I just want to get this damn race over with. I’ve woken up in a cold sweat every night the last two weeks. Insomnia and burnout picked the wrong time to pick on this chump NMA. I have no freakin’ clue why I’m doing Ironman Wisconsin ...
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The 4 Mental Mistakes Every New Triathlete Makes
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And it has absolutely nothing to do with vegetarian running! Instead, it's about gambling, or more specifically, the mathematics of gambling. It's called Thinking Bettor. Contrary to what you may have been told, I don't run marathons all day in a big carrot costume. Instead, I'm an applied math Ph.D. student, and my ...
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When I tell my runner compatriots the dirty little secret that I'm actually a---gasp!---triathlete, I almost always get one of two responses: "You're freaking crazy"; 0r "I wish I could do that. I just can't swim, though. I need those arm-floaty thingies or I'll drown." To the first group, I smile and laugh. (Okay, I admit it: ...
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There's nothing like a weekend of debauchery to get you inspired to be ultra-healthy. I was in Atlantic City all weekend being a complete idiot with friends at a bachelor party. I did a nice job of avoiding caffeine, a gambling-weekend staple for me, but something tells me that the double-digit beers each day may have ...
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Tony Robbins has "failed." After only two episodes, his TV show that I was so excited about has been canceled---and the premiere was one of NBC's biggest debut bombs ever. And to add insult to injury, his time slot will be ...
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This is the third post in Susan Lacke's series on how to become a triathlete. Check out her first two, on the differences between running and triathlons and road safety.
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This is the second in a series of posts by Susan Lacke for runners who want to become triathletes. Newbie Stank: (noo-bee STANK) noun. The gaffes of the new triathlete which make it very obvious he or she is new to the sport. See also: Susan Lacke, No Meat Athlete’s resident triathlete and Perma-Noob.
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From a reader: I'm curious why you take the anti-meat approach instead of pro-vegetable. Your blog is interesting but I find that you talk a lot about meat substitutes and various ways to "fool" meat eaters. Why not more posts regarding the incredible health benefits of simple vegetables? This one caught me by ...
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Michael Pollan is the "barefoot running" of diet advice. Barefooters argue that running shoes don't prevent injuries, they cause them. Armed with a growing mound of scientific evidence, barefooting and near-barefooting advocates claim that modern attempts to improve on the design of the human foot---one that natural selection has been working on ...
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Big news today! After several months of doing research, coming up with recipes, and testing them out, I'm so proud to announce the release of the first downloadable cookbook from No Meat Athlete---Fuel Your Run the Tarahumara Way. The cookbook is a ...
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