Paleo, Protein and Going the Distance

I often find blog post subjects from questions or comments I receive via twitter, facebook or emails, so keep them coming along, please! The other day I received a such one comment via Twitter to my post about eating bananas and coconut water during training, or carbohydrate gels. “So no protein for you? Paleo Diet […]

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Beating Belly Fat and Slimming Thighs…Really?

“Beat that belly fat, once and for all”.   “Slim your thighs with three simple moves”.  “Look ten pounds thinner by standing taller”. OK. Really? How are headlines such as these still gracing the covers of so many magazines, blogs and ads?   Does anyone still really think that eating one certain food is going […]

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Vegan & Paleo- Can It Work?

In a word…no. While I’m asked this quite a bit, surprisingly, it just can’t happen, any more than one can be a vegan who eats beef.   Incidentally, even when I was vegan myself, I never quite understood some of the permutations I heard such as  lacto-vegetarian or pesco-vegan.   If you’re vegan, you don’t […]

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GI Distress While Running

It happens to all of us.  We’re running along, having a great workout and then… all of a sudden, that ominous feeling of impending doom in the gut hits us and our focus on stride, cadence and pace turns into a desperate search for a restroom, or worse, some bushes. While I’m very happy to […]

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