Salad with different plant-based protein sources For years, the fitness world believed that animal-based proteins were the gold standard...

Kurt and Cindy Dallow before doing Fat Bike Worlds bike race How do you train for triathlons in the winter? You sign up for bike races,...

Coaches Kurt and Cindy Dallow at the Breckebeiner, Feb 2025 Well, that was interesting! My first winter triathlon is in the books. I had...

HMB: Does It Deliver on Its Muscle-Building Promise? If you’re wanting to build muscle (and many triathletes do), you’ve probably heard...

We held our first Train in Spain Triathlon Camp on May 20 - 24 in Malaga, Spain, and it was a blast! The weather was perfect and the food...

Sleep is essential for good health and a sense of well-being. It gives your cells (in your brain, muscles, etc.) time to rest, clean out...

by Cindy Dallow, PhD, RD You’re headed out for a 3 hour ride and you’re wondering whether to take a banana, gel, or extra sport drink to...

My good friend, Julie Hansen, MS RD, a triathlete and Registered Dietitian, came up with this recipe and I love it. I have made this...

by Cindy Dallow, PhD RD My first Ironman was in Florida and boy, did I learn a lot. It was my first ocean swim (ever) and first time...

by Cindy Dallow, PhD, RD I was lucky enough to finish the inaugural IM Canada in Whistler. Although I had my slowest IM time, it was by...

by Kurt Dallow, MD October 1st, 2022, finally arrived after 10+ months of preparation. The Xterra World Championships were held in...

The Growler is one of the hardest mountain bike races in Colorado. They have three distances: the Classic (37’ish miles), the Pup (20...

Let’s say two experienced athletes of the same gender and body weight are training for the same event. One is 35 years old and the other...

The 2021 Xterra Oak Mountain race was the Return to Racing for this Xterra athlete. Oak mountain state park in northern Alabama has been...

The 2019 Xterra Pan American Championship on 9/7/2019 is in the books. Held in beautiful Snow Basin, Utah, this race was the toughest...

by Kurt Dallow, MD On July 20th, 2019, I competed in the Xterra Mountain Championships held at the Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, CO. This...

For many triathletes, this is the time of year when we are building our base training. However, there’s one thing we should do before...

What you eat or don't eat on race day can mean the difference between a PR and bad experience. While there is no one perfect diet or race...

by Cindy Dallow, PhD, RD On August 7th at approximately 11:30 pm ADT (Alaska Daylight Time, GMT-8), I crossed the finish line of the...

Kurt and I had a chance last weekend to pre-ride the bike course that we will use in our off-road training camp July 20 - 22 and wow! It...