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Here’s a sweet ride with a ton of cushion and large toe box the Wildcat has become one of my favorite La Sportiva Trail Shoes. I ran my last two 100 milers in the Wildcats, the Wasatch 100 and Oil Creek 100. The shoe it self does weighs a little more then the Fireblades and is a little bulkier but has a killer traction( FriXion® X-Axis rubber outsole ) system that gives you a lot of confidence to bomb the technical muddy downhills. The wildcat is a higher profile shoe but surprisingly I never role my ankle in the toughest terrain, no blisters with the Wildcats…by La Sportiva
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Wasatch Speed Goat Mountain Racing Team partnered with Greenlayer Sports to go green for 2010! Greenlayer Sports uses re-cycled polyester for their performance apparel, and how soft it is. The team is enjoying a 5 piece uniform including the Elite Series Tank, Arm Warmers, Long Sleeve Shirt, a real nice Long Sleeve Half Zip and racing cap. Greenlayer Sports provides the softest and most comfortable Goat Skin I have ever run in! 10 Scrapes!!
Photo taken Salt Lake City by Cory Standish – Out for a 20 mile spin in my La Sportiva Wildcats, Drymax Socks, Greenlayer Sports Elite Series Tank and Arm Warmers, First Endurance Visor with a pocket full of EFS and my Nathan Elite 2V Plus Running Pack.
Happy Trails!
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Long time college friend Randall Mcelwain set his sights on a endurance swim across Lake Erie, he trained all summer and was determined to take down the record of 11:53 from Long Point to Freeport Beach, Pa. Randy sent me an e-mail asking for some endurance nutrition ideals, I mentioned the EFS Liquid Shot by First Endurance, this will keep your electrolytes in line and deliver even energy througout the swim.
I am the new Long Point, OT to Freeport Beach , PA record holder with a time of 11:23. The record was broken by exactly 30 minutes with the former holder there to witness. The swim was great except for the 2-4 foot waives the entire crossing.
Hey, the First Endurance EFS Liquid Shot was great. I took it on the hour and my strength was did not waiver the entire swim. Not a single cramp in my Arms and Shoulders.
Thanks for the advice!
10 Splashes for Randy !!
This is the one product that has changed my race seasons by leaps and bounds!!
Robert Kunz, MS
The hard training we do on the bike is only the stress that we impose, and is only half of the training equation. To get the most out of that hard training, we need to recover and let our body adapt and come back even stronger. Ultragen recovery drink by First Endurance can be a critical component of your recovery plan.
The Importance of Recovery
When I was younger, my ideal weekend consisted of pounding out hours and hours on the bike each morning and then trying to do the same the next day. I rather enjoyed that feeling of utter exhaustion in between and at the start of following rides, and looked at it as a sign of good training. It was only a few years and degrees later that I put the training-recovery spiral together and realized the importance of proper recovery, both physical and dietary, as an important component of overall training.
Think of a rubber band analogy. If you want to have the hardest snap of the band (training), you also need to pull the band back (recovery) as much as you can. One does not exist in a vacuum without the other.
Dietary Recovery
You have probably heard of the following two terms bandied about before, but let’s define two of the most important concepts in dietary recovery:
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Karl Meltzer introduced me to First Endurance three years ago and I haven’t stop improving since then. With the heavy demands we put on our body it’s tough to keep up with nutrition. Lance Armstrong’s Astana Cycling Team is also powered by First Endurance products….Scrape on!!
Wasatch Speed Goat Trail Team testimonial: Chris Boyack
“Just wanted to drop a quick note and say thank you for sponsoring our Wasatch Speed Goat running team. I am a firm believer in your products and put MultiV, OptygenHP, Liquid Shot, and Ultragen to the test over the past two months leading up to the Moab Red Hot 50K+ race last weekend. Karl turned me on to Ultragen last year, and I have been taking the vitamins and Optygen every day for the past 2-3 months. LS was my fuel of choice for the race. I had a great day in Moab and give a lot of credit to First Endurance. I couldn’t believe how easily I was beating my targeted splits, and with such a moderate heart rate (for me). Truly a fantastic feeling. Yes, I trained a lot as well – but I feel that the FE products really made a difference in how my body was able to absorb the training I was doing.
I surpassed my goal by a long shot, and didn’t have to kill myself to do it. A great confidence boost and I now know I can start pushing even harder. Keep up the good work, and thanks again. “
Intro: Energy for endurance exercise is fueled primarily by fats and carbohydrates, with carbohydrate utilization increasing as the intensity of the exercise increases. Thus, carbohydrates are crucial to competitive endurance exercise performance. In addition to food based carbohydrates, there are many different energy supplements marketed for sport, which are available in a variety of forms. These carbohydrate supplements are available as a result of demand based upon experimental and research based evidence, but understanding when your body needs carbohydrate in which amount depends on three key areas: capacity, conversion and type.
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Recovery Drink Comparison Chart – This is one training supplement that will help your body keep up with it’s demands.
Athletes train with the purpose of improving performance. Training sessions are designed to stress the body beyond its baseline homeostatic condition. The specific adaptations that occur because of training depend on the type of training, the intensity of training, the individual and the pre/during and post workout nutrition. [See Energy and Electrolyte Drink Comparison for nutritional considerations during training.} Work is done during training, and almost every system in the body is involved with that work. Aside from the obvious muscular, circulatory, and respiratory systems, the nervous system, skeletal system, integumentary system, and digestive systems are all hard at work during training. Calories are consumed, heat is generated, fluids and electrolytes are lost, free-radical oxidative stress is generated, and tissues are broken down. All of these systems need to be restored before the next training session. If training continues without adequate recovery, then overtraining results and the athlete’s performance begins to decline. The length of time it takes to recover properly can be minimized if the appropriate nutritional building blocks are consumed immediately following a training session (within 30 minutes has been supported as the optimal timeframe by the literature). Nutritional deficiencies may even prevent recovery from ever happening, and thereby an optimal performance is never attained. read more >>
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This is my daughter’s soccer team who just won the whole league for Division One U-13 Soccer. What’s cool were from a little town called Heber City just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The teams we compete against have hundred’s of kids trying out for the squad, we had 25.
Nothing like coaching along side of Ian Harvey, accomplished Olympian Skate Skier (Toko Rep for North America) who understands what it takes to be the best.
I’ve help coach these girls for the past three years, it was very rewarding to see the “bad news bears” win the division and become a Premier Soccer Team !
October 6th, final game to win the league !!
The Heber Storm, scrape on!!
Photo: Mt. Timpanogos – Coach Ian Harvey
After running in the Montrail Vitesse for over ten years I finally switched shoes. My first season in the La Sportiva Fireblades went extremely well. The first part of the year I ran the Two Moons 100 and the Squaw Peak 50; The Fireblades preformed real well but the big test was still waiting, the rugged Hardrock 100.
During the Hardrock I trekked through dozens of streams, glaciers and scree fields that were nothing but rocks. The Fireblade was sturdy enough to handle the rugged terrain but yet a really light fast feeling shoe. The sole carried enough lugs to stick through all types of surfaces like the snow fields, mud and wet rocks. I like the skinny heel which makes for a confident heel strike down those tricky, rocky descents. The Fireblade doesn’t have a bunch of extra bulk and weight which feels real sleek on the feet!
Another design feature that works real well, is the pointed sturdy toe box. Other shoes designs have the bigger flatter toe box that doesn’t deflect toe bang near as well as the pointed toe box. In fact I didn’t get one single blister or lose any toe nails, the first time ever in 60 plus ultra marathons.
Three scrapes for the La Sportiva Fireblades!!
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