Over the hump in terms of the OS (week 11 now, of 20) has me excited to push onwards. Things haven’t been easy; just as I have been recovering from a cold, Emma gets some hanta virus dealio that puts her at home most of the week — and barely sleeping at night. As a result, my already tight schedule of sleep/work has been pushed way out of whack causing some hiccups. Nothing serious…
As you know by now, Haiti was slammed by a massive earthquake earlier this week. Only now is the real impact of the disaster being felt…today (Friday), the first death toll estimates started coming out. Ballpark is 50,000 dead. And the survivors aren’t much better off (yet). Here’s how you CAN help…
January is in full swing up here in New England, and by that I mean it is officially cold out there. All you Minnesota peeps out there can say what you want, I think that anything under 10-degrees Fahrenheit is just plain cold.
It’s not only possible to lose weight as an endurance athlete at a low-volume training time, it’s actually the best possible time to do it. There are minimal performance goals and you have plenty of extra time to spend the energy on a new approach to food organization and prepararation. Yes, it’s a huge downer to be focused on healthy eating habits over Thanksgiving and the winter holiday season…but for many endurance athletes simply not gaining the winter five pounds (forget losing) is a significant start.
In this, the third installment from my new book on Endurance Lifestyle Design, I talk about the myth of the Work / Life Balance and how mistakenly chasing that false idol will only lead you further away from your goal of having it all.
The first week of 2010 is in the books! Okay, well only half of it but that’s just as well since I did a pretty half-a$$ed job of getting things done. Traveling back home from the Cape, having some real winter weather and the continued manifestation of my cold all added up to one very uninspiring week.
Just a quick note as I wrap up my week (don’t worry, training summary is coming soon!), but I wanted to get this out on Sunday as it’s a big week.
Hi, I'm Patrick McCrann.
I'm a 14-time Ironman finisher and the author of Train to Live, Live to Train: How to Build the Ultimate Fitness Lifestyle and Competitive Triathlon in 10 Hours a Week.
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