Welcome to the Off-Season!

 

If you're a tri-geek dwelling in the Northern Hemisphere, it's getting be time to put away all that lube (bike chain and otherwise) and cogitate about other endeavours.  It's off-season time!

Taking a break from the sport of kings, and let's not forget triathlon, let's your body recover and rest up for next year.  The continuous pounding you give yourself isn't good in the long-term.  You need a break.

One common mistake a lot of triathletes make is to go from triathlon training right into run training for marthons and other big events.  It's fine to switch gears, but put it in nuetral first for a few weeks before getting all crazy with the Phidippides dreams.

Practicing Zen, we find that one of the hardest things to do is let go.  Once you are into something, it is hard to see the world from the outside.  If you could view your world from the outside, the outside you would say something profound like, "Chill out, dude."

What would you like to do over the off-season?  Leave your thoughts (and any loose change) in the comments!