When it comes to hydration, triathletes are forced to become chemists over night. They know exactly what the powder to water ratio is needed to make their sports drink taste the best; but the powders can be messy and fairly time consuming. Well there is a way to eliminate the powders and all the prep time of mixing bottles; it is called Nuun.

Nuun, pronounced ‘noon’, is a sugar-free electrolyte-enhanced sports drink tablet that keeps you optimally hydrated wherever you are.

Compression was first introduced to help diabetics improve their circulation and now endurance athletes are the latest people to jump on the compression wagon.  Compression gear started to surface at Ironman and other endurance events four or five years ago and in 2010 in exploded. 

My background is in running, which means I would start the watch when I started running and stop it when I was done.  If the watch read 28 minutes and I felt like I ran 7 minute pace then I ran 4 miles that day.  That was about as scientific as my training got.  Then I experienced the Garmin 310XT; and my ways of training changed dramatically.