Step by Step Directions for Make Zoefitness’ Favorite Training/Racing Food
My favorite food for racing,especially the Big Races, is a homemade Date/Cashew/Coconut Roll with a traces of Olive Oil and Honey I prefer to make my own for racing because Lara Bar can be 'dry' during hard workout efforts. Here are the simple directions: 1) it's easier if you can buy the dates already pitted. If they are unavailable you will need to take the pits out by cutting them open, and then, dice the dates 2) I use raw cashews, you can subsitute almonds, chop the nuts. I use either a meat mallet, or a
I’ve Made an Executive Decision
My Birthday next year, I'm celebrating a whole week! 2 shopping trips, going out to dinner, 1 huge birthday party with my friends, 1 sleepover with my best friend. I'm not going to cook dinner or do dishes for a whole week. Why is it only our children get 'week' long celebrations? I'm in! So put it in your calender
2012 12 Hour Race: Dawn to Dusk
It's been long on my bucket list: Dawn to Dusk. Alpine 12 hour on SS. Man, was I ready!! I was so ready, besides now knowing I need 2 hours to primp myself in the morning, I know how to do this, and the worse the weather, the better I'll do. 25 degrees with 30 mile per hour winds: Chance of Snow and Rain; NO problem! As everyone whizzed by me at the start, as I was putting on my gloves after taking my arm warmers and vest off, to save for later in the day.
Today Started Off Like This
April Fool's. I knew it was snowing for our buddy Rico, but it made me sad, because his nick name was 'snow otter'. He used to burrow under the snow until his face was white with snow. So cute. I had a ride schedule 4-5 hours. I couldn't decide between riding up the crest on my new Scott Foil 2012 Team Issue OR taking the Mountain Bike out for a spin. Well, snow, well, 1 hour run. So I loaded up Mojo and Molly and away we went. Up to Pino Canyon. Wow, the
Free Style Drills: Tap Head Drill and 3-5 switch
Tap Your Head Drill This is a drill for freestyle that we really like at the moment and for a couple of different reasons: It lets you know where your head is for posture in the water. It gives you and indication of where your hand is to prevent over reaching (reaching in front of the head) It promotes rotation. How to do it: While swimming freestyle, stop in mid-recovery and lightly touch the crown of your head, then slip the hand into the water in front of the shoulder in a kind of catch-up fashion,
Minerals: Iodine and Selenium
Selenium and Iodine Zoe Nance www.zoefitness.com In recent years there seems to be a rise in Thyroid related diseases. I have been researching the mechanisms of nutritional support and the possible interaction of Iodine and Selenium on the observed increases in thyroid related diseases. The general functions of the thyroid gland are to control how quickly the body uses energy, to make proteins, and to control how sensitive the body should be to other hormones. The thyroid gland participates in these processes by producing thyroid hormones, the principal hormones being triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine(T4). These hormones regulate the rate
I’ve Been Addicted to Facebook
You have to be addicted to something. So I guess, if you have to be addicted to something, Facebook is the lesser of many evils available for addiction. I definitely have been on Facebook more to ease my pain. It took some time for me to get depressed. Once we moved, I felt so good not being sick all the time, I never had time to grieve the pain, the loss of my dream home, my Dallas career, my friends, the familiarity of the place I called home. It finally hit me
2XU: Official Sponsor of Team Classic/Zoefitness
2XU USA; Official Sponsor of Team Classic/Zoefitness. I've never used a product that I haven't loved. Here's some of my favorite products and why. 2XU Cycling Glove: Just enough padding, not too much, no crimping of fabric, blisters or 'relocation' of gel pads. 2XU Winter Cycling Glove: Wow, those things keep your hands warm, nice wind stopper material, nice velcro closure at the top, great for running, too. 2XU Running Visor: Adjustable, washable, practical and functional. 2XU Compression Calf: Easy to carry in your jersey pocket to throw on when your legs begin to fall
The Best Way to Treat a Saddle Sore
Is prevention. There are some simple steps that you can take to help prevent saddles sores. 1) Good Personal Hygiene. Keeping the body clean prior to riding will help tremendously. If you are not able to bathe immediately after a ride, you can use alcohol wipes to disinfect the area prone to saddle sores or keep bottom wipes with witch hazel with your riding clothes. 2) Wear shorts or pants to the trail, or bike ride. This will keep your bottom away from your cycling shorts and chamois for a longer period of
Today I learned a 2 a day is much more painful than One long one
I've been very busy. Busy with Annual Training Plans, new athlete's, welcome Kyle Martinez to Team Zoefitness and Zoefitness trained athletes'. Kyle just took his Cat IV upgrade, 2nd race since I started coaching him 2nd place over the weekend. Texas March rain's kept some people at bay for racing. Bummer, lots of indoor rides, trainers and spin bikes. I ran 9 miles this morning: 1.5 hour. Was going to run with hubby tonight, 1 hour. Unfortunately had to run it alone. All I could do was think about how painful the run was. I