Hi folks, Every now and then the Universe will send you a subtle sign, and you can take note or treat it as a SEP Field (Someone Else's Problem - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy). I suspect that your response will be conditioned by your general level of awareness combined with behavioral conditioning derived from the delicate mix of your genome with your environment, including the effects of any ... Read more
In Living Stay Close To The Ground And To Your Roots In The Biosphere
"The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be ... Read more
Rehabilitation Comes In Many Forms And We Each Need A Little Every Day
Hi folks, At the end of the day we are each responsible for our own health and happiness, which is why it is so important to take a little time for yourself each day and each year. It is easy to stay on the treadmill and forget your emotional, spiritual, intellectual and even physical, recovery time. We just arrived in Hawaii to attend a friends wedding, and it sure is a wonderful location, even ... Read more
The Sock Is Back So It’s Time For FitOldDog To Break In His New Bike Shoes
"Just because it feels right, doesn't mean it is right, and just because it feels wrong, doesn't mean it is wrong." FitOldDog learned this from Feldenkrais. Hi folks, This is a short post to remind you to take the slightest of symptoms seriously until you work out what is going on and can fix whatever it is. Sometimes the signs of potentially serious trouble will come in the form of fate knocking ... Read more
Your MInd Is Your Most Important Raw Material And Tool As An Endurance Athlete And You Get To Choose
"Psychiatric diagnoses, in this view, are in the minds of observers and are not valid summaries of characteristics displayed by the observed." Extracted from 'In Being Sane In Insane Places' by David L. Rosenhan "Kevin, you must be crazy doing this Ironman stuff at your age - silence - maybe I should work out more?" By lots of people in FitOldDog's daily life. Hi folks, The thing about Ironman ... Read more
Learn How To Pick Up A Rock Before You Pick Up Your Tennis Racket
Hi folks, Many years ago I attempted to learn Chez Ollie, and I got close a few times after a year or so of trying. I got to feel, if only briefly, how you can put the force of your whole body into a punch over a distance of just a few centimeters. The process seemed to be all about optimal body coordination, timing, and considerable skill. It is apparent that there are many ways to carry out any action ... Read more
To Improve Triathlon Swim Times Focus On Conditioning And Consider Using A Sleeveless Wet Suit
Hi folks, Rick Fee, my local swim coach, has been telling me about his frustration with triathletes, who as a group seem to believe that they will pull up their swim times by focusing on technique. When Rick started coaching me, three months before the Eagleman Half Ironman 2012, I would have been lucky to hold 1:50 x 100 yard repeats. After some pretty solid swim sets 3x/week with Rick, my 10-20 x ... Read more
I Looked In The Toilet Bowl And It All Made Sense So What Do Tennis And Cycling Have In Common?
"There are still old knots that are unrecorded, and so long as there are new purposes for rope, there will always be new knots to discover." From 'The Ashley Book Of Knots,' cited in Chapter 39 of 'The Shipping News' by Annie Proulx. Hi folks, Years ago I read an interesting book by John Horgan, entitled 'The End Of Science,' which I thought at the time must have been written with tongue in ... Read more
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