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Dear Andrew,
Our MAP athletes are having great seasons:
Dave Scott at 53 years old doing the New York
Triathlon Olympic Distance in 2 hours! Alex Mroszczyk-
McDonald winning IM Lake Placid! Cherie Gruenfeld
winning her age group (60-64) at Vineman 70.3 in
5:50, which was 1 minute faster than my time there 3
years ago. Her statement: "MAP is helping me
hold back the clock!!!"
This week: Dave Scott Q and A; MAP athletes
having great seasons; Captain Ed's journal; Is Pose
running good for Triathletes? Cherie G on What's
Triathlon all about? Top reasons why you shouldn't
take a multivitamin.
Have a great week.
- D.I. Minkoff, M.D.
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| Q and A with Dave Scott |
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From Joe in Phoenix: When should I do my last
long bike and run
workouts before an Ironman? Should that last
workout be brick? Over
distance?
From Janice in Hartford: I am confused as to what %
of my heart rate max I should be racing an Ironman
at? I have always trained at 70% and then when it
came to Ironman day with the heat and hills I spent a
good deal of time at 90%. By the time I got to the run I
was very slow. Should I make myself stay at lower
heart rates in the hope that I can make up the time in
the run?
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| Progress from Wounded US ARMY RANGER |
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From Captain Ed: At this point, I am beginning to
think that if you are an athlete, especially someone
who is training for a specific event that requires long
hours of training; whether that is running, swimming,
cycling, or anything else, and you are not taking
MAP to assist you with your recovery and training,
you are NUTS.
MAP is absolutely awesome. Over the past 6
weeks, I have continued to get stronger, faster, and
leaner. I set a PR for myself in the half-marathon
running a 1:37:30 and completed an absolutely
grueling marathon through the Chugach mountains of
Alaska in 5:50 (that's right,
5 hours and 50 minutes). If you do you not finish this
race, called the Crow Pass marathon, in 6 hours, you
are not considered an official finisher. You have to
take all of your own water, chow, and it is advisable
that you take a map, because there is a good chance
you may get lost.
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| Here's what some "experts" will tell you about taking multivitamins |
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- You get all the nutrition you need from your food.
- They're too expensive
- You hate swallowing large pills.
- Your doctor says you're healthy and its all hype
anyway.
- You are healthy because you work out a lot and
that is what really matters.
- All vitamins do is give you expensive urine
because everything is pee'd out anyway.
- Taking too many vitamins can make you sick.
But did you know that:
- The modern food supply is undernourished and
the levels of vitamins and minerals are very much
lower than in times past.. Unless you are growing your
own organic produce you are most likely deficient.
- BodyHealth Complete will cost you only 40 cents a
day.
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| RUNNING WITH THE POSE METHOD |
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Keeping track with the series of articles about the way
I have been improving my Ironman racing speed in the
last 17 years, today I want to share with you the
method I use for running, its call "Pose Method".
It's common to think that we do not need to learn how
to run because it is something we do naturally, not like
swimming for example that if we do not learn the
technique we are not going to be able to get
anywhere! Anyone can run, but run efficiently, well that
is another story... and let me tell you, if there is
something you need to have in an Ironman is a very
efficient run, is at this last discipline where the places
are determined.
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What's This Race All About? Cherie Gruenfeld |
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It's summer and that can only mean one thing to a
triathlete: It's time to race. And there's rarely a
shortage of races available to us. We make the choice
based on the distance, the location, the date and,
perhaps, the entry fee.
But there's another issue to consider when signing up
for a race. You ought to ask yourself the
question, "What is my purpose in doing this race?"
This question needs to be asked and answered early
on because it will affect your training as well as your
racing.
Below are some things to consider when setting your
race schedule and training plans:
Training Races
After you have your goal race identified, you may want
to get some race experience during your preparation
for the main event. 70.3s are excellent training for an
upcoming Ironman while sprint races prepare you for
an Olympic distance. By definition, a training race
means that you'll train through it. There's no taper;
instead the race becomes a brick workout. Don't
expect to be at the top of your game because you'll be
racing on well-worked legs. But the benefit of this type
of training is that you get the experience of dealing
with race day jitters, you can practice your transitions
and nutrition and you'll always push yourself harder
when you're surrounded by racers.
Read the rest . . .
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