thu may 6

posted by riptide multisports

The 2010 season has just started for mix1-sponsored Riptide Multisports.  They’re off to a great start!

Team member Dan MacKenzie provides a recap of the team’s early season success:

It has been less than a week since the last flakes of snow finally left the Denver area, but members of the Riptide Multisports team have already raced in 5 states and 3 countries this year, posting solid results.   Jordan Jones and Amy Dannwolf got the season off to a good start in mid-January with matching wins at Frosty's Frozen 5K at Chatfield State Park, and the two followed up their success with top 20 finishes at the competitive 3M Austin Half Marathon the following week.  Cyrus Severance also ran an impressive half marathon, finishing in the top 25 at a San Francisco race in early February.

 

With March came the start of the triathlon season, and most of the team headed down to Mazatlan, Mexico, for a highly competitive ITU Pan American Cup race.  Jordan Jones led the Riptide finishers, using a blazing 10K run to race to 11th place overall and becoming one of the top 25 Americans in the ITU world rankings.  Meanwhile, on the same weekend, Tate Behning raced to a 2nd place finish at the Lake Havasu Triathlon in Arizona.  Following these early season successes, the team hunkered down for a block of solid training leading up to the prime race season, which began this past weekend.  At the Wildflower Triathlon in California, Josh Merrick and Matt Balzer both turned in solid performances on a very difficult course.  Meanwhile, at the prestigious Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, Jordan Jones missed a top 10 finish by a matter of seconds, and Amy Dannwolf raced her way into 8th place overall.

 

The first few months of 2010 have started well for Riptide, but the bulk of the season is still ahead.  Next on tap for most of the team will be the Littlefoot Triathlon, held on May 16, after which Riptide athletes will be competing in Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, Iowa, and Quebec over the following month.  It promises to be a busy summer for Riptide.

 

We're looking forward to the rest of the 2010 season, more great results, and the new riptide/mix1 uniforms!

 

 

mon apr 26

posted by James Rouse

You know how great you feel after an awesome nights sleep...you feel like you can make things happen with confidence and unbridled creativity!

 

A new study shows that sleep can also help you keep your body fat in check too!  A study from the University of Chicago showed that those who averaged more than 6 hours of sleep a night over a 5 year period were less like to have an increase in their BMI (body mass index).  They also saw that those who had steady, higher quality (less interrupted / less fragmented) sleep saw their BMI decrease.  It appears that better sleep helps us keep our BMI in a healthy place and space.  Another study showed that one reason for the sleep / BMI association was that those who sleep better tend to make better food choices throughout the day...sleep better at night - make better choices by day! 

 

No doubt, one of the main reasons for our lack of quality sleep is that we tend to work and worry well in to the evening and then we carry that "stuff" to bed with us.  This clearly does not work.  Choose to create a boundary to separate your human-doing from your human-being and allow the time after dinner to be for downtime...for reflection, for gratitude and time with loved ones.

 

 Live well, love well...be well!
 

 Peace and blessings - James

tue apr 13

posted by James Rouse

We have an opportunity today to embrace and employ some awesome news about Green Tea.  

New research suggests that adding Green Tea to your daily routine may enhance your mood and help alleviate stress....a dynamic duo for your mental presence on the planet!  Two recent studies that tracked over 42,000 people saw that the more green tea people consumed the less likely they were to suffer from psychological stress.  Another study of the same group saw that people who drank 4 cups of green tea daily had a 44% lower risk of severe depression compared to those drinking one cup or less per day.  Another cool thing to consider is that mix1's enhanced protein shakes deliver 4 cups of green tea antioxidants in every serving!

 

 

Begin to consider any habits that you may be holding onto in the form of soft drinks, excessive coffee intake, and others and step up to a daily declaration for better health.  Live, think and be better!

 

James