Archive for December, 2009

Measuring Progress in the OutSeason

**via Endurance Nation

Using metrics to measure your fitness is a double-edged sword. No more is this true than in the OutSeason, when the fitness you have right now is competing with the fitness you had during the season. Don’t be depressed by the disparity; instead find a deeper meaning in what the numbers are telling you.

Let’s say I have a “friend” whose FTP was… Continue reading Measuring Progress in the OutSeason | 4 Comments

Politically Correct Happy Holidays!

Politically Correct Happy Holidays!

Regardless of, but not limited to race, gender, sexual orientation, diet and hygiene habits, please accept, with no obligations, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally-conscious and friendly, socially-responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others

** GREAT article by Matthew DeBord via HuffingtonPost

Tiger Woods Is So, So, So Much Bigger Than Golf

I will not talk about Tiger Woods’ mistresses, some of who actually seem like pretty nice women whose feelings were genuinely hurt by the Striped One and his randy ways. I will not talk about Tiger’s perhaps soon-to-be-ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, who has apparently taken off the… Continue reading Nothing to do with Triathlon, but a great article nonetheless

The Jan – “Broken Knee”

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“The Jan” – Blog Entry #2 – Pre Vegas

Hey Folks – Hozumi and I are heading down to Vegas this weekend for a little R&R.  Bunch of folks are doing the Vegas Marathon on Sunday and this is usually the time we hit the California International Marathon in Sacramento, but this year we pulled the chute and we’re just going for fun – how about that?!  Maybe we’ll do a couple laps up and down the strip… nekkid… Continue reading “The Jan” – Blog Entry #2 - Pre Vegas