Congratulations to All Our 2014 World Champions
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Laser World September 2014 Congratulations to all our 2014 World Champions Nick Heiner (NED) Marit Bouwmeester (NED) 2014 ISAF WC © Thom Touw Thom 2014 ISAF WC © LASER MEN & LASER RADIAL WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Joel Rodriguez (ESP) Alexandre Boite (FRA) Lorenzo Chivarini (GBR) Monika Mikkola (FIN) Asya Luvisetto (SUI) Agata Barwinska (POL) LASER RADIAL YOUTH LASER 4.7 YOUTH LASER UNDER 21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COPYRIGHT AND LIABILITY No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission of the publishers. The articles and opinions in LaserWorld may not represent the official views of ILCA. The publishers do not accept any liability for their accuracy. Meka Taulbee about... talks Food for the Road © Jesús Renedo Meka explains how we should think ahead and avoid making poor or hasty food choices which lack nutrition and can slow us down! At some point during the year most of you and will be much kinder on your body than will travel to a regatta that is not close a bag of chips or a candy bar. You can pack to home. Traveling be it by plane, train a cooler with food to make sandwiches or or automobile is not a license to eat fast wraps (or prepare ahead of time). Items food. Good nutrition, just like your fitness, like melon and celery have a high water needs to start way before you leave for the content and will help keep you hydrated regatta and continue right up until the end. and keep your blood flowing much like Meka Taulbee If you are going to put effort into a nutrition drinking water would. Most signs on the program preparing for a regatta you will highway will advertise supermarkets at CHN, CSNC, CPT only squash your efforts by poor eating en the upcoming exits as well as restaurants. route. This time before the regatta is really Find a supermarket and put together your when your nutrition needs to be spot on. own meal. Many stores now have salad This is only a brief summary bars in them. Remember to shop only the of some of your options, but It may not seem like a couple of quick meals could do that much damage, but perimeter of the store. The fresh food is on hopefully it will help get you the perimeter and the processed food is in headed in the right direction. whenever you travel you are usually sitting down for a long period of time. Your the isles in between. Read labels and look There are lots of different for the sodium content and any ingredients alternatives so you just need metabolism slows down and cannot digest food as well or as quickly as when you are you can’t pronounce or are man-made. to pick the one that works best Look at what type of fats it contains and for you. able to get up and move around. When you eat fast food or food that is mass how much fiber. If you are up to it you produced, like airplane meals, it is made can also find health food supermarkets Why not try with ingredients that will help preserve its that will offer more in the line of salads looking at apps like shelf life such as salt. All of these added and healthy meals to go. Stopping this “Food Tripping”, “Happy ingredients can tend to make you feel stiff, way often provides more of a variety of Cow”, “Fooducate” and and slow. They cause you to retain water choices. Many times I find that what I “TrueFood” ! and all the sitting makes your blood pool in packed already is definitely not what I am different areas instead of flowing freely. craving at that moment. Murphy’s Law I This is why I always suggest that you get suppose! This way you can get something up and stretch on long plane rides or make different each time you stop and you are sure you stop and get out to stretch and also giving yourself a great way to get out walk around if you are driving. I like to do of your seat and stretch out. sprints in the parking lots or rest areas. Restaurants are also an option. A rule This gets your blood moving, increases of thumb is if it is a restaurant with a the O2 intake that your muscles need and drive through you should not be going! helps your body rid itself of the unwanted Salads and plain vegetables along with additives, preservatives and toxins that a source of clean protein are the best can accumulate choices. Be aware that most restaurants It may feel that your food choices are use ingredients with lots of preservatives limited when traveling. Most times you as well. You want to steer clear of anything just want to get something quickly so you that is marinated, fried or sautéed. Choose can keep going. With a little creativity options that are broiled or steamed. and planning you can still eat well and In all of these scenarios you want to be stay on the move. The best strategy is sure to include a healthy carbohydrate and © Meka Taulbe to plan ahead. If you are flying you may protein source. Protein will make you feel want to pack some snacks to hold you full and digest more slowly so will complex Strong breezes often mean we don’t over until you get to your destination. carbs like oatmeal or potatoes. This will realize how warm it actually is! Some suggestions would be fruit, trail mix, keep you from incessantly snacking or granola bars, carrots. It’s always good to making choices that are full of empty bring along an extra bottle of water. It will calories. As always water is a must and Meka is a Certified Personal keep your system flushed so your blood staying hydrated will only benefit you. Trainer and Sports Nutrition keeps circulating and you won’t feel so Today there are apps for every smartphone Consultant with a specialty in slow and thick. that can help you find vegan, vegetarian, Plant Based Nutrition. If you are driving you have more options, paleo, raw or any combination of stores or She has been training Laser but I would still pack some healthy snacks. restaurants. You can also find the nutrition sailors for over 14 years. Driving tends to get a little monotonous content of most menu items from chain To learn more visit Meka at and this is when we tend to graze more. restaurants online. Think ahead and check Healthy snacks, like seeds, nuts, fruit, out your options at the next stop so you www.sailfit.com veggies and hummus, dried fruit and trail don’t get caught making hasty or poor food mix will fill you up so you don’t eat so much choices. www.laserinternational.org Catching up with “Rulo” (Head Coach at The Laser Training Center in Cabarete) We talk to Javier “Rulo” Borojovich, and find out how he became one of the world’s most sought after coaches in the Laser and Optimist classes. I understand that you trained as a training and then increase the risk of doctor? injury. That’s right, a medical doctor. What is the most important thing you What made you change to coaching? would tell a weekend club sailor? That is a good question. Sailing was I would suggest taking up some physical always my first preference. I started training. They will enjoy their sailing more working with sailors as a coach when I was if they improve their fitness and have fun finishing my medical degree and I really every time they are out sailing. liked it, I had good coaching opportunities. It is very nice working with people who love What is you proudest moment or Javier “Rulo” Borojovich what they do and are happy in what they do achievement in your life? and I prefer that to working with people who The first thing that comes to mind is as a are sad when you first see them because coach - when last year Juanky Perdomo they are sick! won the ISAF Youth Worlds in a Laser Radial. I started coaching him from the How did that sit that with your parents? Laser 4.7. It was nice watching him and They were fine. They are both doctors but helping go from nothing to winning the always supported me in my sailing as they Youth Worlds. are also sailors. Probably they would prefer me to be a doctor than a coach but they So the development side of coaching, understand. seeing sailors go from nothing to achieving a goal is the most Your are currently in Croatia at the rewarding? European Championship. What are you Yes doing there? I am coaching a sailor from PUR who won If I could grant you one wish, what the ISAF Youths last year and also a sailor would that be? from Japan. They are both young and To see my two daughters do well in sailing Laser Sailing in Cabarete working for the Olympics in Tokyo. one day. They are not sailing anything at present because they are only three! So in coaching take me through a typical racing day - how do you plan for What is your favourite food? a day in Croatia? Pasta! We wake and have a morning briefing. If I And your ideal day? am living with the sailors we have a yoga Wake with family and have breakfast at warm up session then go to the club, rig the Cabarete.