Take a look at this nutritional chart. Looks like a whole lot of nothing, right? Wrong. This food has a nice shot of Vitamins C and A for your immune system. A little bit of Carbs, and just a touch of Sugar combine for a nice energy boost. It’s also very low in Saturated Fat, and a good source of Potassium. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), this food contains high levels of Lycopene – a powerful antioxidant. To top it all off, this food has a ton of naturally occurring moisture and it tastes great.
Have I got you interested yet? This is one food you probably already know and love, but have lost the appreciation for. So, here it is, drum roll please…….
watermelon
Yes, watermelon. Watermelon is a fantastic food to eat when you are trying to quickly hydrate (or re-hydrate) and your just too sick of drinking water. Something you may already know from childhood is that cold Watermelon actually helps to reduce your body temperature. So when your preparing for a big workout or recovering from a exhausting race, go straight for the watermelon and pig out. You’ll feel better for it.
Just a quick note. I’m going to be in Florida for the new year and a little break from the Buffalo winter. I thought that it might be a cool idea to see what sort of races may be happening while I’m there. I was lucky enough to find the 
Throughout high school I had some phenomenal coaches who truly understood the need for proper running form, and they taught me everything there was to know……about sprinting. I used to think any race longer than 400 meters was a TREK. I loved sprinting. It was fast, I had really cool shoes, and I was good at it. After I got out of school I realized that there wasn’t much for sprinting competition out there in the “Real World”. So, I decided I needed to begin running some of the local 5k’s. I trained, did horribly, trained more, did the same. I worked up to some local triathlons and longer races, but I never really got that feeling of ease that I had when I was sprinting.
for the first time from one of the network morning shows. It turned me off. I didn’t need to “learn” to run like some soccer mom. I thought I was above it. And I couldn’t have been more wrong.
