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March 17, 2013 by IowaTriBob
After a tough and challenging week of training, both physically and mentally, I decided it was time for a little …
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Category: Biking, Health, Life, Running, Swimming, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: do it for yourself, goals, healthy lifestyle, motivation, training, triathlon training, triathlons, why train, why workout, working out
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March 8, 2013 by IowaTriBob
This week I was able to get my second metabolic assessment done and it was definitely long overdue. A metabolic …
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Category: Health, Running, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: aerobic capacity, anaerobic threshold, establishing your heart rate zones, heart rate zones, hr zone training, hr zones, lactate threshold, metabolic assessment, training assessment, training zones, triathlong training
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February 10, 2013 by IowaTriBob
Yesterday I had the opportunity to run my first 5K of the year at the RunWild @ Zoo Miami event. The …
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Category: Events, Health, Running, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: 5k at miami zoo, best 5k race, florida 5k, miami zoo 5k, miami zoo race, personal best, runwid @ zoo miami, runwild 5k, runwild @ zoo miami 5k, where to start your race season
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January 14, 2013 by IowaTriBob
Like so many have experienced when training for a triathlon, the swings from workout to workout and week to week …
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Category: Health, Life, Nutrition, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: food poisoning, out sick, training after illness, training after the flu, training illness, training interruptions
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January 4, 2013 by IowaTriBob
Over the last 6 months I’ve experimented with various nutritional diets and tried to measure the results both in terms …
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Category: Health, Nutrition, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: carb loading, nutrition for endurace athletes, paleo carbs, paleo diet, paleo diet carb loading, phil maffetone two week test, race day eating, race day nutrition, race nutrition, training, training nutrition, triathlon nutrition, what to eat before a long run
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November 12, 2012 by IowaTriBob
Over the past couple of months I have really started to notice a change in my health, fitness level, cardio, …
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Category: Biking, Health, Running, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: mental impact on training, mental training, mind games, mind in endurance, mind over matter, training, triathlon training, untrained mind
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November 6, 2012 by IowaTriBob
As I continue my triathlon training the workout sessions have gotten longer each week requiring more time and effort on …
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Category: Health, Nutrition, Reviews, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: beachbody shakeology, diet supplement, fitness shakes, health shakes, nutrition shake, post workout recovery, pre workout nutrition, shakeology, training diet, vega one, vega one berry
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November 4, 2012 by IowaTriBob
I came across this on my twitter account @iowatribob and it was the first time I’ve ever marked a tweet …
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Category: Health, Life, Triathlon
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Tags: life changing events, life decisions, life moments
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November 2, 2012 by IowaTriBob
Yesterday’s workout plan called for an easy endurance run where the goal was to keep my heart rate in zone …
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Category: Health, Running, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: aerobic, aerobic zone, endurance, endurance running, endurance training, heart rate training, heart rate zones, maximum heart rate, running, Sprint Triathlon, training zone, Triathlon, zone 2 training
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October 25, 2012 by IowaTriBob
I love sleep and for as long as I can remember I’ve always tried to get 7-8 hours a night. …
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Category: Health, Training, Triathlon
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Tags: lack of sleep, sleep, sleep and training, sleep debt, sleep deprivation, sleep impact performance, triathlon training