Hibernating
It’s fall here and that means the temperature is cooling down some, the humidity is gone (we live in the humid south), and the days are getting shorter. For most people, this time of year, it gets harder to get out of bed in the morning, and bedtime gets moved up some. Therefore, workouts tend to get pushed aside. Read more…
Travel and Exercise
Tomorrow I leave for a work trip to Cali. I will be staying in a hotel with full fitness accommodations, so I will really have no excuse to fall behind. The question now is, with full day schedules that sometimes go late in the night, it may become a challenge to get up in the morning. We’ll see. I hope that the lure of swimming outside at sunrise in Southern California is enough to keep me getting up!
Some Days…
By: Jon Taylor
This morning, Kara had to beg me to get out of bed. It was rough…
I have taken a couple of weeks off due to travel and work, fully intending to train on the road. Never happened. Jesse is taking about two months off for work travel himself. I discovered something about time off.
An object not in motion will remain not in motion unless acted upon by peer pressure.
In this case, my wife. It was HARD to get up, but once I was in the pool at 6am on the dot, it felt great! Because I got up today, I feel like getting up tomorrow.
The Mantra
By: Jon T
man•tra (ˈmantrə; ˈmän-): a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation.
“Slow, Flow, Slow, Flow”
“Compete with myself, compete with myself.”
“Your a runner, it’s what you do”
Trick the Brain!
In order to run distances it is important to focus on the right things. But, if your like me, as soon as you feel the freeing sensation of the run, your mind starts to wander. Read more…
Bonking
Written by Coach Danah
What is “bonking?”
Bonking is a term used by endurance athletes to describe the effects of depleted glycogen stores in the muscle and liver. Glycogen depletion causes extreme fatigue and the “empty” light on our fuel gauge starts blinking. This is also sometimes referred to as “hitting the wall.” Basically, when exercising, if we don’t fuel our bodies correctly, our bodies will tell us to slow down or make us stop. Read more…
Exploring Barefoot Running
Written by Coach Danah
Run Barefoot?
Did you know modern running shoes were only invented in the 1970’s? That’s not very long ago! What did people do before that? I know running has been around longer than 40 years! I’m not an expert in history, but I know humans have been around a long time—maybe even millions of years. And I’m pretty sure they’ve been involved in running for just as long. Otherwise, humans would not be around today. So, what happened when they wore out their knees? I know they didn’t have knee replacements way back then. Maybe they didn’t need knee replacements because they didn’t have running shoes!
There’s a study out now that has found that barefoot runners land softer than runners with running shoes on. Read more…
Wait!! You Mean Weights
By: Graham
Oh boy, stacking cheerios. Well, today was my first day for weights. I was up at 5 am to ride my bike to the gym and then ride home taking the long way. Not only was it weights day, but it was bike day as well. Up at 5…check. Ride bike to gym…check. Lift weights…uh, asterik. I did lift weights just for the record. However, it only went on for about half hour. It took a lot of effort to move weights I used to kick aside on my way to the real cold steel. To top it off, I am already sore. But, this is what motivates me. I feel like I should be stronger. I want to be stronger. I will be stronger. I can’t wait until my next weight day.
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Dirt Foot Hippie
By: Graham
New Beginnings!
Since we have a year to prepare for the Xterra Euraka Tri, we have basically started from scratch. We have approached everthing as if we are learning to do it for the first time. The idea is that we will then be doing everything correctly/efficiently. This eliminates “junk miles” Read more…
Balance, Biking, and Back Talk
We are in it for the long haul.
A year of training for a single event is more than is really needed, but you need to remember, it’s not the event that is needed in my life, it’s the lifestyle. If I train for a year I will have started something. Habits will have formed and my future will be brighter.
It takes a lifetime to grow a strong heart, one that can do more than supply blood to your body. I want to have a heart that can jump out Read more…
A new record! Wait… never mind.
By: Jesse
First of all, great news! I actually got a buzz cut! I blogged about it rather facetiously, but then I thought of all the benefits. No illusionary leeches on my head. Extreme aerodynamics. Relative hotness. But most importantly, my hair is no longer a shrub. When you have hair that looks like a shrub on top of your head, your follicles become like branches and your scalp becomes like fertile soil. Akin to assorted flora, the follicles will draw sweat out of the scalp like branches draw nutrients out of the ground. I now produce 94% less sweat. I’ve actually drowned a small rodent with my hair sweat. No more dead rodents.
Anyway, I was feeling pretty awesome as I started my run today. I actually Read more…
