The Bitter Truth About Chocolate

Long (Easy) Run (click to see stats) 11.25k (1:00:01) Avg. Heart Rate = 147 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 154 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:20 min/km Best Pace = 4:30 min/km Calories = 1069 Temp = 11º SOTD: ‘Gold on the Ceiling’  by The Black Keys It’s the Easter weekend, and you know what that [...]

Asparagus: The Big Stink

I have a confession to make:  I LOVE asparagus.  It has to be just about my favorite vegetable and I incorporate it into my own meal plan about 4-5 times a week.  Funny that as a child I hated it but, then again, like most kids, I hated just about anything that was green in [...]

Hell is Coming for Breakfast

Long Run(click to see stats) 21.1k (1:56:00) Avg. Heart Rate = 148bpm Max. Heart Rate = 157 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:30/km Best Pace = 4:34 /km Calories = 2009 Temp = -3º SOTD: ‘Thela Hun Ginjeet’  (Les Claypool; 07-01-01) I’ve alluded to it before, and I’ll reiterate it again:  I train so I can [...]

Holiday Diet Plan

As we approach the holidays there has been the inevitable barrage of informational tidbits on how to avoid the whole holiday weight gain.  Sure, sure, research tells us that most people gain weight during the holiday season.  That comes as no real surprise.  Just about any triathlon related website, message board, event series – not to [...]

Chickpea Bruschetta Spread

Losing weight is no easy business; let me tell you – particularly around the Halloween season.  But I did manage to persevere in the end and made it through with only minimal fistfuls of candy.  I mean, seriously, ‘what has two thumbs, and can’t resist those freakin’ delicious and addictive Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?’…that’s right, [...]

Kale Waldorf Salad

So now that training has resumed, well, the weights and plyometrics part anyway, the real calorie burning can begin.  So it’s time to bring on the healthy recipes and I vow to load you up with many more of them than I did last year…promise! This recipe for ‘Kale Waldorf Salad’ was forwarded to me [...]

Tightwad Triathlete Tip #5

After returning from Cancun, I have developed a real passion for Mexican cuisine; burritos, chimichangas, quesadillas, empanadas, enchiladas, tostadas, whatever baby…bring it on!  It’s all good.  Hell, I even brought back the Complete Mexican, South American & Caribbean Cuisine to guide me along the way once I returned home.  It’s healthy, relatively easy to prepare [...]

Fiddleheads!

They say that when “God closes a door he opens a window”, and this is very evident right now in the Produce aisle at my local supermarket.  The season for my beloved pomegranates has long since passed but, HELLO!, something just as equally awesome has replaced them – Fiddleheads! A ‘whatsit now‘, you ask?  A [...]

Meal Planning

Now that I’m making the conscious effort to cut down on my caloric intake and, hopefully, loose some more fatty poundage going into my Base training period, I’ve become fixated on discovering the most optimal times to eat throughout the day.  If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that this whole ‘eating healthy’ bullshit certainly [...]

Udo’s Oil

Okay, so I’m dying to know what the big whoop is about ‘Udo’s Oil’.  Apart from having a funny-sounding name, why does everybody preach on and on about the benefits of this miraculous stuff?  Isn’t oil just the liquid form of fat?  How is that any good for you?  Wouldn’t you really want to avoid [...]