion but the relationship between the thought and the action is very conected
Diet and Nutrition for sport and fitness
You Really Are What You Eat
Recent dietary research has uncovered 14 different nutrient-dense foods that time and again promote good overall health. Coined “superfoods,” they tend to have fewer calories, higher levels of vitamins and minerals, and many disease-fighting antioxidants.
now you may be saying, what this has to do we are fitness and athletic performance
You Really Are What You Eat
I hope that sinks in its matters not, what type of supplement that you take it, matters not what new products on the market to make go faster. It is your diet, one preferably full of fruits and vegetables and even better in the raw state as much as you can will give your body, the best chance. It has to recover from exercise injuries and by injuries,I mean,the necessary tearing down and rebuilding of muscle tissue,that is very core for of training .
Beans (legumes), berries (especially blueberries), broccoli, green tea, nuts (especially walnuts), oranges, pumpkin, salmon. soy, spinach, tomatoes, turkey, whole grains and oats, and yogurt can all help stop and even reverse diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and some forms of cancer.
And where one might have an effect on a certain part of the body, it can also affect the health of other body functions and performance, since the whole body is connected.
With these 14 foods as the base of a balanced, solid diet, weight loss gimmicks and other fly-by-night programs can become a thing of the past in your life.
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Conversely, the ill-effects of an unbalanced diet are several and varied. Low energy levels, mood swings, tired all the time, weight change, uncomfortable with body are just a few signs that your diet is unbalanced.
There is certain elements of nutritional and gender, issues that will determine a possible addition of a supplement dependent on training regimes
An unbalanced diet can cause problems with maintenance of body tissues, growth and development, brain and nervous system function, as well as problems with bone and muscle systems.
Symptoms of malnutrition include lack of energy, irritability, a weakened immune system leading to frequent colds or allergies, and mineral depletion that can trigger a variety of health concerns including anemia
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And since the body is connected, realizing that an unhealthy body will result in an unhealthy spirit only makes sense.This is something that I will always speak upon or comment about is the relationship between mental and physical health.
When we nourish our body with these superfoods and complement them with other nutrient-dense and healthy fresh foods, our spirit will be vitalized and healthy as a direct result.
Many modern diets based on prepackaged convenience foods are sorely lacking in many vitamins and minerals, which can affect our mental capacities as well, and cause irritability, confusion, and the feeling of ‘being in a fog’ all the time.
Superfoods can be the basis of a sound, healthy, nutritious solution to curing many of these ailments and more.
I will be doing a series on super foods, fitness objectives, if you have any questions please comment below
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There is a Toad in my shoe
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There is a toad in my shoe
Here in Australia you are always told as a child that if you get into the habit of checking your shoes
left on the porch or outside you will ensure no little critters will get into your boots and attack your
toes as you slide your foot in. I was not thinking of this when I sat down on the porch
and pulled my shoes on getting the most horrible shock, when after realizing my foot was not going
to slip in, I hastily withdrew my foot and up ended the shoe, only to have a very startled
toad drop out and hop off.
Now this can be a cause for a laugh as we both got quite a shock but after I got over it I
started to reflect on why the toad was in there in the first place.
Toads as in the manner of all creatures, are not pushy types and they will make a home in a cool environment
that not being used for anything else .
My running shoes have not been used for a while, now admittedly I have an injury that keeps me from running so they they not much in demand.
I paused then to reflect on the possible learning that could be in this incidence without being too deep and meaningful.
I realized that by not accepting I could not train and run competitively and cast of my shoes , I had really pushed away a lifestyle and an Identity that I had before my injury, tying self and identity to success in my sport.
I used my sport as a lot of things, one was a tool in keeping my depression under management and feeling good about myself
By finding a worthiness in being a high achieving athlete, I had created a void that I have been experiencing
since my inability to compete.
What had happened is that I had forgotten about life outside triathlon, long runs
and Sunday races that’s why when I tried to slip into other boots that haven’t been
used for a while I discovered a toad in them.
