July 13Lifetime Fitness
Minneapolis, MN
July 14
Boulder Peak
Boulder, CO
July 27
Giant Eagle 5150
Columbus, OH
August 11
Rev3 Wisconsin
August 25
Rev3 Maine September 1
5150 Championships HyVee Triathlon
September 22
Lifetime Fitness Tempe
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Greetings!
I hope everyone had a relaxing 4 th of July. Thanks again to everyone who continues to support me-my family, fans, friends, sponsors, and competitors. I am now back training hard in Tucson and will race at the 3rd stop of the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series in Minneapolis on July 13th. Afterward, I will catch a flight to Denver to compete in the Boulder Peak 5150 the very next day, on July 14th! Lots of racing this weekend! If you are racing at either event, I encourage you to please introduce yourself. I love meeting fellow athletes when I have the opportunity to do so at events.  |
June has come and gone so quickly! It was another busy month of racing and travel. I competed in my first half distance race of the year at Rev3 Williamsburg. This distance is so unfamiliar and it was really refreshing to go into a race with no expectations. I ended up finishing 3rd place with a truly epic bonk at mile 8 of the run. Since starting triathlon I have seen athletes pass out at the finish or say they "blacked out" and are taken to the med tent for an IV. I have never been able to push that hard in a race to reach that level of exhaustion. Well, I successfully did this in Williamsburg. No, it was no fun...at all. However, it is exciting to know that I got everything out of myself on the day. I spent a few days at home in Charleston, SC after the race and then flew to St. Louis for a 5150 event only 6 days after the half. I honestly did everything I could to recover in between races, but I was pretty flat going in to the race. I finished in 2nd place on a very tough course.
Special thanks to the Hillers for providing me with a great accommodation.
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Race Results
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| 2nd | June 29 | 5150 St. Louis | | 3rd | June 23 | Rev3 Williamsburg | | 5th | May 27 | Lifetime Fitness Captex Triathlon | | 1st | May 19 | 5150 Kansas City, Kansas City, MO | | 1st | May 5 | Rev3 Knoxville, TN | | 12th | April 28 | 5150 St. Anthony's, St. Petersburg, FL | | 3rd | April 7 | Lifetime Fitness Nautica South Beach Triathlon, Miami, FL | | 5th | March 2 | Escape from Alcatraz, San Francisco, CA |
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Lauren's Kitchen - Green Eggs
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 Ingredients:
- 1 Avocado
- 2 Eggs
- Sun Dried Tomatoes
- Salt, Pepper
Cut an avocado in half and take out the pit. Next crack an egg in the hollow part of each avocado half. Bake at 350 for 25min and top with sun dried tomatoes. Add salt/pepper as desired.
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Brick Session with NO Bike!
 It is no secret that runs off the bike are very different than stand alone foot races. It is important to not only know how to run fast, but also how to run fast when the legs are heavy from a hard effort on the bike. Brick sessions are often done to simulate the "heavy legs" feeling that one feels in a race. However, bringing a trainer to the track and setting it up etc. may be too time consuming when trying to fit in a workout. The workout below trains the body to run race pace with tired legs without having a bike.
Warm up 15 minutes.
Stretches, run drills, and 4x100m strides with perfect-ish form
1x400m at 90% effort rest 200m jog/walk
2x800m at 10k pace (ex: 7:00 pace would be 1:45 for each 400) rest 200m jog/walk in between
1x400 at 90% effort rest 200m jog/walk
2x800m at 10k pace rest 200m jog/walk
1x400m at 90% effort
1 mi at 10k pace rest 200m jog/walk
1-2mi cool down with stretching and recovery calories immediately after
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Williamsburg REV3 Nutrition Plan
Race Morning: ½ cup of Trader Joe's oatmeal with ½ banana and a handful of almonds, 2 salt stick tabs
Pre race morning/warm up:sipped on 20oz of water with 1 scoop of First Endurance EFS
Swim start: 100 calories of Liquid Shot +1 scoop of First Endurance Pre-Race + 3 oz of water (all combined in a flask)
On the run into T1: 8oz of water with 1 Nuun tablet
Bike: 100 cal First Endurance Liquid Shot every 30min on the bike (#1 immediately when I was s ettled on the bike, so minute "0"), 24oz of fluid (water +1 scoop EFS) every 75 minutes. 1 salt stick tab. 800 calories total 
Run: 2 salt tabs immediately in T2, flask of liquid shot (took a small sip every 5 minutes), Water/coke/ice at aid stations. 250 cal total
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Giveaways and Sponsor Savings!
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 Giveaway Winner - First Endurance Pre-Race
Congratulations to subscriber Kyle Schroeder will be receiving this great product from www.firstendurance.com, a staple of my pre-race nutrition plan!
Upcoming Giveaway - Case of Biotta Beet Juice
One newsletter subscriber (randomly selected) will receive a case of endurance-boosting beet juice from Biotta. Rather than wait, you can use my discount code and save on a variety of juices from www.biottajuices.com:
- Use Code Train7-13 for a TOTAL of 25% off (deal + additional % = 25%) Beet and Sauerkraut Juice
- Use Code Race7-13 to save on Celery / Elderberry
- Use Code Win7-13 to save on Bilberry
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