Isn’t it awesome to catch up with an old friend or rekindle an old flame? I’ve been doing that with a long lost love of mine. No I’m not having some sorted affair or anything — I’ve rediscovered my love of biking! Way back when in my high school and college days I loved mountain [...]
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Getting Reacquainted
Posted in Adventures by bike, Food for Thought on October 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Athlete and vegetarian
Posted in Food for Thought, Running and other Multi-sport adventures, Vegetarian eating on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This will be the first in an occasional series of posts about everyone’s second favorite topic — food. Paddling, of course, holds the top spot. I’ve been a vegetarian my entire life and despite what Darek or others say it never has been a hinderance. I get plenty of protein, have no problem putting on muscle [...]
Born to Run.
Posted in Food for Thought on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m stuck in New York City most of this week on business which is screwing with my workout schedule. To stay motivated and as a treat I picked up Christopher McDougall’s new book “Born to Run”. I had put in on hold at the local libary but, as I was number 159 or something, on [...]
Lessons in, and about, kayaks …
Posted in Food for Thought, Kayak Racing on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My obsession with going fast started with a traditional touring kayak. Since then I’ve owned surfskis, thunderbolts, KayakPro Nemos (yes I have, and love, two), and sprint kayaks. Throughout this progression I have learned a few things worth noting. First, you cannot buy speed and more often than not its the paddler that is the limiting factor. [...]
Why I Can.
Posted in Food for Thought, Kayak Racing, tagged Kayak Racing, kayak training, Kayaking on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I listened to an interesting podcast on Endurance Planet the other day about reaching your potential. The author asked why human tendency is to look for reasons why we can’t do do something. Instead, to reach our maximum potential, we should argue for why we can achieve a particular goal. We should look back at [...]