Struth bit of a wake up call so where do I go from here ,well I will check my shoes before I put
my toe’s in them that’s for sure, but back to the lesson.
Being fixated on one thing, and it is real easy to do in an athletic pursuit
you have to remember that there is more going on than your narrow point of focus
or may be that is just me?
Finding out I could not run was a very big thing for me, which turned up the depression knob,
but the realization that I really struggled with, was I had so much identity attached to being a
successful triathlete that I could not even think about doing something for fun and not having
to be the best, or as I am prone to saying, to being at the pointy end of the race.
So lesson learned, enjoyment in sport is about social connection, participation at what ever level
you get your success from , having an understanding and appreciation that all aspects of life
are contributers to success.
So do not leave areas of your life to sit outside, and be cast off or you might just end up with
something worse than a toad sneaking in to to bite you on the toe.
Talking about shoes sort of :-) These Guys have gone out on a limb and put a new trail running shoe on the market
For the past 15 years have designed top-of-the line gear for almost every major athletic company. They started as staffers for Nike in the late 1990s and most recently were independent contractors assisting Under Armour launch a line of football cleats.
But late last year the two launched their own company, 20 Degrees North, and started seeking their own piece of the $46 billion outdoor-recreation market.
“It’s probably not the best time to start a shoe company,” “But we’ve been designing for everyone else for years, so why not do it ourselves? How hard can it really be?”
Last month the duo launched their first product, a line of bright-colored running shoes for the 40 million
American joggers who run on off-road trails, here in Australia we are seeing a big interest in of road
Triathlon where the uneven terrain of mountain passes, beaches, and forests necessitates a wider, more
stable running shoe than those worn by track-and-field athletes.
About a dozen companies, including Adidas and Asics, already sell trail-running shoes, but 20 Degrees’ founders say the market lacks a clear leader.
For research, they examined photos and Internet footage of big cats’ paws, discovering that their pads - not claws - wrapped around rocks and uneven terrain to give them better stability.
“Other companies look at putting hard teeth and large pieces on the bottom of shoes to give them stability - that adds weight,”
Instead, 20 Degrees fitted the bottom of its shoes with lightweight, blown-rubber traction pads and grooves to make them work more like paws. The company also used an injection-molded manufacturing process that is generally associated with Crocs not high-performance sneakers. And although that makes the shoes almost twice as expensive to make, it resulted in a trainer that is almost two ounces lighter than competitors’.
But no matter how light and agile their shoes are, it’s hard to break into the shoe market, especially in such a niche.
To build credibility among die-hard athletes, 20 Degrees is targeting the some 28,000 runners that participate each year in Xterra races, a series of triathlons held all over the world. In 2007, 20 Degrees inked a deal with Team Unlimited, the Maui firm that runs the Xterra races, and is selling its shoe under the Xterra name. The Maui location is also the inspiration for 20 Degrees’ name: Hawaii is found at 20 degrees latitude.
As a result, the Xterra shoe will get exposure at races and on Xterra Planet TV, a sports cable network that, according to Team Unlimited CEO Tom Kiely, gets about 50 million viewers a year. The company also has access to five Xterra-sponsored athletes, competitive runners who have been testing 20 Degrees’ shoes since spring.
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Raw food diet and sport
I have been struggling with how to proceed with the entries in this blog as my injury has seen me unable to run for many months which means Triathlon a sport that I have loved for 11 years is no longer an option for me.
I have been looking for a new blog layout and direction,those who have followed along for a while know I do not try to be a training information source or the latest up to date happening in the world of triathlon.
Triathlon has been a sport I have been involved in that has helped with my depression management and I have stories about people with all sorts of setbacks using sport to overcome and manage their life so to that end I am changing the theme from Triathlon as a participant to a sport ,health, and the relationship to mental and physical health received from the positive motivation of stepping up to the start line.
