“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” “Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! Endurance training is seasonal, with periods of more or less effort, and when the load is high risk of injury is at it's highest, making it even more critical that you monitor ... Read more
Beauty On The Running Trail Comes In Different Forms
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! I do enjoy running with our dogs, if only to see their enthusiasm for all the odors along the way. These are really run and sniff workouts. I just pretend that I'm doing speed work intervals, then stopping for their olfactory pleasure is not a problem. They seem to see the world through their noses, to a large extent at least. I, personally, have a bizarre sense of smell, ... Read more
Endurance Cycling And The Disappearing Bike
When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised. If you don't trust the people, you make them untrustworthy. The Master doesn't talk, he acts. When his work is done, the people say, "Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!" Tao te Ching, Lao-tzu, translation by S. Mitchell "The ... Read more
Learn To Move The Load Around Your Myofascia To Fix Quad Cramps On The Bike, And Other Cycling Tips
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! Fear is a great motivator, and I'm scared of hill number two on the Mountains of Misery 200k Double Header Bike Ride, which is only two weeks away, so I'm working on bike hill climb and distance riding. Of course, this is all preparation for the Lake Placid Ironman in July, but that ride, and especially hill #2, can be pretty intimidating. The only answer is conditioning, ... Read more
FitOldDog Is Still Learning From Cats
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! You can gain a lot from observing how animals move or relax, especially as an aspiring athlete, however old you might be. I like to watch cats because they move with such grace and ease, apparently wasting little or no energy, lithe trunk hanging like a hammock between shoulder girdle and hips, whilst always ready to strike against perceived or actual infractions. Just ... Read more
To Understand Your Body You Need To Understand Life So Start By Asking Questions
A passing conversation, whilst walking the dogs with family and friends. Darian: "Are you taking photos of nature with your iPhone?" FitOldDog: "No, I'm jotting down a thought for my blog." Darian: "Will you share it with me?" FitOldDog: "Sure, I was writing, 'Life is sculpted emergence," and then I thought, "but who is the sculptor?" So I later posed this question to Darian. Darian: "I think it is the ... Read more
I Think That My New Dinotte (Die Not!) Lights Might Save My Life One Day
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! The other day, my triathlete dentist son, Nigel, said, "Have you put those high intensity lights on your bike yet?" I hadn't, having bought them over a year previously on his recommendation. Shamed into it and after an extended search in our basement storage area, I found the equipment that I had ordered, all that time ago, from Dinotte Lighting ("Die Not" - clever that, and I ... Read more
A Successful Paleo Shepherd’s Pie, Trademark Approvals, An Interesting Man, And Some Cycling Tips For Beginner’s
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! It's been an interesting week, including my first Paleo Shepherd's pie. Being English in origin, I like to eat some old English favorite foods from time to time, but many are not so Paleo! I mentioned this to a local chef, Whitney Dane, who immediately wrote out a recipe for one key ingredient, mashed potatoes. I went home, made the potato-substitute (you'll have to ask ... Read more
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