Epic 5 Starts Today

Rich Roll and Jason Lester launch on their Epic 5 journey today.  They will be attempting five Ironmans in five days, each one on a different Hawaiian island.

You can follow them on their live athlete tracker at http://epic5.com/live/, and you definitely should.  The map shows the terrain profile and their status as near-live as possible.  This stuff is way better than TV and as inspirational as you can get!

Good luck, guys!

Hungarian Bike Culture

I'm so confused.  But it feels good.

Podcast - Lonestar 70.3 Review

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What a great race! Check out the show as we discuss how the event went down, tips on how to race long distance, and even some triathlon news.

I hit a new PR of 5:29 and met a bunch of great people.  I can't wait for next year!

Outro music is from Metal Shakespeare Co. Check them out here.

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Listening to Your Body

It's like learning a whole new language.  You shouldn't expect to know what, "Glark! Glark!" means.  But if your body says it and then kicks you in the balls, you'll know next time you hear, "Glark! Glark!", you better cover your nuts.

On Test - Best of the Week - Zoot Arm Coolers

I tried out a bunch of new things for Lonestar 70.3, and the Zoot Arm Coolers ($30) were the most interesting.

These things WORK.  You can read from this blog that I have an affinity for arm sleeves, so I just had to try these out.  The Moeben and Primal tattoo print ones I have would work OK, but just taking these out of the box, I realized the Zoots are playing a whole different game.  Here's the list of why these rock:

• Super light and wicking.  When things got hot during the run, I poured water on them and WOW, immediate and dramatic cooling effect.
• UV protection.  Slows down fatigue from Sun exposure.
• Absolutely amazing fit.  These babies went from up high on the arms all the way to the wrist.  No coming up short here.  Heck yeah!

I came out of the water and had them already rolled into two donuts in my helmet.  I put them on over my wrists and headed out on the bike.  As I biked, I worked them up my arms and got them into place.  

The run got hot, with full Sun in the Texas mid-day.  Of course the sweat wicking cooled me a bunch, but getting them intentionally wet at aid stations was amazing.  I am 100% confident that I will use them in every race and long training day possible from now until something better comes along.  I truly cannot endorse them enough.

They are simple, cheap, extremely effective, and look cool.  No negatives, all positives.