Nutrition

A study of elite runners in Australia found that a daily dose of probiotics, the "friendly bacteria" you can get in yoghurt drinks and supplements, halved the number of days runners suffered respiratory viruses.

I have discovered some really good sports drinks that are available. These are no-nonsense drinks that really deliver what they say! If you want energy, you'll get it and if you want hydration, you will get it!

The drinks are called: Liftoff - (Energy drink) available in Lemon Lime Blast and Ignite-Me Orange

H30 - (Hydration) Lemonaide and Orangeaide

If you want more information on these drinks, feel free to
email me at timabeck@verizon.net anytime.

Feel free to check out http://www.hebal-nutrition.net/members/tabeck

Day 6 of the South Beach Diet. Anyone who has done phase 1 before, knows the pain I'm going through. No carbs or sugars. But, I'm not stupid. I know I will pass out on the side of the road if I have no energy. So before my runs I've been sticking with my all time favorite power food.....the totally amazing Rice Krispy Treat. hehehe. Nonetheless, one more week of no carbs or sugars is what I have to look forward to next week.

A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that drinking fluids earlier can improve performance more than taking them later (International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, December 2006).
Seven highly-trained male triathletes, aged 18 to 35 years, were tested during two simulated Olympic-distance triathlons. They took a [...]

hurts more than the longest runs. Cutting out the food I love...

The first cut I ever made was when I stopped drinking sodas and went to water only. I am so glad I have, but it is such a temptation. But I'm proud to say as someone that used to easily go through 48 12 oz. cans of Dr. Pepper in a week I haven't even had that many this entire year. I haven't even had 24. (I do drink sports drinks and other things when I need the supply)

Having amassed a grand total of 17 votes, Michelle's ice melting device is the winner by a fairly wide margin. CONGRATULATIONS Michelle!

Please send me an e-mail at 100powerbars@ponyexpressrun.com with your contact information. I'll let you know the details then. You can have 100 of pretty much anything you want provided boxes are kept intact (12 powerbars to a box, 15 Harvest bars to a box.. etc..).. If you go a little over because things don't add up to exactly 100, that's OK..

Now comes the fun part! BUILDING THE DARN THING!

Thanks everyone!
Bobby

Hey everyone! Voting for the "best use for Powerbars at the North Pole" contest ends tonight at midnight (my time here on the West Coast). To vote for one of the five ideas, please click on the "Vote HERE" hyperlink below. With only 10 1/2 hours to go before the polls close, Michelle's Snow Melting Machine is in the lead!

Remember, the winning idea gets the winning idea-maker 100 of ANYTHING Powerbar!

Vote HERE!!!!

It may. During hard exercise, particularly in hot weather, you sweat and lose a lot of water and salt. Your performance does not suffer until you lose a very large amount of fluid, about five percent of your body weight or more.
However, when you lose so much fluid that your performance suffers, you cannot [...]

With all of this Powerbar contest hype, I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about food; more specifically - what on earth is going to keep me going for the five days between the time I leave my house on April 2nd and the time the gun goes off (assuming there is a gun) at the start of the North Pole Marathon on April 7th?

Both my wife and I are vegetarians (well, no meat except for fish) and are generally fairly picky about what we eat (me more so than my wife who has nicknamed me "eating disorder Bobby" for my fondness of everything that is not fattening). When I inquired about meal options at the North Pole, I got a rather discouraging e-mail from the race director letting me know (and I quote):