While the team of Heather and Trevor Wurtele showed their formidable bike handling skills and strength on the demanding course and fierce Icelandic elements, Jeanni Seymour and boyfriend Justin Metzler proved their ability to run down the competition to earn top spots on the podium for the day. On race day, The Bay of Whales, […]
An Olympic distance race consisting of a swim in the Hudson River, a hilly bike on the Westside Highway and a rolling run through the city finishing in Central Park, the NYC Triathlon has a unique equalizing timer format where they set the pro men off to chase the pro women for an additional cash […]
As the 2015 XTERRA World Champion with 4 back to back wins in his home town race, the pressure was on for Josiah Middaugh to repeat, as the reigning world champion and a deep field of athletes looked for a way to dethrone him at the 7th stop of the XTERRA Pan American Series. Rising […]
Boulder resident Cam Dye was one of 13 local pros in the 18-man strong field racing for top honors in the return of the Boulder Peak Tri Olympic distance race. Excited to be able to throw down in his back yard and to race for the first time in front of his kids, Dye said […]
On the heels of his 2nd place podium at Challenge Heilbronn two weeks prior, Trevor Wurtele fought to the finish to claim his first win of the season in an epic battle on the run course at Challenge Geraardsbergen. Having spent the latter part of May and all of June training and competing in Europe, […]
by Matt Hansen EdD In February of 2013, the First Endurance blog covered an important topic: ‘The Facts About Protein.’ You can find the full post HERE. At that point in time, whey protein easily rises to the top as the superior protein source to use for supplementation purposes. Since the original posting of this […]
First Endurance rider Trixi Worrack (Canyon-SRAM) has stormed home to win a tightly contested individual time trial today at the German national championships. Worrack defended her title, winning by two seconds over teammate Lisa Brennauer, and twelve seconds from Stephanie Pohl (CBT). Worrack averaged 45.6km/hr for the out and back 31.2km course. “I did have […]
Two-time and current North American IRONMAN Champion, Matt Hanson, pulled off the fastest bike-run combo racing in a field that included two 70.3 World Champions, for an impressive win at IRONMAN 70.3 Coeur d’Alene. The known long course star, who recorded the fastest IRONMAN time by an American (at an IRONMAN branded race) earlier this year, […]
Make up: Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT’s) are a type of fatty acid. Like all fatty acids, MCT’s contain a glycerol backbone with three fatty acids attached. Unlike long-chain triglycerides the MCT fatty acids are medium in length. Because of these shorter chains, the fatty acids are easier to break down to use as an energy […]
Intro Beta-Alanine has been a staple of endurance and strength athletes for over a decade. We first introduced this naturally occurring amino acid in 2007 with OptygenHP. Since that time, study after study has proved this nutrient to be highly beneficial for endurance and power sports. A newly published 2017 meta-analysis reviewed 40 individual studies employing […]
