There is a great news story in last week’s issue of the Post (January 2, 2010, page 6) about Frans Buissink. Five years ago Frans was a 120 kg 40 IT consultant …. Today he is a father of two and 45 kg lighter and a silver medallist at the 2009 World Masters Games in the 19 km individual road race in the 45-49 age category!

This is a really great good news story and well worth a read in my view.  The Post only provides a PDF of the full newspaper which changes each week, so I have uploaded this issue here.  Just go to page six for the story.

Well done to Bonnie Christian for the article.

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The purpose of this ride journal is to track my Audax rides in 2010 as part of hopefully ticking off a few of my 2010 objectives, Audax achievement awards.

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As a bit of a fan, well a big fan of Brownes Ice Coffee product, Chill Light, this article published in the Canadian journal, Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism caught my eye.  The abstract of the article follows:

This study examined the effects of 3 recovery drinks on endurance performance following glycogen-depleting exercise. Nine trained male cyclists performed 3 experimental trials, in a randomized counter-balanced order, consisting of a glycogen-depleting trial, a 4-h recovery period, and a cycle to exhaustion at 70% power at maximal oxygen uptake. At 0 and 2 h into the recovery period, participants consumed chocolate milk (CM), a carbohydrate replacement drink (CR), or a fluid replacement drink (FR). Participants cycled 51% and 43% longer after ingesting CM (32 ± 11 min) than after ingesting CR (21 ± 8 min) or FR (23 ± 8 min). CM is an effective recovery aid after prolonged endurance exercise for subsequent exercise at low-moderate intensities.

The full citation for the article is:

Thomas, K., Morris, P. & Stevenson, E. (2009). Improved endurance capacity following chocolate milk consumption compared with 2 commercially available sport drinks. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 34(1), 78-82.

The PDF copy of the article is available here and a HTML copy here. Reprints and permissions can be obtained here.

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