SchenkerDr Sarah Schenker is a registered dietician, accredited sports dietician and registered public-health nutritionist. Sarah works part-time as a nutrition scientist for the British Nutrition Foundation. She is a member of the British Dietetic
Vitamins are essential for good health. This much we can agree on, but then things quickly become murky. There is so much information, contradictory research and advertising out there about the vitamin needs of endurance athletes, and how
between being comfortable or stressed in your race - and that translates into precious seconds and peak performance. Health and safetyCarolyn Hewett, winner of the 2009 TIMEX WomenOnly Triathlon, is extremely short sighted. "At my first Ironman
term) when things did not go well. Recall the elements that contributed to this experience, such as your training, your health or distractions in another area of your life.This exercise helps to boost your sense of self-esteem and self
Triathlon is holistic. No other sport works so many muscle groups in so many ingeniously torturous ways. So it makes sense to think about the body from top to toe, inside and out. Bones, muscles, tendons and nerves work together and any problem can
Farm Training Systems. He works at the University of Exeter, in the department of sport and health sciences. He has trained a number of amateur and elite multisport athletes, including world champions Joanna Zeiger (Ironman 70.3) and Catriona Morrison (duathlon
see many improvements in your overall health and performance.Refined sugar is considered one of the most harmful foods in our diet. The major drawback is that it raises insulin levels, which inhibits the release of growth hormones, which, in turn
and exhausted me! I also started logging what I ate every day to make sure I was getting the right amount of protein, carbs etc. I have done that ever since and I took a distance learning course in Health and Nutrition purely for my own benefit.2008 was a bit up
Mark Kleanthous has taken part in 33 Ironman races and more than 400 triathlons. He started the popular website ironmate.co.uk to pass on everything he'd learnt to would-be Ironman triathletes, and he's recently distilled this information into his
group, for example, or aged 47. View the statistics as narrowly as you like. And if you still crave a lifetime best, enter a triathlon, or a road race at a new distance. Or get a watch that's slow.Think Positive: "Time is the one immaterial object we
