Mike Arrington recommends chocolate milk after intense exercise, but on Tuesday he drank an Arizona peach iced tea following his 50-mile, three-hour bicycle ride.
Executive sous chef for the Inn at Virginia Tech, Arrington chomped on a sandwich at the Blacksburg Public Library for nutrients the sweet beverage lacked.
The quick meal preceded an information meeting about Team In Training, the world's largest charity endurance sports training program. When his kitchen apron comes off, Arrington is the coach for local TNT participants.
Started in 1988, TNT is part of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The two decades of individual fundraising for marathons, half marathons, triathlons and 100-mile bicicyle rides has yielded more than $1 billion for cancer research.
Arrington assumed the coaching role in 2005, several years after joining TNT in honor of a friend who died of Leukemia.
The regimen for the fall season beings next monthm, and the six runners - a roster Arrington hopes to see grow - will ultimately compete in either a marathon or half marathon.
The three event locations are distant. Athletes can stay close in Virginia Beach and Washington, D.C., or make the trek to San Francisco.
Having completed 16 marathons - he wore a 2007 Boston Marathon hat - Arrington aims to compete in a more challenging half Ironman, which is a 70.3 mile triathlon. He'll t ravel to Augusta, Ga., in late September after raising his $3,000.
Arrington sat with the Collegiate Times to discuss his running origins and the motivatiosn that TNT provides.
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