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Sami (Trulia’s co-founder and COO) is a professional Triathlete. He generally takes first in his age group in Ironman competitions and sometimes first overall. Swim, Bike, Run. As you may imagine, the diet of professional athletes is somewhat amazing. Take for example the fastest human in the world Usain Bolt, when asked what he ate the night before he broke the world record, he said “chicken nuggets”.

While Sami may not be able to swim as fast as Michael Phelps or run as fast as Usain Bolt, I am willing to bet that he would take both of them in a Triathlon. Where they may have some sort of tie is on their diets. Michael Phelps for the sheer volume of food and Sami for his creativity.
Below are examples of the diets of champions:
Michael Phelps:
Breakfast:

• 3 fried egg sandwiches
• 2 cups coffee
• 5-egg omelet
• bowl of grits
• 3 pieces of french toast
• 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch:

• 1 pound pasta
• 2 ham and cheese sandwiches
• energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Dinner:

• 1 pound pasta
• 1 large pizza
• energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Sami Inkinen:
Breakfast:

• 2 ½ cups oatmeal with pumpkin puree
• 4 raw egg whites
• 3 cups of (fresh or frozen) spinach added to fruit smoothies

Lunch:
Canned chicken noodle soup prepared the following way

1. Open the can and drain all juice
2. Add 3 packets of sweet & low, 2 tablespoons ketchup, and a handful of sliced pickles
3. Mix and enjoy

Snack:

• I slice bread with peanut butter, sprinkled with pepper
• Tuna salad with peanut butter

Dinner:

• None of us really know…

While we admire and respect our fearless leader, we are often perplexed by his creativity in the Trulia kitchen.
Several of the employees at Trulia are inspired by Sami’s energy alone and have accomplished amazing physical feats outside of the coding wizardry you see on Trulia.com. Take for example our data-analyst who did 250k pushups in 16 months, or one of our product managers who recently did the escape from Alcatraz triathlon or the man in charge of special projects who took up boxing only to step into the ring with some heavy hitters.

We are inspired, energized, and excited to come to work everyday, especially when we are working side by side with champions.

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