In a record setting time of three days, seven hours and 57 minutes, Darcy Piceu set a new northbound supported fastest known time (FKT) on the John Muir Trail (JMT), twelve hours faster than Sue Johnston’s record that had been standing for 10 years. Located in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, the John Muir Trail […]
Andre Kajlich was run over by a subway train in Prague, where he was studying in December of 2003. He was horrifically injured losing both legs – one at the hip and the other just above his right knee. He returned to school in Prague 18 months later where he met his wife, currently lives near […]
American Ben Kanute led a bold race on home soil to take home the silver medal at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships on a challenging Chattanooga, Tennessee course while Tim Don of the UK rounded out the podium with the bronze. A 2016 Olympian, the 24-year old ITU Olympic distance triathlete has been stretching his […]
It is well known that amino acids are the building blocks of muscle. They play very specific key roles in health and performance in human physiology and help athletes retain muscle and burn fat. Proteins are made up of both essential and non-essential amino acids that can be used by the body for a […]
Lauren Goss took home her fourth Olympic distance victory this season at the second stop of the Escape Triathlon Series in Des Moines. After picking up wins at Escape Alcatraz, NYC Triathlon and St.Anthony’s Triathlon, Goss said “I decided to race Des Moines Triathlon 1 week before one of my bigger races of the year […]
Optimizing skeletal muscle function is what endurance athletes strive for every day in training Skeletal muscle is attached to the bones and is responsible for voluntary movements. Optimizing skeletal muscle function is what endurance athletes strive for every day in training. Researchers and athletes have attempted to optimize the performance of skeletal muscle first by […]
Athletes are constantly bombarded with advice on sports nutrition and supplementation. The truth is, nobody has all the answers to this ever-changing and very important subject.Each year science and research provide new clues to what allows the human body to function most efficiently. The information available to athletes arrives from a variety of sources: friends, […]
Following his win last weekend at XTERRA Mexico, First Endurance triathlete, Josiah Middaugh set his sights on earning the XTERRA Dominican Republic championships after missing out on the inaugural win last year after he was plagued by a comedy of mechanical errors. In his second attempt, Middaugh proved unbeatable and managed to avoid mechanical issues […]
Josiah Middaugh won the eighth stop of the XTERRA PanAmerican series in Mexico this past weekend, his 4th win of the series this year. This year the day ended with a much better outcome for Middaugh than his previous year attempt. Having won the race in 2015, Middaugh returned in 2016 but fell ill prior […]
Jeanni Seymour and Tim Don added to their successes this season, running their way to decisive wins at IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder. While Seymour is South African and Don is from the UK, they both reside and train in Boulder and for both, it was their first time winning the event. While Seymour had a decent […]
