Archive for the tag 'nutrition'

Dec 01 2008

Climbing the Tallest Mountain in Colorado

Published by adam under Training

Neal and I took a break last weekend from all the current economic chaos to relax and refocus. 
What better way to recapture this perspective than to climb to the top of the second highest peak in the Continental United States?  Mt. Elbert (14,440 ft.) is 65 feet shorter than the tallest peak in the continental [...]

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Sep 09 2008

This many! 10DL is 1 year old

Published by neal under Misc.

The concept that we call “10 Degrees of Latitude” is one year old today. Hard to believe that one year ago Adam and I brainstormed this idea. The untold story about 10DL is that it was actually Adam’s wife (Amy Hazlett) who came up with the actual name. Adam came up with the idea to [...]

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Sep 04 2008

A nice write-up from Gu

Published by neal under Misc.

Gu Nutrition, makers of Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel, did a funny little write-up on us today. They sent Adam and I a list of provocative questions and asked us to respond. I hope you have as much fun reading it as we had writing it.
Here’s an excerpt.
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What’s the most creative way you’ve [...]

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Jul 17 2008

Day 23 - Channel Day Moments

Published by neal under Misc.

We swam the channel yesterday.  Today is a planned day to rest, recoop and reenergize. We still have 200 more miles to bike to get to Paris — which will start day after tomorrow.
Some stats about our swim:

Dover, UK to Calais, France
14 hours 23 minutes
21 miles
Water temp 60F
In terms of nutrition… We [...]

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Jul 12 2008

Day 18 - 5th training swim in Dover

Published by neal under Misc.

Met at Dover Harbor today for the regular weekend CS&PF Swim. There were heaps of swimmers (at least 50) there at 9AM. Adam and I swam for 1 hour in the harbor just to loosen up. We were joined by our families, and after the swim the kids decided to stick their feet in the [...]

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Jul 04 2008

Day 10 - 5 Tips to ensure your bike never slows you down

Published by Team under Event, Training

Today is a scheduled rest day in Nottingham.  We’ve got beautiful weather here and it’s a great little town to enjoy.  Since we don’t have any ride stories from today, I thought I’d share a short article that I came across in Outside Magazine.  Here is a link to the web version of the article.  [...]

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