Monthly meeting: May

We had a great meeting on Monday, May 7th. Dietician Lisa Richardson spoke to the team about Sports Nutrition, as well as some other great nutrition Do's and Don'ts. She was a great speaker and had some great insights for all in attendance.

Some of the Key Points were:

***Stay away from: 1) Trans Fat (Partially hydrogenated anything) 2) High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) (now in Gatorade) 3) Soy (over-hyped, over-produced)

***Athletes need more calories, more protein, more water and need to take supplements within reason. ***Women may need to take a Calcium, or Iron supplement to be sure to get enough of those nutrients. ***Eat smaller meals throughout the day, not just three huge meals.
***Eat breakfast!
***Eat something light before a workout, a banana, toast, oatmeal, or a bar if that is all that's available.
***Eat a protein base at every meal.
***Endurance Athletes should strength train.
***Eat REAL food! Fruits and vegetables and meat (poultry, fish, red meat).

Lisa is available for one on one nutrition analysis. She works out of Fitness Clinic in Los Gatos. We also gave out our monthly awards and had a great raffle as well.

Here are our KP Award winners for April, 2007!

KP Athlete of the Month - April 07 - Male
***John Magee - Yes, Mr. Magee is our Athlete Extrordanaire this month. He regale's us with his long winded recaps, brings IT at workouts and is an inspiration to all Brits longing to get off the couch! Way to go Mr.Magee!

KP Athlete of the Month - April 07 - Female
***Linda Stewart - Linda has been a trooper in dealing with a nagging hip injury. She has also been slowly becoming a force on the bike! She is out hammering on her new Orbea with the "A" Team on rides now! Way to hang tough Linda!

KP Hammerhead of the Month - April 07
***Johnny Cerrito - "The Hammer" is a new nickname for Johnny! Look out at the races this year! He is going to represent! No more flying under the radar now that he is an official "Hammerhead"!

KP Most Improved Athlete of the Month - April 07
***Bo Perez - Bo joined us late last year and has been improving ever since! He is going to crush the course over in Hawaii in a few weeks! Nice work Bo, keep it up!

KP Performance Of The Month - April 07 - Female
**Jana Crane - Crushed the course at Oceanside! PR by 30+ minutes! Need we say more! Way to go Jana!
**Sarah Sawulski - Sarah also crushed the course in Oceanside! Another NEW PR! Way to go Sarah!

KP Performance of the MOnth - April 07 - Male
**Wes Meyer - New PR at Oceanside by about 30 minutes! 4:37! This guy is getting FAST! Nice work Wes!

***Award winners receive SHWAG from our many sponsors. Thanks to Runner's Factory, Bike Outfitter, Sports Basement, Cytosport, Aquaman and Powerbar for there contributions to our Monthly Award winners and raffle.

If you missed the meeting this month, don't miss next month! You have to be present to win the raffle drawings!