Category Archives: nutirition

The best way to drink water

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Jill Koegel

Tempted to hydrate with coffee, diet soda or crystal light instead of water? Don’t give in. Here’s why. Continue reading →

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Take that, Zorinsky Lake and the “C” word.

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Michaela Saunders

I’ve decided that starting Saturday mornings at the lake is the way to go. Hopefully it will keep getting warmer, too. We started running around 7:15 a.m. It was about 30 degrees and windy. Really windy. The lake mud was still smelly, the sky was gray and there weren’t as many birds as two weeks […] Continue reading →

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Blue Jays, Cardinals and Clif Shots

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Michaela Saunders

Everything is clicking! I ran the entire 7.3-mile loop at Zorinsky Lake this morning in about 90 minutes. I ran at a good pace and I think it’s going to get me through the Big Day: Run for a mile, walk for a minute. Run for a mile, walk for a minute. That kept me […] Continue reading →

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Nutrition lowdown

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Michaela Saunders

Coaches Dan and Kelly sent some pretty great stuff today as a follow-up to Saturday morning’s Nutrition Clinic. The gist of it is calculating a “calorie budget” based on several things, including the length of the day’s run, and then aiming for 60 percent of those calories to come from carbohydrates, 25 percent from “good […] Continue reading →

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