Nutrition is for Slow People

I was taking a visual stroll through one of my favorite runner's blogs - Anton Krupicka - and was reminded again of our inferiority to such a running dynamo.  Take a gander at this:

"Wed-AM: 30 miles (4:00) Jones Park-7 Bridges Loop+Monument loops and barefoot ~4000' vertical
Rainy all day, so I didn't get out until almost noon. Slow at first, but then I felt good on the climb up 666 so I just went for it and decided to do the full loop because I was having so much fun. Above Capn Jacks there was new snow on the trail (that my NB 152s weren't so happy navigating) and there was rain coming down, but I had a blast. Kinda bonked the last 30 minutes or so because I didn't take any gels or water (did have a muffin for breakfast, though)."

Kinda bonked?  No water or gels for 30 miles? 4000 feet of vertical climbing near Boulder, CO?

The day I can go just 10 miles on a muffin, well...  I don't know.   Insane.

Vote for TriBoomer!

TriBoomer is needing votes to get elected to the EvoTri team. The Booms and I are good friends and I know he would be an incredible addition to that team. The guy can raise funds for charity like nobody's business AND is super-connected in the online tri world.

All he needs to get the job is a vote from us. Send an email to vote@evotri.com and put "http://triboomer.blogspot.com/" in the subject line. Those emails count as votes. You can only send one per email account, so you can vote multiple times if you have multiple accounts.

You have until Friday to put a Zentri faithful deep into the ranks of this new team. I know Triboomer is very excited about the possibility of making it. Let's get it done!

Catching Up

Haven't posted in a few days since I've been busy. Here's the scoop -

• I just helped put on my own city's "Worst Ride of the Year". Here's the link to the inspiration in Portland.


• Blink140dot6 is a running machine.


• I cleaned up the Varsity and tested out 700 cm wheels on it. Here's a funny pic.

• I'm almost done publishing a new podcast with some great audio jewels in it.


• I found out that yet another person uses Zentri for motivation to change their life to be more fit. I love it when I hear that. Keep it up, Jane!


• I'm debating running 7 miles to the start of my local half marathon on Feb 24. I recall that's how Dean Karnazes started training for ultras. I couldn't find that source, but I did dig up a great article about his roots.

I’m an Ultra Runner!

I did it.  50 miles in 12:48:00.

That being said, I'm going to crawl in a hole and die a thousand deaths.

I got plenty of audio and cool stuff (BIKES!) to turn into a podcast, so that's coming soon.

Somebody shoot me in the face!

By the way, I found out that the guy who convinced me to do this had never run a 50 miler before. For some reason I thought of this picture -

Taper Time

I've cut down on the running hours and found myself stumbling across some funny videos. Here's two that I particularly enjoyed:

1. (Not safe for work) F*ck Planet Earth

2. Puppy vs. Robot with classic Nintendo effects