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The Epic Ride The blood dripped into the bone white dust and stone of the power line trail. I hadn’t rained in days and the trail was late-July dry. The smell of hot dirt and sweat. The buzz of the high voltage strung overhead on the steel towers like other-world cicadas. Powdery, fine, white stone …
Hot weather race execution What can you do? This is a really tough question because typically people are looking for answers the day before when they find out some event they have been training for is going to be a cooker. There is no silver bullet. Different people handle heat in races better than others. …
Robots and focus. I read an article this week of a robot scientists have designed that can be controlled by human brain signals. The human, in this case a paralyzed individual, wears a skull cap with electrodes that picks up and amplifies the electronic signals emitted by the brain. This is difficult, but fairly straight …
Dropping into a training program. What to consider when you are cutting it short. Recently I tried to crash a marathon training plan because I only had 7 weeks to my event. This turned out to be a bad idea because I didn’t have the fitness necessary to handle the load and intensity. But there …
How I cracked the swim code The hard way I’ve been working over the last 6-7 months to re-engineer my swim. This isn’t the first time. I’ve been working on my swim off and on every spring and summer for around 7-8 years. I think I have finally made some progress. Here are some points …
