Hornet Juice Winner and Getting it Done

The winner with the best quote, winning 50 free packets of HJ is 'Sylvian'.  Also, big props for the first known use of "dandy" on this blog.  Send an email to texafornia at gmail dot com and we'll get it shipped to you.

I also want to take a moment to talk about the right mindset for working out.  A good friend recently told me that she was going to try to go swim, but she wasn't going to be able to swim anywhere near as fast as me.  

What a way to set yourself up for failure or a performing nowhere near your best!  "Try" instead of "do" and pre-defining how well you'll do compared to others is like wearing a lead life jacket.  I turned to her and said, "Quit worrying about how fast you'll swim and just go swim."

We really do worry to much about how we will do compared to others instead of focusing on what we need to do right now.  It's called being goal-oriented instead of process-oriented.  Go with the process-oriented way through life and you'll be happier because you can truly focus on what's in front of you and do a great job.  This approach actually increases the chances that you'll reach your goals, anyway.

When you are goal-oriented, you spend mental effort and energy judging how you are doing and also psyching yourself out the second you imagine that you might be falling behind.  Go process-oriented and you get in that magical "zone" where you pay so much attention to what you are doing, and doing it well, you actually do the best you possibly can.  Practice this and you will be far ahead of your former self that kept getting in it's own way with narrowed options for success.

You can find out more about this method in Chapter 5 of "Finding Your Zone" by Dr. Michael Lardon.

Have a great Friday, wherever you are!

TDF Caption Contest Vote Off!

We got a ton of great entries to win the 50 packets of Hornet Juice, so let's have a vote-off to see who gets it!  I picked my favorite quotes below and the most votes by tonight wins!

 Vote for your favorite caption:

• "You must be this tall to ride the tour."
• "Leader gets a Yellow Jersey, last place gets a yellow snow cone from the yeti."
• "Lance, come back... I only wanted a hug! I promise I wasn't going to try anything weird... Unless you want me to."
• "All in favour of larger Yeti_friendly vehicles for next years race raise your hand"
• "I have it up to here with the flamboyant, dandy, narcissistic Cavandish!"

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Mountain Biking at Calavera Hills

This video clip is from mountain biking with @mchristian last Saturday.  We hit Calavera Hills for nearly 2000 feet of climbing and lots of general awesomeness.

One thing became very clear on this ride:  Spending a significant amount of time on rollers makes you a very good climber.  The balance required to stay upright on those metal cylinders is directly translateable into not falling over when climbing loose cobble up a steep grade.  If you want to get better at climbing off-road, spending time on rollers might be a great investment.

We went out again the next day for a longer ride in the mountains in the desert; video from that adventure tomorrow. :)

Fruit Rolldown

I was on a morning run and saw this lime rolling down the gutter.  I've seen limes, oranges, and grapefruits doing this several times in SoCal.  There's something surreal about fresh fruit being so abundant, it flows down the streets.

Podcast - ZenTri Hits the Beach

 

Hey there, Tri-studs and Studettes!  I take you with me along for a week of training and then we hit the beach for some hurricane surfing!  Enjoy the show. 

Shownotes:

• Book outline done!
• How to take care of bike in the rain.
• Push up jacks.
• Taught kai "going commando"
• Two quotes. Do things that other people say "you can't do that". And Mario Andretti says " if you're still in control, you aren't going fast enough."
• Gimmie fuel. Gimmie fire.
• Dub in cypress hill while running in the rain into traffic.
• Apply swim workout to running.
• At Galveston, surfing and biking.
• Emily's sunburn is not sexy.
• 2 hours zone 2 bike followed by 1 hour tempo run.

Click here to listen!