Pies are your friend [trainingfilter]

[andygates]

Interesting article here for the tri training posse.  Basically: shovel down 4 grammes of carbs per pound of bodyweight and after an initial puff-out you become a lean mean hyper-fuelled training machine.  Most endurance athletes are wretched starvelings, it seems.

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Re: Buoyancy is good for the swim, tho.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

...and it's sister, the triathlete with an empty bowl and "MOAR!"

The study looked at athletes with average 8% body fat and they were the same composition at the end. Don't wait up for me to hit that number ;)