Your Friday Daily Zen

• Guy posts photo album of building a carbon bike frame by hand. 
• WTC announces a new Ironman in the Netherlands, August 2nd. Challenge already has an Ironman on Sept 13th in Amsterdam. 
• Don't soak your chain in Simple Green and leave it unrinsed. It could break the chain and break your neck. 
• What "Farm Fresh," "Cage-Free," and Other Egg Terms Really Mean.

Your Thursday Daily Zen

Steve Magness goes on a rant about bulletproof coffee's Dave Asprey taking drugs. 

Interview with the guy behind the Spartan races about how people are zombies, we need to challenge ourselves, and in the strangest twist ever, that he used to be a pool guy for the mob. 

In a hat tip to the Zen classic, "The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon," Helle Frederikson tweets that she does no threshold testing... ever. Racing is testing and that's all that actually matters.

ZenTri 584 - Challenge Bahrain Champion Helle Frederikson

Don't pursue a desired body image, instead pursue the right path to high performance success. Have patience, your body will, long term, reward you for how well you treat it.

A photo posted by Helle Frederiksen (@helletri) on Dec 12, 2014 at 4:00am PST

Helle Frederiksen, Joel Filliol, and Ben Powell talk about Helle's $100,000 win at Challenge Bahrain.  I also cover the Garmin 920, Garmin 510, and how to get rid of knee pain on the bike.

A video posted by Helle Frederiksen (@helletri) on Sep 9, 2014 at 8:05am PDT

(Helle cranking out watts on the trainer.)

As promised, here is the link to a very insightful "Ask us anything" on Slowtwitch.com with Helle and Joel.

Enjoy the show and have a great week!

Your Tuesday Daily Zen

• Guy doing 50 Ironmans in 50 states in 50 days. He's done an entire Ironman with a boy with cerebal palsy attached to him via boat, bike, and chair. For training, he's doing a self-supported Ultraman in St. George in February. You're invited to join him if you'd like.
• This is why you're fat. What 2,000 calories looks like from some chain restaurants.
• Gait analysis shoe inserts show up on Kickstarter. When will we have watts?
• Guy falls off rollers, gives up instantly. Rollers are hard, m'kay?

ZenTri 583 - Stryd and Tawnee

 

(Will this be the new power meter for running?)

There is a new power meter for running coming called Stryd, and the gang behind it call in to talk about their new technology and how soon you might see it.  You can find out more about it and sign up for their beta testing here.

Later, Tawnee Prazak joins in to talk about all things triathlon.  Nutrition, training... it's all in there.  Enjoy!

I wrap up the show with a great dose of The Training Log.  Kai kicks it off by going swimming with me before school.  He's both a terrible interview and his mouth is full of food, so get ready for some hilarity.

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