Into week 13 of the OS closed out with a bang as I participated in the 2nd annual Harpoon Brewery Indoor Time Trial hosted by Fast Splits. It was a solid week of training coming back from the 25.3 mile run around Boston for the Run for Haiti Project (yes, you can still donate!). Interesting to watch the fatigue wear off…
We talk a lot inside Endurance Nation about the need to do cool stuff with your fitness. It’s not just a really good idea from a mental perspective or a season planning one, it’s a great way to take the pressure off and have fun. But since most of us are Type A endurance athletes, cool is somehow related to the concept of epic. Since riding my bike is cool, riding my bike from Boston to Portland, Maine would be really cool…right? The answer is not so simple.
It’s probably pretty apparent right now that I am back to writing and blogging with a vengeance. To help the cause of keeping your attention and delivering insane value directly to you, I am re-launching my email newsletter with a whole new bonus content section on the Fit Life.
The basic concept of Endurance Lifestyle Design isn’t entirely new…but how we approach it today most certainly is. The intentional integration of sport and lifestyle represents a fundamental shift in both how we live but in also how the sports we play are perceived by the public at large. For a growing percentage of people, being an endurance athlete is now a badge of honor, not something to hide from the boss.
With all my writing, I realized that it could be really helpful to take a step back and talk big picture. This post is about what I consider to be the basic building blocks of the endurance lifestyle — five core components. It’s a long one, but a good one, and a great deal of my future writing will assume that you “get” these commandments. So break out those flash cards!
Into week 12 of the OS and my 25.3 mile journey around Boston for the Run for Haiti Project (you can still donate!) really took this week to the cleaners. I did my best to make it resemble a standard OutSeason week, but the hole of fatigue from the run was slightly bigger than I anticipated.
As you know by now, I recently organized a short-term grassroots effort to raise money to help the people of Haiti. We have completed the project, with everyone running yesterday on 1/18/2010. We raised well over $10,000 in just four days…quite a feat considering the terms of the challenge.
Setting the right annual schedule of events can be more important that building out how you train, yet most athletes don’t give much thought to the who/what/where/when/how of their racing. Optimal training + Poorly Scheduled Races = Sub-Optimal Season.
So you get it. Or at least if you have gotten this far, you understand that more time spent training isn’t exactly the optimal way to reach your goals, be they persoanl, preofessional, social, etc. More, you now understand, isn’t always…MORE.
Just a quick note as I recover from my 25+ mile run for Haiti (you can still donate to help the relief effort here), and look forward to the rest of the continuing winter. As promised, I will keep you updated on all of my “work” commitments as well as the latest content…and there’s plenty of both coming along.
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