Running and cycling everyday can be pretty hard. For the last few years, there are two tools that I use to keep my body feeling fresh. One of them is CEP Clone compression gear.
Starting a Recovery Mini-Series!
Over the next few days, I’ll be continuing to build out one of the other essential pieces for the Athletic Time Machine site— RECOVERY! If you want to race and train like a younger athlete, you have to recover like one.
I’ll be adding three posts with less-known tricks I use to enhance recovery. Of course, all this will be archived on the site and also summarized under the Enter the Time Machine section of the site.
Thanks for reading and be sure to like the Athletic Time Machine Facebook page or follow this site to keep up-to-date with the latest.
Purposeful Carbohydrate Depletion
Yesterday, a post came across the Running Writings site that piqued my interest. It was about the weekly long run— a ritual of marathon runners— and it suggested that we all do them wrong. This post is a quick synopsis of why and what to do about it.
Lactate Clearance Intervals, MCT-1, Arrhythmias, and Why You Need Speed
A few weeks ago, I did some very short, high-intensity sprints in the middle of a zone two bike ride. The sprints left me feeling exhausted far more than they should have, so I thought it was probably a good idea to do two things: get some more low-intensity aerobic training in and to simultaneously work on some really high intensity interval work. This post explains why this might not be a bad idea after a couple of weeks of hard racing.
How I Travel
This week has seen me doing a fair amount of travel for a client. I travel a fair amount for work and have racked up my share of airline miles, but I don’t travel nearly as much as others. With my whole family on the east coast and a race schedule that has me on a jet at least annually, there are a few tips to travel that I thought I would pass along– and hopefully get some thoughts flowing.
Review: The Well-Built Triathlete (Matt Dixon)
If the name Matt Dixon isn’t familiar to you, it probably should be. He’s an exercise physiologist and coach in the bay area. In addition to having an impressive race resume from his younger days (two time Olympic trials finalist, NCAA D1 swimmer, and a win at Vineman 70.3), he’s probably best known for founding and leading purplepatch fitness, which has led to over 150 professional Ironman and half-Ironman championships and podium finishes (including 50 wins). His success is the result of combining and balancing four key elements– endurance, nutrition, recovery, and strength. Get the balance right and athlete’s enter a “purple patch” in which their true performance potential comes shining through. This is the book to help you get there too.
Review: Garmin Virb
I’ve been having some fun with the Garmin Virb that I bought to liven up this blog. It’s been a fun week or so playing with it. This review isn’t really intended as a full product review. For that, I refer my dear readers to DC Rainmaker’s review of the Garmin Virb and Virb Elite. He does a far better job at explaining products and thoroughly testing them than I ever could. This review is intended as a supplement– my thoughts about how I can see using the Virb day-to-day and what I like and don’t like.
Race Report: WA State Time Trial Championship (40-K)
Today, Mary and I were down in Tenino, Washington to race the Washington State TT Championship. This is a great event hosted by South Sound Velo. This is the fourth(?) time that I’ve done this race. For Mary, it was her first time trial. My goal was to come under an hour (I rode it in 58:59) and Mary’s goal was to break 20mph (and she rode 20.6 mph), so all in all, it was a great day. Here is a quick pdf of the overall results. My time was good for 8th position out of 19 in my M40-49, Category 4-5 age group. Middle of the pack– exactly where I expected to be.
Thinking Twice About My Next Hokas
One of the blogs that I love to follow is The Gait Guys. To really dig into their content, you really have to be comfortable with distinguishing the sagital, transverse, and frontal planes, know your flexor hallucis brevis vs your flexor hallucis longus muscles, and a whole lot of other technical stuff. Recently they posted their thoughts on Hoka One One running shoes and other “maximalist” running shoes. Bottom line: think twice before you buy them. Here’s the simplified explanation about why.
We’re on Facebook!
Woot! We’ve just connected up our new Facebook page (pretty sparse for the moment) with our blog site. Wow, for reasons beyond the scope of this post, that took a huge leap of faith– c’mon WordPress and Facebook, that could have been a lot easier and transparent!
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