Those That Are

One of our regular features is the periodic scouting review of what others in the real world are doing as we stay huddled indoors by the fire. The 'others' are defined as those involved in some form of athletic training, and more specific, those that are using the training products from CompuTrainer. That narrows it down. After all, you are either in serious training, or not.

This is for those that are.

First is from my old buddy Gordo Byrn. We first met way back in 1999 in Hawaii when he was just getting started with all this Ironman stuff. It was amazing to watch his progress over the years and witness his spectacular 2004, third overall 8:29 at Ironman Canada. His writing is crisp and introspective, covering triathlon's many training topics much like Matt Taibbi covers politics for RS. Here is his link, Gordo World, and a quick snippet from his Nutrition 201 op-ed.

#6 - Patience
A few winters ago, I spent a lot of time on my CompuTrainer watching IMH videos. I noticed something about the elite female athletes. Their individual body composition changed significantly through the 90s. Specifically, have a look at Paula, Lori and Joanna over a series of years. These ladies race(d) very lean, but they did not always have the look that we perceive. What's my point? My point is that the body responds gradually to both training stress and effective nutrition. It takes years to get an elite body. Trying to rush your body will result in illness, injury or a decline in performance. In fact, if you experience injuries that heal slowly, frequent mood swings or a rapid loss of weight and power, you should have an expert review your nutrition.

Endurance Corner, all things TRI.
Good link to a talented female vegan doc. Some yummy recipes also.
Readers talk about RCVs at IAMTRI. I think they like it.
Video of the CTS CT set up. Cool.
Video of CTS Boulder set up. Cool.
Video of Robbie Ventura's Vision Quest set up. Kids on mountain bikes. Rock.
Video of Mike Ricci's CT set up at the U of Colorado. Nice.

The embeded video is from Roy Galvin's CompuTrainer Race League. Seriously folks, we need more of this type of indoor activity, and less of, say, Fox News.



The BAC 15 mile course has been designed and built. RCVman is taking it for a test spin in a few minutes to ensure its 'appropriateness' for the first ride in tomorrow's class. Looks like Bernie gets the honors.

UPDATE: Bernie will be chasing a rather unspectacular 42:36 time by the RCVman. 220.3 avg watts and an anemic 2.6 watts to Kg. Sometimes I hate numbers.