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Your A-List: Best Post-Workout Refueling Spot
Guest blogger Brandon Cobb weighs in on this week’s winner, Whole Foods Market:
Austin is one fit city. Just ask Statesman columnist Pamela LeBlanc, who probably jogs more miles than I drive each week. As a city, we may hit up Kerbey Lane for a half-stack and hash browns on Saturday, but we’re out Sunday morning for a 5-mile run on the trails to work it off.
Afterward, we need some serious replenishment, and with 41 percent of the vote, Whole Foods is this week’s Your A-List winner for Best Post-Workout Refueling Spot.
It isn’t exactly right off the hike-and-bike trail, but it’s close enough to stop by and grab a Vitimin Water and peruse their enormous produce section after a run. Whole Foods prides itself on its selection of locally grown and organic veggies.
Whole Foods carries an impressive selection of protein bars and Odwalla products for that post-workout pick-me-up. And, if you need something more substantial, they’ve also got everything from smoothies to fresh-baked, gluten-free muffins.
If you’ve got the time, you can also stop in and visit with one of their nutrition specialists to get the answers to all those tough nutrition questions like, “What exactly is spirulina and how can something that sounds like an infectious disease be good for me?” Consultations run from a simple $5 question-and-answer session to an in-depth, private consultation for $40.
Others receiving votes:
Central Market, 14 percent
Daily Juice, 13 percent
Austin Java Company, 10 percent
Tacodeli, 7 percent
Jo’s, 5 percent
Mr. Natural, 3 percent
Wheatsville, 3 percent
People’s Pharmacy, 2 percent
Sun Harvest, 2 percent
Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse, 1 percent
Food for Fitness Cafe, 1 percent
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