How I ran 50 miles this week posted at Teamwhitelinefever.com.

I just posted this week's detailed workout log at www.teamwhitelinefever.com.  I'm one of four team members running the 200 mile relay race called the Ragnar and I'm trying to get in as much running as I can before the end of October.  Rather than post the same thing in two places, you can just follow the above link to go check it out.

There's also a Twitter feed on that site that details our running-specific issues as we train.  Those twits don't show up in my profile - that's the only place you can get them.  Enjoy!

I'm taking a nap.

The iPocalypse

Join me for another epic bike ride as Gregg and I ride 50 miles to the Brazos River and back. I talk about what's new in Tech, what's old in Zen, and everything in between.

SHOWNOTES!

• The iPocalypse is HERE!


• My left calf is uber-jacked.


• Rambonie logic on stretching - Do you pull on a knot to loosen it?


• "Approach stretching at the speed of a glacier." - Dr. George Sheehan.


• "Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment."


• Wear a wifebeater shirt when traveling to be safe.


• Put raw local honey in coffee to help with allergies.


• Replay of audio of me getting stung in the face by a bee.


• Forest Gump audio clips.


• Multitasking is as bad as smoking pot.


• Worked at bike shop for 4 hours. Very Zen.


• Need help with artwork for book.


• Rico got me a Bosu ball for exercise + sitting.


• Endurance Base Camp Podcast guy was channeling ME? To help him finish his marathon? Cool! Left him a comment. Great music, btw.


• Right now is the future of your past. this is when all the planning you've been doing is in effect! What if that tree falls on us? what if it didn't? Why always plan for the worst? Plan for the best!


• The Agegrouper Podcast has gone mobile!


• Japanese Soto Zen and Original Enlightenment.


• CONTEST - Tell me your best triathlon secret and win some Oakley Half Jackets.


• Donation by Matthew Hood for the "How to cure Piriformis" video I made.


• Donation by Gordon Scott, put us over the top for registration fee!


• Donation by Rico.


• Donation From "D. A." Keeping name secret!


• Donation from Jonathan B.

The Ragnar Cometh

Ghetto-Fabulous shownotes for right now.  Will clean up when I get a minute...

Intro by RadioHead (bodysnatchers)

50% will be wrong in the next 4 years, we just don't know what 50% yet

Epic Run, Heat, Nuun + HJ + gatorade cocktail, Socks by SLS tri, nathan triangle pack,

Jaysee voicemail, cool sound effects, happy birthday (dethclock)

Ragnar (DESCRIBE), Website (Team White Line Fever), Adam's resume, Posting our training logs, spencer green song

Donation by Matt Hood - I need donations to help pay for this thing!  (emily giving me evil eye).  Donate or buy some hornet juice.

And we need sherpas!

Congrats to BIGUN for finishing his first Ironman.

Just crash anywhere by MOVING ATLAS

The Art of Letting Go

Join me for a killer ride across some rural Texas back roads and up and down a tollway as I talk about the Zen practice of "letting go." I am aboard Karma, my new (used) road bike.

This is a great show with some surprising audio of me almost getting bitten by a dog and also smacked by a hornet.

I also play a very moving song by an artist that died too young, Spencer Green.

SHOWNOTES!

• Sent Victor a picture of Alaskan street graffiti.


• Training for the Ragnar by running two weeks, then taking it easy a week.  Averaging about 45 running miles per week.


• Zen - To have No Fear, you must Let Go.


• One step beyond Nihilism


• When you've let go, you can do amazing things.


• Realize you are part of a much bigger whole.


• Everybody has the ability to do this.


• Story about cracked teacup and one death per person.


• Emily is a Hospice nurse.


• Selling everything at a garage sale.


• Check email only twice a day.


• Use www.rmilk.com to get organized, ok?.


• People do the right thing when they have time to choose.


• I feel like I'm getting my sanity back!

Fear and Running in Alaska

"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." - Mark Twain

Emily and I hit the Final Frontier for our 10 year wedding anniversary, spending a week running in a mix of urban and remote wilderness. I recorded a podcast during the week, talking about the Zen approach to fear and a few other things.

Listen in to hear me broadcasting from a remote cabin, a suburban backyard, and an Anchorage restaurant. I reveal how to observe fear instead of becoming it, allowing yourself to live your life to the fullest.

Your links to more podcasts to teach you to deal better with fear are the following -

FEAR - By Zen Master Gil Fronsdal

Zen Garden - By Thich Nhat Hanh

No Ego, No Fear Part 1 and Part 2 by Robina Courtin

Being in Alaska, I go trail running through snow, almost collide with a moose, renew wedding vows next to a glacier, and spot a bear. Plenty of fear to go around, and there's no slowing down.

I also talk about two new pieces of gear that I'm using:

• The Nathan Triangle Pack allows you to carry a 22 oz. water bottle on your waist. I really like it. I can go anywhere I want for two hours and not worry about fueling.

• SLS sent me some compression socks and they work! This was probably the biggest run mileage week of my life (training-wise) and I finished it out with 12 miles wearing these and my legs felt great!

• I am doing a lot of night running to avoid the Texas heat, and the is my new best friend. It's so bright, I think it is actually making car drivers angry. I know that every driver is seeing me, and that's what I'm looking for.

There's also a voicemail at the end of the show from a guy who's making his own tri podcast out of Georgia. I checked it out and it's pretty cool! Here's the link.
SHOWNOTES!

• Chillin' on the deck of a cabin in Hope, Alaska. Population 130.


• Went trail running on the Powerline Trail. Mix of rock and knee deep snow.

• Went running in Anchorage. Almost ran over an "Urban Moose".


• Emily and I renewed our wedding vows standing next to Exit Glacier.


• Hanging out in Samantha's backyard in Anchorage.


• Samantha sings and plays mandolin.


• Gear Review! Nathan Triangle Waist Pack. It's great!


• We go bike riding around Anchorage.


• Emily, Samantha, and I at Bear Tooth's.


• Bike commuting home from work back in Texas.


• The Ragnar cometh.


• Gear Review! Amphipod Xinglet and SLS compression socks.


• Wrap up.


• Voicemails.