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Author Archives: Eric H. Doss

Eric is a triathlete and writer. He has competed in all distances of triathlons, from sprints to full Ironman distance races. He founded FitEgg.com in 2009 to meet the increasing need for professional, unbiased reviews of triathlon gear.

Fluid Recovery Drink–Initial Review

In the second installment of our Recovery Drink Review Series, today we turn to Fluid Recovery drink.  A special thanks to Richard at LiveFluid for the samples. Background on Fluid and NEHP: Fluid Recovery is manufactured by Nutritional Energetics and ...

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Dave Scott on Post Race Fueling

On Tuesday, we shared Dave Scott’s tips and calculations for proper race and training nutrition.  After your race, it’s essential to replace glycogen stores and simple sugars.  According to Dave, it’s essential to consume proper nutrients within 15 to 45 minutes.  Just ...

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Hammer Nutrition Recoverite–Final Review

Early last week, we published an initial review of Hammer Nutrition’s Recoverite.  Today, we’ve been able to use the Recoverite for an entire week of our half Ironman distance training and are pleased to offer this final review.  Again, thanks ...

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Dave Scott Video on Training and Racing Fueling

Many beginner triathletes simply load up on liquids, gels, and maybe a nutrition bar or two during their race.  While this might be doable in a sprint or even an olympic distance race, if you’re looking at a longer race ...

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DeSoto Sports Carrera Men’s Tri Shorts–Final Review

Overall, a great value. Lacks some features of more expensive shorts, but a good pair of shorts for a good price.

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FitEgg Triathlon Gear Review Weekly Recap–5 March 2010

As I mentioned in last week’s update, this was a really good start to the month.  We kicked off our next contest, a $50 gift certificate at TriSports.com.  To enter the contest, you can simply visit our Newsletter Signup Page. ...

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Running Faster with Fartlek, Tempo, and Hills–Samuel Harvell

We had a really good response to Samuel Harvell’s videos last week, so we’re going to share this one for the slightly more advanced runner.  In this video, Samuel gives us some tips for speed work, specifically using the Fartlek ...

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Hammer Nutrition Recoverite Recovery Drink–Initial Review

As mentioned in the earlier post, we’re kicking off a nutrition series today.  The first product we’ll review is Hammer Nutrition’s Recoverite Recovery Drink.  Thanks to Hammer for supplying the samples of Chocolate and Strawberry Recoverite. Recoverite is Hammer Nutrition’s dedicated recovery drink.  However, ...

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Nutrition Review Series Kickoff

Recovery from intense exercise is one of the most important components of success while endurance training.  Starting today, we’re launching a series of reviews on some of the most popular recovery drinks on the market. Right now, three recovery drink ...

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Champion C9 Compression Shirt Review

A very good shirt for the price. Not high performance and some durability issues, but good value for most triathletes.

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