It's well known that athletes not only like to eat, but they like to talk about eating. Recently during one of our Virtual Cycling Club rides where we converse on discord, the topic of "How do you like your oats" came up.
Not a single one of our members liked their oats the same way. There are even a couple of rebels who will switch their morning oats out for another grain like Quinoa, Buckwheat or Millet. Here we share some of our member's favourite ways to eat their morning cereal.
I like to blend in a little chocolate Athlete's Blend protein which contains all of the Essential Amino Acids we need to power up my workouts, combined with some collagen to protect my joints (available in our store).
I make up 6 containers for the week using a combo of gluten free rolled oats, steel cut oats and chia seeds. When I take my overnight oats out of the fridge in the morning, I add delicious fresh organic berries and then put the bowl in the microwave for a minute to take the chill out. In the Summer I enjoy my overnight oats cold.
Doing meal prep on Sundays allows us to have healthy foods available in the fridge. I usually make up overnight oats and a couple of other meals so I can heat and eat for the rest of the week.
Emily G. combines steel-cut oats, muesli with mixed almonds, cashew plus a teaspoon of brown sugar and pitted dates.
R. El Sadawy adds vanilla protein powder, match tea and frozen mangoes.
Heather C adds protein powder and Chai tea.
Brenda R adds shredded carrots, zucchini or cauliflower plus 1/2 tbsp each of ground chia and flaxseed for her Omega 3/6 and often will switch out oats for buckwheat, quinoa or millet and then add fresh or frozen fruit on top.
Looking for more ideas. Check out this link to The 50 Best Oatmeal Recipes on the Planet
If you have a favourite recipe, please share it on our social channels! You can find us on Facebook @teamtriumphottawa or on Instagram @teamtriumphtriathlonclub
I just wanted to thank you and your team (Gabi! Brenda! Maggie! Dawn!) for making last weekend's event so amazing. I had tried to do a try-a-tri on my own last summer, and the experience was night and day.
Even though I didn't make every virtual session, I felt so prepared... I knew where to go for information, and I knew I had a team of people (coaches and our beginner tri group!) who were all there to support me.
It was interesting to watch Eric train on his own (without access to the TrainingPeaks workouts and without the weekly meetings to ask questions and learn more about proper form and race-day stuff). When we left on Sunday, he looked at me and was like "we're DEFINITELY doing the training with Julia if we decide to go for the olympic distance, right?".
So glad to have found this club and looking forward to many more triathlons in the near future!!! Tai Teleso
Julia is incredible, I once had a coach who told me to get good at biking and running as he couldn't do anything with my swim technique. Then I was introduced to Julia who is so patient and has an amazing ability to translate it all into a way I could understand. I knocked a minute per 100m off my open water swim times after only a handful of sessions with her. The team is also really welcoming, inclusive and most of all FUN!
Triumph is a warm and fun place for every level of triathlete. Whether you’re just getting started and learning all about triathlon or have been at it for decades, like some of us, you will find camaraderie and expertise in this group with Julia Aimers’ support and caring. She keeps up-to-date in so many areas of training, especially for women and including women’s issues whether it be nutrition or menopause. I highly recommend Team Triumph for swimming, biking, running or putting it all together in one package. There is no other place or group, I would rather be training with. So many of my close friends were met in this group.