Hey I will still be commenting on triathlon as I still enjoy the sport but it will include material like the video below that explores an athletes diet and options that are more than main stream thinking
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shoot for the Moon
Dream big reach as far as you can believe for, sometimes it is the journey or the effort that is the achievement
Olympic star no just determained
With the Olympics near to start and the world looking at the elite performers, the tale of Peggy Allen competing
in a sporting event one of the most grueling disciplines triathlon, nevertheless finishing one, were never in her favor
“I’m stoked I did it,” the 58-year-old Allen gleefully proclaimed”I’m a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis but I did it.
Five years ago she decided to give it a whirl after undergoing successful gastric bypass surgery that downsized
her body some 150 pounds, Allen started training for the 2004 triathlon — a half-mile swim followed by a
12-mile bike ride, then a 3-mile road race to the finish line.
Those plans got waylaid when she was diagnosed with a rare form of intestinal cancer, which had spread through
much of her abdomen.
She needed extensive surgery and chemotherapy, Chemo treatments prevented a try in 2006, too, but she was
healthy enough to contemplate training for the 2007 race.
As the competition approached, though, she was forced to quit training when doctors found the chemo drugs had severely
damaged her colon. But she was determined to continue her quest. Last September, when she was taken off the
cancer drugs, and started training for this year’s race.
NEVER GIVE UP
With the sponsorship of the Regional YMCA, Allen went at the task with the energy of a survivor.
She worked with a personal trainer to build strength and endurance.
“I hate running,” she admitted.
In April she was dealt yet another blow. “The terrorist was back,” she said with a sigh.
Stomach pains signaled a new tumor in her abdomen, along with other pockets of cancer cells.
Chemotherapy would have to resume.
This time, though, Allen was stronger than her toughest foe. With her doctors’ blessings,
she was able to stall aggressive treatment until just after the race.
As long as she felt well enough, they advised her to go ahead.
Two hours and 45 minutes later, Allen did what at one time seemed an impossible dream.
With her husband, David, and triathlon organizers at her side, she finished the three-part course.
“I did it for me,” Peggy said. “I did it to prove I could do it.”
From the start of their workouts, Peggy was driven. Even with the chemotherapy she is about to undergo again,
Peggy plans to do the triathlon again next year. She wants to shave time off her result.
Allen’s sister-in-law said her <strong><span style=”color: #ff0000;”>can-do spirit against loads of adversity</span></strong> has proved contagious.
About a dozen friends and family want to join her next year.
It has not been an easy year for her, but she just focused on crossing that finish line,
“And that’s what life is all about. Helping each other get to the finish line.”
I would also add that it it is as important to support each other to get to the start line
“”I am really proud of myself,” Allen declared. “I wasn’t going for the Olympics.
<strong><span style=”color: #ff0000;”>I was in it for the journey, not the destination. </span></strong>
<strong></strong>And I had a great time.”
Wow what a great story if you have read Lance Armstrong’s books he describes quite graphically the
debilitating effect of chemo, to put all aside is a wonderful indication of the resolve of Peggy to be in
control of the circumstance around her and go for her own personal gold
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Olympic Cheating or money for talent
Olympic competition always brings both the best and the worst out of athletic pursuit, drugs and cheating are the sad side of a noble endevour to be the very best.
I would like you to comment on where does technology and the availability to all gray the line of talent and money.
Just click on the link below for the background of what I am talking about
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Aussies duel at Lake Stevens Ironman triathlon
Aussie Luke Bell edges countryman Joe Gambles by one second at the finish line to win the Lake Stevens Ironman triathlon.
LAKE STEVENS — On a day of nearly perfect racing conditions, Australians Luke Bell and Joe Gambles waged a determined battle over 70.3 miles, with Bell pulling ahead in the final few steps Sunday to win the Lake Stevens Ironman triathlon.
