San Diego Preview

I'm lucky enough that every summer I get to travel to San Diego for a
week. Every time, my priorities change. Since this is a business trip,
the first priority is always being at a conference, but after that,
"Sunny D" has more to offer than anywhere else.

Two years ago, I was alone and tried to get in as much surfing as
physically possible. I think I still have the salt rash. Last year,
the wife and kid came along, so they took priority over surfing. I also
ran more and Huck and I swam in the open ocean.

This year, I'm not even bringing a surfboard, but I still have very high
hopes for what might be a defining moment in my life: I am on course to
swim with the best collective group of athletes with which I've ever shared a pool.

Triscoop.com member Jdub is meeting up with me after I arrive and after
we have some celebratory beer and tacos, we will discuss the time and
date where I can waltz into the North County YMCA and pay a measly $5 to
join the world's top pros for their workout. I have to say that I'm
very excited and I've been preparing for several weeks. Lifting
weights, long workouts, and doing sprint workouts with the local
badasses are all part of my prep to not be slaughtered and left for dead
in the Rehab Lane.

Aside from that workout, my mission is to interview Jdub about his
goals in triathlon (this dude is pro material), swim in the ocean again,
and do some gym climbing, and work on my show and website.

Strange how things change but stay the same...

Injured (Bray to tha Ho)

Quick Show Notes -

Voicemails from Finland, Aquaman, and Jetpack.

Cinco Ranch Triathlon
Erich's average HR? Who knows. His monitor probably exploded.
It IS a nueroma. The Chriopractor was wrong!
It's not Chris, it's Mike! mike@d3multisport.com

Submit a better commercial for www.d3multisport.com and win a triscoop t-shirt!

Show ends with an audio capture of male triathletes sighting a sexy female cyclist in the wild. "Bray to tha Ho" verbage recorded for the first time known to mankind.

Capped off with very young female listener talking in Finnish. W00t!

Next week: I will be in San Diego chilling with jdub and attempting to swim with pro triathletes and survive their practice. I've been training for it!

Smells like Cow Spirit

I know a guy who does a Birthday Ride every year where the mileage equals his age. Pretty good, considering he's in his 60's and shows no sign of stopping for a long time. Turning 33 is no big feat, but celebrating the day upon a bike and reflecting on "life so far" is truly a great thing.Of course, I play a bevy of audio from a variety of sources: Erich calls in from the road, JohnnyBjork gives us a shout from Sweden, Kevin and I go rockclimbing and send the audio to Podclimber.com, and AlohaMandy phones in on the Deli Line (512-CRY-DELI) to tell us about her victory in Kentucky.

You get all the above and my usual hokey interactions with the locals while on my steel steed. Between my attempt to interview a horse about the TDF doping scandals and me fleeing the scene of an errant rock smacking a truck, I spew out my typical musings on life and living. Thanks again for being such a great audience and making my birthday so wonderful. Gracias!

Coach Adam Chats about Heart Rate

Hola, Amigos!  Coach Adam leads us in a conference call all about how to use your heart rate monitor to improve your performance.  If you're looking for a performance boost and don't use a monitor, you aren't giving yourself the best opportunity.

When I picked my last monitor, my first requirement was a solid band.  Break the band and the watch is useless.  Next, I went for one that records workouts for later review.  I load my workouts into workoutlog.com much later than when they happen, so this function is priceless.  Lastly, I use the interval function for swimming workouts.  The best deal I could find on a watch with all those requirements was the Nike Triax C8.  Not bad, but it doesn't record your max heart rate during a workout.  No max?  WTF?  Of course, the holy grail of workout watches is the Garmin 305.  I bet you already knew that.

Dallas Olympic Triathlon (Ironhead Triathlon)

Emily and I hit "Big D" for an olympic distance race and try to finish in spite of one obstacle thrown in our path after another. We go to the wrong place for packet pickup, Emily forgets her running shoes, and then she has a flat in the race. Listen to the audio to hear what happened and if she managed to finish the race.

If it hadn't been for Triboomer, we'd have been really up the proverbial creek without a gel shot. He not only co-hosted the show, but he also worked very hard to secure Huck a pair of shoes and guide us around the Greater Dallas area. He's been awarded the Triscoop Member of the Year Award, which comes with a free membership to Triscoop.com, free Zentriathlon podcasts, and free lunch at Bennigan's.

One of our many stops while in Dallas was Richardson Bike Mart. Not only is it Lance Armstrong's first sponsoring shop, it's frickin' HUGE. I've overheard that it's the largest bike shop in the USA and it also has a fantastic selection of fixies and single speeds (something that warms my hippy heart). Huck and I couldn't leave the joint until we'd racked up a basket of purchases, including cycling socks, Kaiman goggles, carbon bike shoes, and cycling jersies.

One last bit of audio I threw in was a great piece by Shinsplints from the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon. It was great of him to think about "The Deli Line" (512-CRY-DELI) and leave me up to a 2 minute voicemail (This is a subliminal message for you to call if you haven't gotten that yet) right from the race course. Thanks, Shinsplints!

I sandwiched the whole show inbetween an intro and outro recorded of us hanging out at our new local dog park. We had taken Roxy, our speed-demon greyhound, and she was running around at a blinding pace. It was her first time at dog park and it was cool to see her make buddies with dogs of different breeds. We can now be sure that our teachings of tolerance and non-discrimination are working.

You can find our race results at Run-Far.com.