Monthly Archives: May 2009

… the climax of the ride, though, lies at the turn around. The paved road ends at the creek, a mile past the beaver dams, just at the base of Elk Mountain. Continue reading →

I’m in Snowmass for my pre-Ironman high altitude training camp. This concept, going somewhere with low oxygen content to train for an athletic event, has fallen somewhat out of favor as exercise physiologists have studied it more carefully. The original … Continue reading →

To my left, the Roaring Fork does just that. Filled beyond its banks with gritty spring snowmelt, the unbound river incessantly rumbles passed me as I run. Continue reading →

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Continue reading →

Yes, if only there were a secret mantra. Something one could recite, and all boredom, effort, sweat, and time would melt away. But there is no intrinsic reason, once we’re adults, to get out and run. We’re smart enough to know it isn’t really any fun. Anyone who tells you about the spirituality of aerobic exercise has suffered a serious breach in their contact with reality, as far as I’m concerned. Continue reading →

“Who will go the distance? We’ll find out in The Long Run.”
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Back in 1999, when I first started training for triathlons, I had two rather vague goals in mind. As a serial obsessive, I was at a point in my life where I had given up one obsession (basically, focussing very … Continue reading →