Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) Winner's Circle

MAP Winner's Circle

CHERIE GRUENFELD

Winner at St. Croix's and Buffalo Spring's Half Ironman Triathlons (age group 55-59). Camp Pendleton Olympic Triathlon (age group 60-64)

1999 World's #1-ranked Amateur Ironman Triathlete
2000 WTC Female Age Grouper of the Year
2001 World's #1-ranked Female Amateur Ironman Triathlete
2001 USA Triathlon Female Grandmaster of the year
"Everyday Champion" featured on Wheaties Energy Crunch cereal box
Ironman World Champion (age group 60-64)

2006 update: We athletes are very good at denial. We'll deny a pain that may be the beginning of an injury and we're certain to deny getting older and slowing down. And, in both cases, it works for awhile. But in the latter case, Mother Nature is a powerful force and, at some point, we older athletes turn our attention to looking for the magic bullet that will let us continue our winning ways. Well, I've found mine.

MAP, as part of my training routine, allows me to maintain my training at a level that keeps me in the game. Consistency in training is critical and since using MAP, I've been able to maintain the same type of daily schedule that I kept years ago, when I was a younger athlete. Mother Nature may be powerful, but so is MAP.

Oct 2004 Update: I had a successful day in Kona last weekend, winning my age group by 39 minutes. It was my slowest time in an Ironman, by far, and no records were broken, but I was very happy with the win on a tough-conditions day. Must have been the MAP! Thanks for all your help and support. I'll be putting MAP into my training plans again next season.

August 2004 Update: I won again, last weekend at Vineman Half Ironman. I've also been able to beat the age group below me. MAP is doing its job!

I will be 60 years old in July, so am always looking for an edge in helping my body recover quickly from a hard workout and get ready for the next one. I'm also coming off an injury that has made consistent training difficult, which always takes more out of one's body.

Having taken MAP now for several months, I find that I'm able to do back-to-back hard workouts much more easily. This weekend I did a 70-mile hard mountain climbing ride and followed that on Sunday with an 11-mile high-quality run.

I'm thanking your product today after the particularly hard training week last week. This is my first day off and I'm feeling far less stiff and sore than I had anticipated.

I've won my age group (since taking MAP) in St. Croix (May 1) and Buffalo Springs (June 20).

As you'll be happy to hear, I attribute much of my ability to train and race at a high level to MAP.

Thanks,

Cherie Gruenfeld
Blue Jay, California

Articles from Cherie:
Key Workouts for a Successful Ironman Race Part I - Part II - Key Workouts for a Successful Ironman Race - Analyzing the Last Season to Have a Better Next Season - Setting the 2006 Calendar - Breaking it Down - Something for Nothing - Work + Recovery = Peak Performance - Getting Back in the Game - To Race or Not to Race? - Kona Moments - PERIODIZATION Ð MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU - New Age Group Record at IM Arizona - Critical Success Factors for a Great Ironman - The Ironman Run: It's a Mind Game - Remain a Competitive Racer - What's This Race All About - To Every Workout There is a Purpose - My 2008 Resolutions - Looking Forward to the Future - How About the Kids? - Other Kids - Become An Ironman - Beware the Pitfalls To have racing success Back to the Future Buffalo Springs Lake 70.3 Circling the Drain Lessons From Beijing From the Desk Of Cherie Gruenfeld Ironman – Now That You've Committed It's All About the Run

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