AM: 10.5 miles. 4 x 1 mile intervals with the group in Sugar House park. Nice to run in the rain!
PM: 4.0 miles. Gym for core. My Little Experiment:
For the last few weeks I've been researching nitrate supplementation. There are a handful of studies out about
the benefits of nitrate (not nitrite) loading (300-450 mg) with many
Olympic athletes trying it in London with the offer of increase performance . Since I'm not thrilled about pill
supplements, red beets offer some of the highest levels obtainable in
vegetables--thus I began my search from some sort of pre-made juice full
of red beets to "load" on before the St. George Marathon. Odawalla
makes a Carrot Beet Ginger drink with 1/1/4 Beets in a 12 oz.
container--that's about 5 oz. of red beet juice with the carrots adding a
small amount of nitrate. So, that's x3 a day of 12 oz. Odawalla drink
beginning next Sunday (6 days of nitrate loading). This may be bogus,
but at the very least the added vegetables are healthy! Comments?
Here's some quick info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2p-LuMQBE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yo0cSeruTI
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