My New Car Smells Like Butt (And other Tidbits)

Ok, time to catch up with the world and post what's new.  I haven't had time to post to the old bloggity-blog lately, but now I'm all caught up and can do it right.  There's a big backlog, so here goes -

• My son spilled a ton of milk in my new Honda Element.  Yeah, it's got wipeable plastic floors, but milk is a liquid and seeped into everything.  My ride now smells like week-old protein drink left in the sun.
• I screwed up my run on my Half-IM by taking too much caffeine.  Man, I felt SICK.  Like, poisoned.  Don't do what I did.
• I built an improvised bike rack tray out of bamboo.  This was pretty cool and worked just fine.  McNitt on twitter called it "Tiki Redneck", which pretty much summed it up.
• I decided to start training for the King of Jester bike race in Austin next Spring.  It's about a 3 minute long bike race up a 20% grade.  The race should be short (which is great) but the training should be long (even better).
• Brian Brode is Twittering the St. Pete's triathlon as it happens.  He was asked by the event organizers to be the official twitter-er... er.  Pretty cool.
• Holistic Guru and I recorded our first "bit" for the next episode of Zentri.  We talked about natural alternatives to gels.  It will be up for your listening pleasure very soon.
• Paul Both gave me some songs of his to play on the next show.  We love Paul because he's a triathlete and his music makes us feel a little scared.
• Holistic Guru and I brainstormed the most awesome Zentri idea yet.  I told her that she should have a "Spend the day with somebody that will show you how to eat right" and she turned it right around and said that I should have a "Spend the day with Brett the Zentri Way."  Participants would come to Austin (or College Station if you are weird like that) and would train with me all day, the Zentri way.  I would have to charge a few bucks to cover my cost of the day, but it sounds like tons of fun and possibly set it up as a regular thing.  Swim at Barton Springs, bike some hills, visit some tri shops, run some trails, and do some Zen sitting... that kind of fun.  Let me know in the comments or send me an email or twitter message if you're interested!

Comments

[Hungryjack]

Brett, you're weird. I just discovered your website and imagine my surprise to find out you were at Rocky Raccoon when I was there doing my own (first) 50 miler. I also finished racing the sunset and won. Anyway, I'm getting current on your podcasts and I really enjoy everything you've got going on. Ditto on the hummus. I can't stop eating the stuff. I look forward to whatever you have in store for us!