Sunday, June 10, 2012

ultraRUNNING Online - A Refresher Nutrition Course for Ultrarunners

How Nutrition Helps Increase Metabolism/Fat Burning
  • Breakfast revs up metabolism by recovering liver glycogen from “overnight fasting” (sleeping).
  • Eating one - two hours before exercise increases your body’s ability to burn fat.
  • Consuming lower glycemic index (GI) foods post-exercise will help to burn fat longer. Or you can add protein, fiber and/or unsaturated fat to your high GI foods. Good snacks include small nut butter and fruit spread sandwiches on whole wheat bread, low-fat or non-fat yogurt, complex cookies like plain or wheat Fig Newton’s™, whole fruits, less-processed grains and cereals, a few nuts or fat-free chocolate milk. Try to keep the ratio about one part protein to four parts carbohydrate.
  • Eating fiber (and water) with higher GI foods. Try to get three grams of fiber per serving. This will keep your blood sugar from “spiking”.


ultraRUNNING Online - A Refresher Nutrition Course for Ultrarunners

Countywide bike plan ready for public comment - BakersfieldCalifornian.com

Imagine being able to bike your way around Isabella Lake protected by painted bicycle lanes, or better yet, a paved path separated from the highway.
Or visualize new bike lanes in Oildale and east Bakersfield designed to help make commuting by pedal-power more feasible for everyday people.


Countywide bike plan ready for public comment - BakersfieldCalifornian.com

Sharman Ultra: Do Ultra Beards Make You Run Faster?

At the end of last year I made a few light-hearted predictions about ultrarunning in 2012, including that ultra beards would go out of fashion. From what I've seen so far this year the men with beards still have beards. But for anyone trying to emulate their achievements, the important question is...do beards make you run faster in the mountains?


Sharman Ultra: Do Ultra Beards Make You Run Faster?

ultraRUNNING Online - Browning, Tompkins Win at San Diego 100

Mount Laguna, California, June 10. Jeff Browning and Shawna Tompkins were winners of the 12th annual San Diego 100, held in the mountains about an hour east of the city center. Both runners led throughout most of the race. Tompkins, who finished sixth overall, cruised to a four-hour win over the second woman, Ronda Sundermeier.

The race features about 21,000 feet of vertical and is mostly run between the Pacific Crest and Lake Cuyamaca at 4000-6000 feet above sea level. Runners were treated to ideal weather, with starting temperatures in the mid-40s, warming to the mid-70s on the lower part of the course. Sunday proved warmer, but most of the runners were on the higher part of the course as the last 20 miles is mostly on the Pacific Crest Trail. Of the 191 starters, 131 finished within the 32-hour time limit.

ultraRUNNING Online - Browning, Tompkins Win at San Diego 100