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Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 7:09PM Click here to download or listen!
Arshad Bahl of Amrita sits down with me to talk about healthy nutrition for triathletes. What makes a healthy energy bar? What should you eat while training? While not training? Tune in to find out.
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:35PM When people react poorly to a bad situation, they are both continuing and amplifying the problem in a new form. But think about it - getting hit with one arrow does not require you to turn around and fire off a second.
When somebody is having a bad day and then turns around and is rude to those around him, he is unnecessarily shooting that second arrow. And when you get injured and then fall into a funk, you just shot yourself. Just be injured. No need to be injured AND miserable.
Before you react to a bad situation, ask yourself if you can end it right here and right now with a simple change in attitude. Be an adult and spare the world from the extra drama.
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 12:34PM We are constantly comparing ourselves to others, which is both good and bad. It motivates us to be better, but can also create frustration, jealousy, and poor decisions.
When you train, you are training yourself, not the pro triathlete you want to be. Keeping your workouts in line with your current abilities keeps you moving forward without injuries.
Why are you letting that P5 that the rich banker guy is riding make you miserable? Do you realize how you were just fine before you knew they existed?
You want to make your brain your partner, not your boss. With practice, you can learn to recognize when it is working against you and sucking up your time with negative comparisons that drag you down. You can quickly train yourself to ignore that voice and keep working on the biggest thing in life that you can control - yourself.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 11:07AM Click here to download or listen!
(Keep repeating to self, "Triathletes are not crazy.")
I interview Chris Hague of Bonzai Sports about all the hydration options on the bike. I follow that with a long episode of The Training Log. Enjoy!
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 4:46PM Click here to download or listen!
(One of several giant shark sculptures in Port Aransas, TX)
On this episode of ZenTri, we interview Rob Goldman about the Ironman trademark. Find out what counts as infringement, what doesn't, and everything in between.
After that, we have lots of audio from our surfing trip to Port Aransas, TX. "Port A" is a great little surf town on a coastal island, full of outdoor fun.
(Kai standing up on a surfboard for the first time.)
I should also note that we took delivery of our new Suunto Ambit 2 S. We are going to have Emily use this one for her training for the Austin 70.3. I'll use a regular Suunto Ambit 2 for my own events. Lots of great gadget testing to come!
(The red matches her bike, which is apparently very important.)
Back to Port A, you can't go long without noticing everybody is driving golf carts to get around the island. We eventually had to rent one ourselves.
(Skizzle on the rizzle, yo.)
And it wasn't long until we found ourselves in a headwind, which makes all the aero position training come in handy.
Texas Beaches are a little unusual in that you can drive down most of them. You pull up your car to where you want to surf/swim and have at it. Also, Texas beaches are some of the cleanest in the USA. Oddly, California beaches have far more contamination. I believe it has to do with the fact that you can't build or live too close to a Texas beach without Mother Nature shoving a Cat 5 hurricane down your throat in no time flat.
And for the gratuitous family beach shot, here's photographic evidence of just how much I improved my family's gene pool by convincing Emily to marry me. I know this because my parents remind me frequently.
Ok, on to some triathlon stuff! Here's a couple of screen shots of my surfing sessions as recorded by GPS on my Suunto Ambit.
You can tell where I caught a wave to ride it in, then paddled back out again. The line is colored by speed. All this was done in Movescount's "surfing" mode. Pretty cool!
That's it for now, more later. Much more!
