October 2008
 Welcome
to this month's edition of the eKick! It's been an
eventful month here at ironguides and there's a lot to share
with you, but before we start here's the answer to a question
I received by email:
Why do you call your newsletter "the eKick!?"
Easy answer: It's called the eKick! because it's about
motivation, for when you need that extra little kick
- right in the...!!!!
In this month's issue our coaches
and Dr. Ryan take a look at some of the foundations of support
that help us train and race in a healthy, happy way - our
family, and our nutrition! We've also got exciting news to
share with you about our growing relationship with the best
little bike franchise on the planet, The Bike Boutique! And
ironguides has been on Tour, this month to Red Deer, Alberta
to deliver a series of Corporate Health talks focusing on
The Role of Healthy Living, our tell-it-like-it-is, common
sense approach to making health and wellness a simple, attainable
way of living!
Enjoy the reading, and to borrow
from a popular website we've been visiting lately (ironmantalk.com
- check it out!), kia kaha! (Be
strong!)
Marc Becker,
Head Coach, ironguides
In this issue:
ironguides is Health & Fitness Services
provider to The Bike Boutique
 ironguides
has been selected as sole provider of Coaching Services and
Training Programs to The Bike Boutique. Starting in early
2009, drop into your local Bike Boutique to discuss your training,
join one of our guided training sessions, or browse our collection
of ironguides Training Plans for triathlon, cycling, running
and general fitness and conditioning.
With locations already open across Asia and a new franchise
opening in Melbourne, Australia, ironguides is working with
The Bike Boutique to make life better - two wheels at a time!
Learn more at thebikeboutique.com
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NEW! ironguides OFF SEASON Training
Subscription available now!
 It's
been a long season and it's time to start thinking about winding
down - Method-style! We've just released the ironguides Off
Season Training Subscription, a low-volume, skills-oriented
plan set up to help you recover from the 2008 season. Every
four weeks we update the plan with specific Off Season training
structured to help you unwind your training from the recent
season while maintaining skills hard-won skills and strength.
Your preparations for the 2009 season begin now!
So let our coaches handle your recovery this year and sign
up to wind down your year's training. By keeping some structure
to organize your training and adopting a thought-out approach
to your recovery from the 2008 season, you'll set yourselp
up for a fantastic 2009!
Also check out our Focused Triathlon Training Subscriptions,
structured to help you work a specific component while maintaining
your abilities in the other two. Choose from one of the following
plans and develop your multisport skills:
Swim
Focus
Bike
Focus
Run
Focus
Xterra (coming soon!)
Duathlon (coming soon!)
We've priced each Subscription at 39 USD/month with minimum
3-month subscription. You're allowed one switch to a different
program at anytime during your Subscription. Check out the
Off Season plan and our other Subscription programs at ironguides.net/subscribe
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ironguides September athlete result highlights
ironguides athletes followed up a searing August with more
top results and first-time finishes, continuing to tear up
the race courses in September:
- Congratulations to Rafal Medak, who in his second Ironman
of the year blazed to a 10:33 new Personal Best time - over
no less than the arduous Ironman UK course! Rafal's professional
teammate, teamTBB's Stephen Bayliss was the only male to
break nine hours, indicating how tough the UK course is
and that all 10:33's are not made equal!
- Congratulations to Kristian Manietta, first overall at
the Grand Columbia Half Ironman, nudging out none other
than Tom Evans for the PRO win!
- Congratulations to Christoph C, who finished his first
half Ironman in Cologne, Germany en route to Ironman Frankfurt
2009.
- Congratulations on a new Ironman Personal Best for John
Chambers at Ironman Wisconsin!
A hearty Congrats, Warrior! to all of the other ironguides
athletes who raced in September at Sprint, Olympic, 70.3 and
Ironman triathlons on five continents.
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They're off to Kona!
ironguides athletes are off to Kona this month for the Big
Show, the 2008 Hawaii Ironman World Championships. Very best
of races to Julian Wain, Ryan McGuigan, Wil Yamamoto, and
Kristian Manietta! Everyone set some pretty impressive Personal
Bests this year - here's to another one on the Big Island!
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Coach Vinnie's Training with Diabetes:
The taper and insulin
 Wonder
why you're packing on the pounds every time you taper down
for a big race?! ironguides Coach Vinnie is one of the most
accomplished diabetic athletes on the planet, with an 8'50"
Ironman best time and the youngest professional at Kona in
2007.
In his monthly column The Diabetic Ironman, Vinnie takes
a look at some of the training issues affecting triathletes
who must deal with diabetes on a daily basis. But don't be
mistaken -- this column is for everyone! In this instalment,
Vinnie describes what most Ironman athletes have experienced
at some time or other: The scourge of weight gain during the
taper. Find out the cause - and what to do about it! Read
More >
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Coach Steve's Working Joe Triathlete:
Your support network
 Fitting
training into our daily lives can often be difficult, especially
when you need to take into account the needs of a family while
juggling work and community commitments, too. Coach Steve
walks the walk he talks - and here he provides some great
advice on how to make sure your support network doesn't feel
left out of your triathlon dreams! Read
More >
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Ask Dr. Ryan! about: Bars, Gels and
other goodies
 Wading
through the quagmire of marketing hype for all the bars and
gels out there can be a daunting task. This month, Dr. Ryan
Iverach reviews the basics of sports bars to help sort the
myth from the reality for most athletes. Read
More >
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ironguides Corporate Health Services: Central
Alberta seminars on The Role of Healthy Living
 In
late September ironguides Head Coach Marc Becker and ironguides
Sports Medicine Adivsor and ITU Triathlon World Cup medical
provider Dr. Ryan Iverach, Chiropractor crossed oceans and
mountains to hit the road for a series of Corporate Health
Seminars in Red Deer, Alberta.
Over the course of two days, Marc and Dr. Ryan delivered
talks to employees at three successful and growing Albera
businesses, as well as a sold-out presentation to more than
500 people at Red Deer College. Each talk focused on the basic
components of living healthy and how to ceate a simple, organized
structure in life to put in place the foundations for healthy:
- Sleep Patterns
- Nutrition Habits
- Activity Levels
- Stress Management Skills
What seems obvious to us as athletes sometimes is not so
apparent to the general public. If you're not careful, failure
to attend to any one of the above can lead to a vicious circle
that can interfere with living a healthy lifestyle.
With only a little time and applying general principles of
success, audience members were taught to turn bad habits around
and construct a virtuous circle in which each component of
living healthily contributed to achieving the others.
Says Marc: "As a former professional athlete,
I lived the meaning of the words "healthy living"
for many years. What I learned was that as athletes, we lived
in a kind of vacuum in which all the variables were highly
controlled in order to maximize physical performance. A lifestyle
dedicated to athletic performance provides instant feedback
on how sleep, nutition, levels of physical activity and stress
coping skills affect or mental, physical and emotional well-being.
"Many of the syndromes gripping modern society including
cancer, heart disease, diabetes and depression are really
only symptoms of the same disorder - a disjointed, poorly
informed and unhealthy combination of poor habits affecting
our sleep patterns, diet, activity levels and stress management
abilities.
The ironguides The Role of Healthy Living Corporate
Health seminar translates these twenty years of direct experience
into accessible, practical insights to understand the need
for guidelines to implement the first steps in creating a
balanced, healthy lifestyle for individuals from all backgrounds."
ironguides provides Corporate Health Seminars, assessments
and programs to businesses and organizations of all sizes.
For information on the ironguides The Role of Healthy Living
or other Corporate Health Seminars from ironguides, please
send an email to info@ironguides.net
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