Bell and Gambles were virtually stride for stride as they neared the finish line in downtown Lake Stevens before Bell eased ahead to cross the finish line one second ahead of Gambles.
The 29-year-old Bell, who is from Melbourne, Australia (and has homes in San Diego and Boulder, Colo.), was clocked in four hours, 15 seconds. He received the first-place prize of $5,000.
Gambles, also from Melbourne, was timed in 4:00:16. His runner-up paycheck was $3,000.
Chris Legh, also from Melbourne, was third in the men’s race at 4:01:43. He earned $2,000.
The women’s winner was Mary Beth Ellis of Boulder, Colo. ($5,000), with a time of 4:33:42. Second place was Linsey, Corbin of Missoula, Mont. ($3,000), at 4:38:22; and third was Fiona Docherty of New Zealand ($2,000) at 4:40:59.
These results are always something that keeps us all with our eyes on the big race results and the professionals as they make their money keeping us entertained with their dedication to the sport.At times we enviously look on as the genetics of an individual that give them the opportunity to lead a life of the elite.
But for us mere mortals like Rachel Ross who is the 2 time defending 30-34 Women’s age group champion at the Ironman World Championships in Kona. In addition to being an outstanding triathlete she is also a mother of three kids under the age of 8!
Training consists of a max of 20 hours once or twice training for Ironman Arizona this spring. It’s broken down into 4 swims (about 12k total), 3 rides (just under 200 mi/week) and 3-4 runs (30 - 40 mi/wk). With 20 hr/week environmental scientist job and three kids she is part of the majority of the participants of this sport who embody the passion and tenacity to get more out of life.
What ever drives you to step up to the start line, use it as a communication for all around you to see.
Where there is a will to commit to something, excuses are not an option and your determination to set and achieve a goal, is from the changing of a mindset that can liberate you from old habits and set a course that has the possibility to inspire those around you.
We are a lesson to every other person we come into contact with, we get such a short time here inspire, grow, and share, and the world will be a greater place for all involved
No Triathlon in Beijing paralympics
When any form of set back arrives In your life you can either take it
as a conspiracy against you and your life is ruined or you can look for
the lesson and opportunity that appears
J.P. Theberge thought the gods were conspiring against him.
Now 11 years after losing his leg in a motorcycle accident, Theberge
can call himself a world champion.
A fourth-place finish in the leg-amputee division at the 2007 Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg, Germany was not good enough for him.
I really get really encouraged by stories such as this If you
read this blog you will see that I believe in how you face adversity
is the true measure of your championship rating, to be able to view
life as a continuing learning opportunity is the place that the majority
of winners come from, to be able to overcome obstacles that were
viewed as stepping stones to the ultimate goal.
This year in Vancouver, British Columbia. on June 7 Theberge tried
again for a world title, It was the third attempt at a world championship
for Theberge, who finished second in 2006 to Austrian Martin Falch in Switzerland.
But suffering an injury and to people who do not have a missing limb this
sounds weird “I just forgot I didn’t have my leg on,” he said,losing his
balance and landing on the bottom of his amputated right limb,
who called the pain it caused “hard to explain to an able-bodied person.”
Theberge admits is his weakest of the three disciplines is swimming,
but this year his swim did let him down Despite a slight hiccup in the transition
from the bike to the run, in which Theberge had trouble changing prostheses
the 36-year-old ran his fastest-ever 10K for a victory.
“I couldn’t believe it at first,” said Theberge, who was met at the finish line
by his wife and 2-year-old daughter. “It was just euphoric. It’s hard to describe.”
After being forced to switch prostheses using his everyday prosthesis,
which is not designed for running, just before the race because of the injury.
“It hurt like hell,”. “I was almost in tears. I said there’s no way I came all the
way down here and I’m not running.”.
“I would have tried anything,” he said. “That made it even more exciting when
I crossed the finish line.”
His time of two hours, 14 minutes was a personal best at the triathlon distance.
