When Dr. Allen Lim first left his lab to work with professional cyclists, he son found that these athletes were sick and tired of of processed bars, gels and boringold pasta. Lim had the ingenuity to team up with professional chef Biju Thomas in order to make eating for athletes both delicious and practical. Once the menu was changed, nobody could argue with the following race results. Their groundbreaking book Feed Zone Cookbook brought all those favorite recipes of the pros to us everyday athletes. In their latest book Feed Zone Portables ($16), Dr Lim and Chef Biju offer us75 all-new portable food recipes suitable for runners, cyclists triathletes, climbers, mountain bikers, backpackers and hikers. Every real food recipe is simple to make, delicious during exercise, and ready in no time for you to take along on your next run, ride, run, hike, climb,road trip or any other sporting event.
A celebration of the first time the mighty Mount Everest was conquered back in May of 1953. The Conquest of Everest ($28) gives exclusive access to some quite remarkable images and the personal archives of George Lowe, a legendary photographer and climber. He was the in the party who accompanied Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing Norgay […]