Updates

Recipe: Maple Granola

Athlete Food — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:39:57 +0000

We eat a huge amount of granola. We sprinkle it over oatmeal for extra calories before a big ride. We pour it onto yogurt for a post-workout second breakfast. We spoon it on ice cream for dessert. And we always pack a batch (double-bagged) in our gear duffle when we go abroad to race, so we’re sure to have a familiar food on hand.

11 Snack Ideas from our Readers

Athlete Food — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:42:17 +0000

Working out later? Need something to snack on now? How about one of these from our Athlete Food readers:

Peanut butter & agave on whole wheat bread
Greek yogurt with Grape Nuts mixed into the container
Brendan Braziers Banana cocoa pudding
Puffed millet cereal added to the Wassner Twins' Power Snack (pb/maple/coco)
Strong coffee & a piece of toast with honey
Oatmeal + peanut butter + banana with maybe raisins, walnuts & cinnamon
A huge glass of milk
Frozen cherries, Vahlrona cocoa powder, whole flaxseeds, and Ronnybrook chocolate milk
Apple cinnamon rice cakes with jam and almond butter on one, and honey and almond butter on the other
A spoon of Nutella
Sticky rice + chia seeds + sea salt + cinnamon

Contest Winner: Chocolate Cherry Shake

Athlete Food — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:01:32 +0000

Congratulations to reader Christy and her winning combination: Frozen cherries blended with Valrhona cocoa powder, whole flaxseeds, and chocolate milk.

Bec's Barbados Update

racereports — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:35 +0000

Unfortunately, I injured my toe during the race and was not able to complete the run. I am back in New York and am working with my trainers and doctor to figure out what exactly I did to my foot while running into and out of the ocean.

While it is disappointing that I didn't finish the race, it was great to be back in the ITU action. The race venue was one of the best Continental Cup courses I've experienced. Beautiful, clean water, no cars or potholes on the bike course and lots of fans.

Congrats to all of the podium finishers, including Sarah Wassner Flynn, who collected prize money for her 3rd place in the 6 am 3k road race.

Last Day to Enter the Power Snack Contest!

Wassner Twins — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:46:36 +0000

Thanks to all who have sent us your powerful snack ideas! If you haven't gotten around to it yet, there's still time to enter. We will be accepting snack ideas until Feb. 13 at midnight.

If you love nut butters or locally crafted vegan and gluten free goodness, this is your contest to WIN!

Follow this link for details

Enter now by posting your favorite Power Snack in the comment field below.

LW's ITU debut: 8th place in Barbados

racereports — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:57:56 +0000

As you can see from the photos, we were lucky enough to spend the weekend in Barbados. We talked our sister Sarah and Megan N into coming with us for a girls weekend and off we went with our bikes and backpacks to the deep eastern Caribbean for the ITU Barbados Sprint race. All it took was a five hour flight to get us from fridgid to hot and sticky - just the way I like it! We arrived, got a tour of the island- saw where Tiger Woods got married, where George Washington slept, and even some green monkeys on the Green Monkey (golf course). We also saw the race course: 750m in the crystal blue sea, 5 lap 10 180deg turn bike, and a flat 3 lap run.

Evening swim in Barbados

Wassner Twins — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:15:52 +0000

Oats of the Week: Banana Ginger

Athlete Food — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:31:25 +0000

The Mix: Steel-cut oats cooked with powdered ginger and banana, topped with walnuts.

The Workout: We did a 12-mile hilly run from Lenape Lane to Skytop in the Mohonk Preserve. After a 1-mile warm-up, it was 3.5 miles of hard uphill tempo-pace climbing, 2 miles flat recovery, 4.5 miles strong downhill running, and a 1-mile easy cruise cool down.

Upcoming Race: Barbados ITU Sprint Cup

Wassner Twins — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:07 +0000

In just one week we'll be kicking off our 2012 season on the island of Barbados! Many of the world's top triathletes will be traveling to the south Carribbean to collect valuable Olympic points in this draft-legal sprint race.

Our Message on World Cancer Day

Wassner Twins — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:24:46 +0000

Livestrong 1, LJW