Triathlon Trivia Twit-Away Contest!

It is my pleasure to announce the Triathlon Trivia Twit-Away Contest!  Coach Adam, Triboomer, and I will be asking one triathlon trivia question each over the next few days on Twitter.  The first question's prize is 10 packets of Hornet Juice.  The second's is a gift pack of Action Wipes.  The third and final question will have a truly awesome and suprise gift!

Here's the details -

• I will post the first question at 5 PM Central on Saturday, March 28th on Twitter.  You can find me at www.twitter.com/texafornia.  The first responder to email me the correct answer to texafornia at gmail dot com will win the 10 pack of Hornet Juice.
• Coach Adam will ask the second question on Monday, March 30th (Time to be determined by Coach Adam) and that winner will get the Action Wipes gift pack.
• Triboomer will ask the third and final question on April 1st.  The prize is truly amazing, so get ready!
• Once you win, you're out.  You can't win more than once.

More updates will come as the contest moves along.  Make sure you go ahead and follow these folks on twitter to keep up!

http://twitter.com/Texafornia

http://twitter.com/CoachAdam

http://twitter.com/triboomer

http://twitter.com/MarthaVan (Founder of Action Wipes)

Podcast - Wild Boys

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Sometimes you need to just get away from it all and take your workouts to the Great Outdoors.  This episode, join Kai and me as we mountain bike, trail run, and sometimes just sit in the rain.  Our goal was to see some wildlife and we got what we asked for!  Listen in as we cruise the woods and spot hawks, snakes, wild pigs, and even something we couldn't describe.

Shownotes!

• Kai and Brett at Lake Sommerville.
• Kai wrote a note for the bears asking for them not to eat us.

• Twitter.com/texafornia
• Doing the New Orleans 70.3.
• Donation from Augie.
• Pushing the wheelbarrow isn't hard. Thinking about it is.
• You can't control your situation, but you can control your reaction to it.
• Picture of our bikes and a link to a map!

• Soccer and trail running?
• Kai and I just listening to the woods.
• Trail running race!
• WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!
• Terrorizing little old ladies at the pool.
• Should I focus on swimming next year?

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Zen is Boring

I just stumbled across this web page and found it both funny and profound. 

I've been studying Zen for almost as long as I've been doing triathlons and continuously find parallels between the two.  Endurance sports are for training the body, Zen is for training the mind.  When somebody points out that Zen can be boring, you can definitely say the same about endurance training. 

Running or biking endless miles can be a lot like sitting and staring at a wall for hours on end.  Boring.

But there comes a turning point where you actually enjoy the long workouts.  It takes time, but you gain effeciency and eventually you want to go spend those hours just... going.

I have managed to study and learn Zen the not boring way: Subscribing to Zen podcasts and listening to them while working out.  It may not be typical, but nothing about Zen really is.  You can't corner it and define it.  There are definitely schools of Zen that teach structure and tradition, but once you get past that, it's all in your head.

I recently heard somebody say that he studied Zen for 19 years and found out he was doing it wrong.  His instructor said he himself had studied it for 20 before he realized he was doing it wrong.  Every few months I figure out that I have an aspect of it totally wrong and it changes my practice entirely.  I actually enjoy those moments because each one is like a nice little breakthrough.  Like a PR, of sorts.

Peace and Enjoy!

Area Dog Wants to Run

Area greyhound has intervention with owner, declaring the time to run is NOW.

PODCAST - Cooking Zen

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Pull up a plate and load up on some home-made goodness while we cook up some potato wedges and hummus!

Potato wedeges are great fuel for ultra-long workouts and races.  High in potassium and starch, they are pure diesel for your motor.  Hummus is a great everyday food, sporting and incredibly low glycemic index.

While we are blending ingredients, I play music from The Flyers.  I met the bassist at a Beer N' Bikes meetup.  Below are some pix of fixies from the event.

Shownotes!

• Baking home made potato wedges
• Voicemail from drew - what do you do on your rest day?
  1. Go really easy.
  2. Clean your bike and give it a safety check.
  3. Make food.
• Went mountain biking with Chris M. and he broke his taint.
• The Joke's on Me by The Flyers.
• Pulling the wedges out of the oven.
• Started using White Lightning.
• Put your iPhone in a Ziploc sandwich bag to keep it waterproof!

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