COACH CYNDEE

I am currently training for Ironman 70.3 Worlds on September 9th.  This past Sunday was a hot and humid day to train in Vegas.  I hope on September 9th the weather is a little better or less humid.  By the time I finished my run on Sunday it was noon.  I would have still been running if it were race day and let me tell you it was HOT.  I can handle the dry hot heat much better than the humid hot heat.  I feel as if my training is going good leading up to this race. It is my last big race for the year and that is always a great feeling. I had a pretty busy year of training and am ready for a little break after this race.  Last year was the first year this race was in Vegas.  I decided to check race results last year.  There is some serious competition in this race.  I realized it is the best in the World and everyone has to qualify, but wow there are some fast age groupers out there.  I am hoping to complete this is 5:30 or better. ...

After The Race! I am currently training for Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas on September 9th.  I decided to add an Olympic race into my schedule this past weekend.  I figured it would be a good training race and good to get out of the heat in Vegas.nCurrently it is over 110 degrees in Vegas so we thought we would get to cooler weather in Flagstaff Arizona.  It was a super idea and I must say Flagstaff is a great place to race or even just train in August.  The weather was perfect in the morning and afternoon.  Each day we got some late afternoon showers but by that time training was over.  I told my boyfriend I wish I could live up there for July and August each year.  It was incredible.  A lot of people come up for this race from Phoenix so the competition is pretty tough.  I felt pretty good throughout the race and started my run with a 7:30 pace.  That is really great for me and at 7000 feet I felt good about it....

Great post workout meal. Egg whites, brown rice, spinach, tomatoes, feta cheese. Many times my clients inspire me to write about certain topics.  This is one of them.  A lot of times people come to me after they have lost a significant amount of weight.  When people lose a lot of weight many times they want to take on a new challenge.  In many cases that is a triathlon or marathon. Many of these clients are currently at their goal weight or very close to it.  Some have lost significant weight.   In some cases people may have had an addiction to food when they we're overweight and they may have a very distorted view of food.  Some view food as the enemy or as what made them fat.  My goal is to get them to view food in a whole new way.   When you train for a triathlon especially half ironman or full ironman you MUST fuel your body very different from when fuel for weight loss.  When training for endurance events each day you may have m...