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Angela Rockett Kirwin (multisportmama)

http://www.multisportmama.com

@multisportmama

Ventura, CA


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Musings from a Multisport Mama

A multisport blog by a multitasking mom in graduate school for anthropology and part-time web designer with 2 awesome kids and husband. I've done 2 IMs, 1 ultra (50K), 17 marathons (w/Boston), and too may triathlons to count since 1988. Lately, my fitness challenge is healing two injuries: plantar faciitis (left) and hip bursitis (right). I write about the cultural and physiological aspects of the sports of running and triathlon.

Food as Fuel: Food Beliefs of Triathletes & Marathoners
The post-race party has started With the current foodie trend extolling the health benefits of whole foods, organic foods, home cooked or slow foods, gluten/fat/sugar/salt-free and 100% natural foods, I thought it was curious that many endurance athlet...[Read on]
(Almost) Happy Feet: Steps for plantar fasciitis recovery & good shoes
Okay I still have plantar fasciitis (PF) in my left foot but I'm finally seeing progress again. This is since the disaster in earlier this year in January when I tried running a few miles (2 to 4) per my doctor's okay after having it immobilized in a cast...[Read on]
I love my family: Social reproduction of two ex-Ironman triathletes
I love our family. This morning, after the kids and hubby left for school and office, I was thinking what a wonderfully wacky and athletic family we have.  Our kids, a 14-year old son and 11-year old daughter, wanted to get up at dark-thirty (in multisp...[Read on]
Plantar fasciitis and focusing on your purpose not your problems
I originally wrote this post in February of this year but haven't published it until now because it talks about religion and I normally avoid discussing religion and people's beliefs like the plague. There is just too much intolerance in the world as it i...[Read on]
5 steps to heal plantar fasciitis: After getting hit by a car
It's been exactly two and a half months since my last blog post about treating plantar fasciitis and it is with great disapointment that I must report that MY HEEL STILL HURTS. And, you know that really sucks and I'm tired of blogging about it and it's no...[Read on]
Eccentric Exercises for plantar fasciitis & patellar tendonitis (runners knee)
I've found some therapies that have been successful in treating tendonopathy (tendon/facia injuries) that I've researched for my husband's patellor tendonitis and my plantar fascitis nagging injuries. I was thinking that you might find them useful for you...[Read on]
5 Steps to heal plantar fasciitis: "cloud care" from running Twitter friends
I'm still hopping around on one foot. After more than a year of painful plantar fasciitis heel pain in my left foot (since December 2009) and months of not running (since June 2009) and medical care, this cursed injury has still not gone away. It's hard ...[Read on]
Illnesses linked to industrial foods, Part III (Discussion & Resources)
This is Part III, the final part, of my report on the link between chronic illnesses and industrial foods consumption that I researched for a graduate-level class on social evolution taught by an archeologist. My goal was to discover and describe the mark...[Read on]
Illnesses Linked to Industrial Foods, Part II ( and health linked to non-industrial foods)
This is Part II of my report on the link between chronic illnesses and industrial foods consumption that I researched for a graduate-level class on social evolution taught by an archeologist. My goal was to discover and describe the markers (or in non-arc...[Read on]
Stop running (or not) & lose weight by changing your diet
I believe that our bodies are adapted to mobility (such as walking or running) and surviving periods of food scarcity. Faced with running each day (or nearly each day), our body's metabolism adapts and slows down becoming more efficient with it's caloric ...[Read on]

Today on the Women's Sports Calendar:

NCAA Tennis Championships
May 17 - 28: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
NCAA Golf Championships
May 22 - 25: Vanderbilt Legends Club
WNBA Games
May 22: 200 S Denver Ave Tulsa, OK 74103-5019

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