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• NAME:Namrita Kumar ODea MS, RD
• 
  COUNTRY:United States
• CITY, STATE:Georgia
• 
  NETWORK:Dietitian
• CATEGORY:Sports Dietitian

About Me

Namrita O'Dea is an endurance mountain biker racing for Team Topeak-Ergon USA and she is also a Registered Dietitian and co-owner of 55nine Performance based in Atlanta, GA. She helps triathletes, runners, cyclists and other athletes reach their performance goals. She has a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, a Masters degree in Nutrition, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Applied Physiology at Georgia Tech.

Inspirations

Irina Kalentieva, Sally Bigham

Biggest obstacle/challenge

Trying to balance my professional life and goals with a PhD program and, of course, racing. It's tough and involves constantly readjusting goals and expectations.

Superstitions

So far, my best races this year have had the number "13" in my race number. Maybe "13" is my lucky number?

Nobody knows...

I don't love cooking. I know, I'm a dietitian and I love eating good food..but just not cooking.

Biggest athletic accomplishment

8 podium finishes so far in 2010 and learning to do things out of my comfort zone.

Favorite thing about training

Mountain biking doesn't seem like training. Riding singletrack or mountain roads is always fun. I like doing intervals and my other favorite thing about training is eating!

Least favorite thing about training

Rain and cold

I work out to...

Deadmau5, Cut Copy, Moby, Phoenix, Black Eyed Peas, Coconut Records, Bloc Party, Nightmares on Wax, Kings of Leon, Sleigh Bells, xx, MGMT

Unusual training regimens

I do a lot of training alone..mostly during the mid-day. I like it HOT. I heat acclimate very well and love riding and racing in hot weather. I actually love riding in the morning, too, I just hate getting up early!

Elsewhere on the web

http://namritaodea.com
http://twitter.com/namrita_k
http://www.facebook.com/namritak