This week I scored a 7 day trial pass to the South Austin Life Time Fitness center. It’s working out really well. They have two 25 meter pools (or at least I hope they’re 25 meters, ‘cause otherwise I’m swimming really slow), and some other stuff I don’t use. Actually, I was all prepared for […]
Category Archives: Training
Three Weeks of Aloha
That’s how long I’ve been in Hawaii, and it’s also how long I have left in Hawaii this year. I found out this weekend that I will be racing in the Mooloolaba World Cup in Queensland Australia. This is my first World Cup start, so needless to say, I’m stoked!! Yesterday I rode up Tantalus […]
Rachel Ross is Stalking Me!!
Yesterday I arrived on the Island of Oahu. I flew 9.5 hours from Sao Paulo to Dallas on Monday night, had breakfast in the airport, then went for a second 9.5 hour flight from Dallas to Honolulu. Bob Havrilak (Adam’s father) picked me up. The trip was 31 hours door to door, which was pretty […]
Safety in Numbers
I’ve been really nervous cycling on the roads since Adam’s death last week. So when Brian asked if I’d like to accompany him on his commute to work yesterday I was a little hesitant. It seemed like a great opportunity for some jerk to swing his door into me, or for some redneck to try […]
My Legs Hurt From Life
The other day I was doing a long run, and while plodding along on the Burke Gilman trail I started thinking about what the hell I’m doing with my life. I mean, I haven’t had a day off ‘work’ since the day after Thanksgiving. Not even Christmas. And, I completely don’t care. Everything seems right […]
Training Block Numero Uno
It crossed my mind that I should have a New Years Resolution. Aside from the obvious ones that I can’t possibly be expected to keep (e.g. be nice to lap swimmers, don’t make fun of blind people, read my workouts before I do them, etc.), I really couldn’t think of anything worth committing to. Tomorrow […]
“That was the best you ever looked. Ever.”
Celebrate the end of 2008 with 40% off at K-Swiss.com. I want to give a gift to all my readers, so from now until December 31st you can get 40% off your entire purchase at K-Swiss.com. I’m not supposed to publish the discount code, so leave me a note here and I’ll email you the […]
Base Performance and the Institute of New Medicine
Tonight I went to a talk by Chris Lieto. He founded Base Performance Nutrition, which has expanded from an amino supplement and water additive to include salt and a recovery pill. The recovery activator is what I’m most excited about. This was formerly distributed by The Institute of New Medicine, which is where I go […]
Weaning Off the Off-Season
This is officially my first week of base training. That means that my off-season was exactly four weeks long, during which time I spent three weeks preparing for a 10k running race, three days doing light recovery workouts, seven days getting my schedule sorted out, and finishing up my schoolwork (“sorting out my schedule†included […]
The Logistics of Professional Racing
It’s that time of year again. The season has ended, training is unplanned and often completely absent from my schedule. And Quicken has become my most frequently opened application. During the season I often neglect to balance my expense book and I tend to focus only on the balance in my checking account. Now that […]