I go through phases of drinking coffee. I love the stuff, but don’t like the idea of being addicted to caffeine. Last Spring, while I was in the height of a “I WANT COFFEE” phase, I bought a product called the AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker. It’s a really simple vacuum pressure system with very […]
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Voy a Huatulco en la semana que viene
It’s finally here: taper. My last taper of 2009. Plus, I’m at the most physically and mentally healthy state of being in my athletic career. Now you might ask, “How can anyone even know that?†To which I would respond, “By reading my blog.†Obviously, if it says it on here it must be true. […]
K-Swiss Has Some Cool New Stuff
Every time I get a new shipment from K-Swiss I get super excited to find out what new products they’ve released. Since I started working with the company at the beginning of 2008, Kalifornia-Swiss has gone from a one-running-shoe brand (the Ultra-Natural Run) to a full line of innovative and performance-geared running shoes. In that […]
Hollywood Training
Today I learned a new oxymoron. “Hollywood Trainingâ€. It doesn’t exist for me here. I went to 24 hour fitness and signed up for a 7 day trial, which gives me access to a 3 lane 25 yard (I sure hope it’s a little long, ‘cause I was swimming quite slowly) pool. After that I […]
Workout Nutrition
“I also like the hearts and flower patterns”
More than 115,000 people received the summer issue of Triathlon Life magazine this week. If that includes you, flip to the gear spread near the back. There’s a cute picture of me above a pink man-suit, the Garmin Forerunner 310xt, and a Blue Seventy Helix wetsuit. Next to the Splish suit is a paraphrase of […]
Disintegrating Hydration Tabs
Back in May I went to the Blue70 headquarters here in Seattle to pick up my new Helix wetsuit. The suit is great. I have yet to race in it this season, but I swim in Lake Washington several times a week and the suit is really comfortable, flexible where it needs to be and […]
Life Time Fitness
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 […]