Alameda Runners – Get After It!

A lot of the fitness articles published on Active and other major publications are sometimes mundane and relatively dull.  It’s not fun to try to find enjoyable articles only to sift through the boring junk.  I’m going to share a quick article you may have missed but includes some interesting race tips.

If you’re looking for ways to try and reduce your triathlon transition times, Active.com Triathlon has a five-step guide that could help give you some new ideas.

In the article, the five following steps are recommended:  apply bodyglide, never sit down during the transition, use triathlon-specific cycling shoes, don’t wear socks when cycling and running, and try using speed laces.

Take a look at the article here.

Of note is the recommendation to not wear socks, which most of us consider crucial to help keep our feet in the right shape.  If you’re willing to use body glide or a similar product in favor of wearing socks, then give it a shot.  (If anyone of you have tried it — or still do it — let me know.)

Speed laces could be helpful as well, and I see a growing number of people wearing them on runs.  If you’re in search of something even more drastic, take a look at shoes using the Boa Lacing System able to render shoe laces obsolete, the company says.

We have two flavors of Athletes Honey Milk, honey (original) and chocolate (light).  The chocolate is a bit chalky but tastes good.  The honey is really smooth with no chalky taste.  Both flavors are loaded with 26 grams of protein, 120mg of sodium and 330mg of potassium in the 11.5 ounce bottle.

Honey Milk is mostly natural.  Milk, honey then  lactase enzyme are the first three ingredients, they are all natural.  All of the regular readers know how much I like natural ingredients.

Back in April, we did an interview with Athletes Honey Milk.  The name and idea put me off at first.  Here is one of my initial thoughts of the product: “He may have to open the box and force it down my throat.”

Between then and the time to review Honey Milk, we tested a lot of bad things so I figured things could not get much worse and I could take one for the team.  I went out for a good one hour run on a warm day.  After the run, I held my breath and tried the honey milk.  It tasted good!  It passed the first test.  It is drinkable with no chalky aftertaste.

I really like the taste of Athletes Honey milk.  It is so good, I can’t believe it works.  I have been drinking it for about a month now and it seems to be working for recovery.  I tend to drink another drink like Cytomax after long days because it I want the additional water.

Athletes Honey Milk is in the bought category for me.  It has moved into the top three sports drinks for me and the top tasting recovery drink.

Mike’s Note:  To see all things AHM on Alameda Runners, feel free to click here.