A time of 2.14 is a respectable time in anybodies money, remembering that in
transition it is not just the shoe you have to put on, but the leg as well.
I remember speaking to an Australian amputee competitor when I last competed
in the worlds and he had some quite humorous stories about trying to get his arm
into his limb prosthetic because of transition nerves
Theberge been an athlete all his life, but he didn’t start competing in running
events until after the accident.He began his racing career with a half marathon
at Camp Pendleton in 2002.
I did OK. It wasn’t impressive,” he said but that pretty much started it out.”
A year later his first triathlon, and now competes in events all over the country.
Theberge is dedicated to helping other amputees realize that their lives aren’t
over when they lose a limb. He recently completed a counseling certification
in order to provide help to military, as well as civilian, amputees.
“I try to give back as much as I can,” Theberge said. “I wish I could do more.
That’s what motivates me.
“I tell them, ‘Just because you lost your leg, it’s not the end of the world. You can let it defeat you, or you can let it motivate you.
What motivates Theberge are the goals he’s laid out for himself.
The triathlete said he’s determined to run a sub-three-hour marathon,
which is good for any runner.
“This summer at the Paralympics, which takes place in Beijing the week
following the Olympics, triathlon will not be on the agenda, despite the best
efforts of Theberge and others.
But if Theberge has anything to say about it, the triathlon will be an official
event in London in 2012. And it wouldn’t be a stretch to find the then-40-year-old
competing … and maybe even standing atop the award podium.
Sufers Paridise to Cooktown Kayak trip
Do you ever get into this time warp place, where you are going to do something
and the next time you look it is a week later or something like that,
darn that seems to happen to me all the time.
Life gets in the way of doing the things that really float ya boat,
instead of shaking your fist at a world that can seem so mind numbingly boring
filled with all the things you are supposed to do, you now buy a house,
have a nice car, save for the pension plan,yadda yadda !!!
It was great to meet a couple of guys who decided they would live
a dream and go on a small kayak paddle southport to cooktown actualy
only a short trip 
I met up with Pete and Matt last week as I was going for a an Mtb ride
that took me down by the Pumicstone passage. Pete is an outdoor activities
guide and Matt is an intensive care nurse, who decided that they wanted to experience
life in a simple mode.
So a four month Kayak paddle up the east coast of Australia seemed to be a good thing
to do.
I saw the guys pull and had a yarn with them I took a bit of audio and
some pics, try as I might i could not get the audio onto the player a
technical challenge that has stymied me at this point in time.
The guys have only just started the trip it is not a sponsored passage
or anything other than two people stepping up and making life go the
way they want it they promised me a few pics on the way around
so I hope we can follow there journey
I caught up with them as they finished there lay day at Bribie Island it
was starting to get a good breeze going as they set of fortunately in the
right direction for them.
The offer to load all the gear into the back of my work ute for the haul to water was greatfully accepted as they had the other occupants of the caravan park staring at them strangely when they brought everything into the camp using a borrowed wheelbarrow.
As the lads stowed everything into the boats I wished them well,
said Bon voyage and headed back to work, knowing that my time was
coming soon to experience the sense of well being that goes along
with committing to a goal and to stepping up to the start line of life.
If you are a reader of this blog for any length of time you would know of
my upmost admiration for those who take on life,
and live the wonders that so few forget that is available.
There is no reason, not to be able find in life, the ability to live like there
is no tomorrow and dance like there is no one watching.
To be able to read stories of simple acts of courage, to amazing feats
of endurance, is a most uplifting thing to be able to understand
every action we take we are an event in some body else’s life.
Go out and get on the start line enjoy this wonderful thing called life
Glasshouse Mountain trail run
The crew that made up the One In Five contingent at last weekends Glasshouse Mountain trail run did them selves proud by raising funds for Depression awareness and by completing the course.
I was at cheack point 7 and got some footage of some of the crew as they came through.
Well done again to all those who took part
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