This weekend I raced the Old Point International triathlon in Hampton, Va! I finished 40th overall and 3rd in Age Group–finally got an award spot! That was pretty rewarding, especially because the week leading up had tough mentally and physically, I ended training all the way to the race with no taper…the day I would usually take as rest, I did a spin class and ran 9 miles. My times were good except for the swim…which was bad, but I knew that would happen. It was an ocean swim and the water was pretty rough! The bike was only 21 miles long, but I did it in 59:22 which was 21.2 mph- another improvement! The 10k I did in 40:13 which came out to 6:28 min/mile, 8th fastest overall. I wanted to break 40 minutes (well 39 honestly) but this was still good…and I liked running in the new Nike Lunaracers 2! The race was a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to this coming weekend where I will be racing the Xterra off-road 21k (half marathon) in Richmond.
| Place | Bib | NAME | CITY/STATE | Rank | SWIM | Rank | T1 | Rank | BIKE | Rank | T2 | Rank | RUN | PENALTY | TIME | DQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | 84 | Chuck Feerick | Virginia Beach VA | 5 | 32:21 | 6 | 2:28 | 3 | 59:22 | 6 | 1:37 | 1 | 40:13 | 2:15:59 | ||
Here is a sandwich I made for recovery after the race. After a quick cool down with some sprints and stretches, I headed over and got a bunch of fruit for carbs to replace my lost glycogen stores. Then I had this sandwich: 2 slices Sprouted Wheat bread, small piece of leftover sweet potato mashed up, and some marshmallow fluff. Not bad haha. A while after that I had a protein shake to replace my muscle stores.
Sweet potato sandwich
A made a new Power Meatloaf recipe earlier this week. It came out great
- .9 lbs 95% lean ground beef
- 1.25 lbs ground turkey breast
- .5 cup old fashioned oats
- .5 cup oat bran
- 1 Omega-3 egg
- .25 cup A1
- .25 cup ketchup (or more if you like it like I do!)
- Garlic and onion seasonings
Form into 5 equal patties and bake for about 25 minutes at 400 degrees. Each one of these huge meatloaf patties is only 290 calories and 6 grams of healthy fat. Plus its full of lean protein and essential nutrients like amino acids and iron! Perfect for dinner, especially after a good workout.
Meatloaf ingredients
In the bowl
Before going in the oven
Enjoy
As I said before, this was a tough week. Work has been real crazy and after doing a couple crazy hard workouts, I over-exhausted myself and took days off that I hadn’t planned on. Not a big deal, just hard on me mentally.
But in searching some blog this week, I saw a great idea- Raspberry Jam and cheese stuffed chicken. I think the recipe I saw involved cooking the chicken as well, but I had some already baked chicken breasts that I just slit open and stuffed. I used an all natural raspberry jam and one slice of Laughing Cow cheese. This recipe is meant for a milder, smoother cheese like a Laughing Cow, brie, swiss, or goat cheese I would think.
Raspberry Cheese Chicken
The concept was really cool, but I definitely need more Jam in it and to eat while it was good and hot! Microwaving it lost a lot of the juice from the jam so I need to think of another way try this…thoughts?
Questions for the week:
- If you compete in any kind of races of events, what your favorite pre-race dinner the night before/
- What’s your favorite post-race meal afterward?
Remember to leave any other fitness or nutrition questions you have and I will answer them!
Congrats on the awesome race!! So happy for you!!
Congrats on the race man! You were bookin it!
Congrast!! You amazing me every time with your times! I love that sweet potato sandwich too!
Favorite post workout meal for me is a huge protein shake, and oats with protein powder!!
Awesome job on the race, that’s such a great time! My favorite pre-race dinner is a massive salad with tons of veggies, tempeh and hummus, plus lots of bread, fruit and dark chocolate. Some of everything! And after a hard workout, I love oats with tons of mix ins. Banana, peanut butter, chia seeds, protein powder- the works.
About your Naturally Nutty question, I do buy it online. I kept seeing it on everyone’s blog and finally broke down and bought some. It’s worth it!
Super congrats!! Your times are great and how awesome to have a podium finish!
Post-race I couldn’t eat anything for an hour or two–I think I forced half an orange in my mouth, but then I waited for awhile until we cooked lunch. I’m sure the beers with lunch weren’t exactly kosher in most standards, but it was a reward that matched the lazy lake house sunning and swimming that afternoon