How nourishing are your workday lunches? The advantage of working from home is that you can eat what and when you fancy. Not so for those who have either returned to the office, or work in schools and health care. And though cheap and convenient, the standard supermarket 'meal deal' is not only wholly uninspiring but also sadly offers little in terms of good nutrition for the busy triathlete. This is where this month's four nutritious and delicious meals come in...
First up, add a little spice to your lunch break with a delicious Vietnamese noodle bowl. This totally mouth-watering bowl of goodness will admittedly take a few more minutes to make than your average pot noodle, but it's pretty fast all the same, much more nutritious, and a great balance of all three macros - carbohydrate, protein and healthy fats. Get noodle-savvy, too, with the extra info at the base of the recipe and experiment with the different suggestions.
Next, an Italian chicken sandwich recipe to take your sandwich experience up another level! I firmly believe that if you can access good quality bread it is so much nicer, so treat yourself to some wholesome granary or (my favourite for this) seeded sourdough from your local bakery to pack this tasty Mediterranean-style chicken mix into.
This nourishing 'superfood' Butterbean, spelt and roasted veg salad delivers slow-releasing carbohydrate and protein to keep your energy levels sustained all afternoon. Make a batch of this in advance and it can keep you going for days.
Finally, a favourite for rest days, this is my Sweet potato, broccoli and chorizo tortilla, which is not only filling but also packed with protein and antioxidants to help your muscles recover and repair. Enjoy cold or warmed in the office microwave.
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How to Carb Load - Packing your working cells with carbohydrates in the build-up to your big race is a proven strategy to race stronger and faster...
Whichever distance triathlon you're racing, the intensity and duration of your activity will see your body tap into its stores of carbohydrates (in the form of glycogen) to power your effort. While it's possible to top up your tank on the go, it's better to start your event with your stores full to the brim.
The Olympic Champion - On 31 July, Great Britain's Alex Yee put together arguably the greatest one-day performance we have ever seen at an Olympic Games to win gold. And we were there at the finish line to speak to tri's new poster boy...
The opening line of the race report read how 20 years on from New Zealand’s first and only Olympic triathlon gold medal, Hayden Wilde had put in a careerbest performance to regain the title for his nation. Then Alex Yee comes around the corner.Yee’s charge, seemingly from nowhere on the final lap of the 10km run in Paris, didn’t just help him become the most decorated Olympic male triathlete of all time, and didn’t just cap a rivalry that has been building for six years, it left seasoned watchers of swim, bike, run in awe. It will go down as one of the greatest triathlon races; Yee, still just 26, as one of the greatest triathletes. His medals from Paris added to the two from Tokyo, leaving his haul at two gold, a silver and a bronze, and counting.
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GAMES AT THE GAMES
After watching and enjoying the Olympic triathlon events, Brunt amused himself by playing the 'guess how far into each event I would die' game...
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With little heat prep, the wrong gear choice and a course-recce mistake, would experienced extreme triathlete Sean McFarlane soar like an eagle or drop like a stone in Italy?
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The ability to dig deep in the latter stages of a race helped Alex Yee achieve Olympic gold. Here Ben, a member of Team GB's coaching staff in Paris, explains how you too can find that extra gear...
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POLAR GRIT X2 PRO
\"You can't be anything other than impressed with the GPS, whose design is one of the significant changes to the V3\"
