It's All In Your Head (Podcast)

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What a fun episode!  We cruise on rollers, out in the countryside, play music, and it is all sandwiched between some great Zen thoughts from a true master. 

SHOWNOTES!

• The meaning of life is...
• On the rollers in the backyard with Kai and Roxy.
• Riding Karma out in the countryside.
• Your new years resolution should be small and attainable.
• Positive results lead to more successful resolutions.
• Mine is to ride rollers for an hour without using support.
• Riding no-hands and swapping out gloves.
• Old gloves taste nasty.
• Using the Strassburg sock for plantar fasciits.
• How much do you train on the trainer?
• Base training = Going slower than the people in cotton.
• You can absorb more energy by using different mixes of sugars.
• Link to Google Spreadsheet of carbs for fueling mixes.
• Goods (All in your Head) by Mates of State.
• How to build power on the bike -

1. Focused time on a trainer.
2. Fixie with brakes and gearing at about 75 inches of
"rollout". Link to gear chart.
3. Single speed.
4. Super single speed.
5. Power meters.

• Proper fueling can make your bike levitate.
• Link to simple fueling spreadsheet.  60 grams of carbs per hour.
• How to change a flat.
• How to use HR to help stay at certain effort levels.
• Got numb crotch? Lower back pain? Adjust your seat.
• Zen audio clips from Ajahn Brahm of the Western Australia Buddhist Society.

Zentri Coached Athlete PRs Marathon by 10 minutes!

George Houston ran the Disney Marathon in 4:33, beating his previous PR by 10 minutes!  George is one of several triathletes using the Zentri Coaching program to help balance training with life.  He is truly fun to coach and doing great.

You can check out his full race report on his blog here.

More about Zentri Coaching here.

Rolling with Rico (PODCAST)

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Join the Zentri fam as we travel all over Texas, get bike rollers, interview Rico about love vs. hate, and so much more.

• Emily doing Tai Chi.
• How to combine rest days if you are old and decrepid.
• Primal running with a spear.
• The shorter the race, the longer the warmup.
• Looking for Lance in Dripping Springs, TX.
• Climbing at Enchanted Rock.
• Texas is huge, m'kay?
• Picking up rollers in Waco.
• Interview with Rico.
• Fear vs. Love.
• The dark is scared of Rico.
• Riding with Emily.
• Do you spit at mean dogs?
• "Florida" by the Starf*ckers. Replace the "*" with a "u".
• Voicemails

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The Inside of a PowerTap

I replaced the batteries on my PowerTap yesterday and decided to take a picture of the guts.  Pretty interesting stuff going on in there -

• Lots of empty space.  I guess this is a function of the torque meter needing as wide a diameter as possible to better measure values.
• You can see two small watch batteries on either side of the blue wire.
• There was a little circuit board between the two batteries.
• A black transmitter on the top left labled "FCC something something"

I had to pull out a module that held the circuitboard and batteries as one.  All of this was easy, but it was the reassembly that had me a little worried.  There's O rings to seal it against water and if they get grimey, they can leak.  I pulled out the big one, cleaned it, and regreased both.  I'm positive it has a good seal, but you can never be too careful when washing the bike.  Never ever point water spray directly at it.

I'm coaching somebody who has a power meter and I suppose checking out all her power graphs motivated me to take the dang thing apart and fix it.  I was going to do it eventually, put looking at somebody else's watts makes me want to chart my own!

Riding Rollers Vid

Hopped on the bike in the backyard for a fun ride. Emily shot and I pedaled with one foot!