Fantastically Complicated Tuesdays

Lately I've feeling pretty unmotivated, a whole lot of grouchy with a bit of tiredness. It's been almost a month since I've done any long rides. The thought of waking up early, driving to the park and going for a 30 mile ride just seems stupid. Running, well I've been getting in some miles in. Takes me a long time to get moving out the door and when I start running, I just want to turn around and go back home. Swimming is swimming. Our masters group is getting bigger with weaker, just learning how to swim, got bit by the olympic bug, triathlon...

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O Hard Work

Sometimes it's hard to get motivated to workout. Laying on the couch or bed seems much more appealing than going for a run or jumping into a cold pool. Here's on of my favorite songs to get me motivated on those hard days. You can download it here. Dear Hard Work, I used to hate you, When you called my name, I heard it but ran away from you, When I knew you were coming, I used to hide from you, When you influenced others to talk to me, I quickly made excuses to get away from you. Afraid of the pain because I didn’t want to get hurt Afraid...

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Non-Triathlon Tuesdays

Sorry with the lack of consistency with my posts lately, things have been actually getting busy at work lately. Our new facility should be opened in a few months, so things might start to pick up. So with no upcoming races, I haven't done much biking or running. Swimming on the other hand, well, put it this way, if I ran as much as I swam, I'd probably be a fast runner. Anyways, since I have some free time now, hiking is now the name of...

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2012 Tinman Triathlon

Going to make this short and sweet. Still a little tried from work last night and dealing with a splitting headache this morning. A few weeks ago me and some friends planned to do a co-ed relay for the Tinman. Well, that was the plan until our swimmer mistakenly requested the wrong day off. After scrambling around trying to find a female swimmer and coming up empty, I wondered if I could find a male swimmer. That wasn't much of a problem. Hit up...

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Basil Lime Sorbet

After getting tired of the internet and Battlefield 3, I was in the mood to make some sorbet with all the warm weather we've been having lately. Living way back in the valley, any sort of plant grows like crazy. This is a good/bad thing since weeds grow x2 as fast. Anyways, my basil plant was getting outta control  si figured why not use it for something besides pesto or on salads.  Basil Lime Sorbet  2c water  2c...

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Road ID

Many months ago I was browsing the web and found out that Road ID had a new band out. I wasn't a big fan of the Sport, since it rocked the cloth band, and the Elite since it was a little out of my price range. Their new band, the Wrist ID Slim, looks like those Livestrong bracelets. It can be worn when training or not training while not screaming out "Hey, look at me, I'm a triathlete!". One of the main reasons why I bought a Road ID is that the...

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Tinman Time Prediction Giveaway

So on the 29th, I'll be doing the Tinman as a relay instead of individually. I did a relay last year with some friends and it was a lot of fun. So with that said, I'm giving away visors to whoever has the closest time prediction. Last year our finishing time was 2:09:52.2.  The winner will have a pick of color, and the 2nd place winner will get the other color. I'll also throw some other things in with it. Visors won't aid in performance,...

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Dealing With Swim Anxiety

Anxiety during the swim sucks. It can ether overcome it or succumb to it and end up with a fat DNF. Despite coming from a competitive swim background, I'll occasionally have an "episode" while doing a OWS race or just out swimming in the ocean. My biggest fear? Drowning. To tell you the truth, I was never born a swimmer. I didn't learn how to swim till I was 11. Living on an island pretty much sucked. Anyway, finally learned how to swim a year later and the rest is history. So here's my tricks on how I deal anxiety. 1. I like to warm up for...

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Non-Triathlon Tuesdays

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Non-Triathlon Tuesdays

It's a damm shame real life wasn't like this. Maybe I'd actually run more often and even enjoy it! Maybe it's just me, but running is a little mind numbing. My running routes are never the same (except track workouts) since I get bored. Maybe it's the same view at a slow pace or the lack of obstacles (drunk/high dancing bums) that gets to me. So what do you do to make running enjoyab...

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Mini Blooming onion bread

With a work week of work two days and off one and work two more, I was pretty lazy to do anything really productive. It just so happened that I had these mini sourdough buns in the kitchen and wondered what I could do with it. First thing came to mind was the Blooming Onion bread. Well not exactly but you get the idea. Mini Blooming Onion Bread 1 mini sour dough bread load 1/4 stick butter 3 stalks green onion (minced) 2 cloves garlic (minced) 2...

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Non-Triathlon Tuesdays

Today's one of those days that I really don't have anything to do at work. Since tomorrow is a holiday, it feels like a Friday but it's not. Weather wise, it's overcast, occasional showers and a slight breeze. Not very encouraging weather to go out for a bike ride. Days like these make me miss my old jobs and the characters that made it worthwhile. On slow days we'd go and play with the snakes Well not all the snakes These were pretty...

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Non-Tritahlon Tuesdays

It's a little slow and cold in the office soup for lunch kind of day. Finally got to try some new recipes this past weekend and I'll share those soon. Here's some Tuesday randoms. Enjoy. Masters swim meet a few weeks ago. Meet was super casual (thus the no swim cap), most of the swimmers were from our club and I was the only one in my AG. It was fun despite the small turn out. Also did some hiking on the trails near my house this past weekend. Friends...

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What is a normal life?

It's almost 3 weeks after Honu, I'm finally getting back into running, however haven't been biking much since the bike still needs to be fixed. Swimming was going great until my rotator cuff decided to act up again. Due to financial reasons I probably won't do any more triathlons maybe till October or hold off until next year. It would be great to go out and do some but it gets expensive. Most races here are around ~$90+ for a sprint. Hard times if you ain't balling. So after 6 months of training, I've found myself with not much to do that didn't...

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Honu 70.3 Nutrition

Thought I'd share my nutrition for race day. It may work for you or it may not. I strongly recommend trying different things while training instead of experimenting on race day. Breakfast  - 2hrs prior to race start 1C quick organic oatmeal - 307 calories, 5mg sodium, 11g protein  Gu Brew -  100 calories, 250mg sodium, 8g sugar Total - 407caloriesm 255mg sodium, 11g protein, 8g sugar Bike - Every 10min, approx 22oz per hr Custom Infinit Drink Mix (x3 bottles)  - 1 serving - 243 calories, 379mg sodium, 110mg potassium,...

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2012 Honu Race Report

You know the worst part about taking a week off from work? Coming back to work with a ton of things to do. Little late but here's my race report. Oh yeah, congratulations to the Tri-N-Hawaiian for winning the time prediction contest. I'll hit you up later on how I can give you your winnings. Race Day Woke up around 3:45, had my usual everyday breakfast of 1cp of oatmeal with about 1tbs of brown sugar. Washed it down with some Gu brew. Did some light...

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2012 Honu Pre- Race Report

After walking the whole 1/2marathon last year and almost finishing last in my AG, you'd think that I would never do this race again..However, I'm one not to throw in the towel so easily. Since I'm originally from the Big Island, use this as a home visit, see my parents, friends and see what's new in town. Last year when I went back it was in the low 50s and raining. Not very fun. This year it was in the mid 50's to mid 60's and SUNNY! . It's pretty...

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Honu Time Prediction Giveaway

Predict my finishing time for Honu (Hawaii Ironman 70.3) and win a white or black SLS3 visor and some other miscellaneous goodies. One prediction per person and ends on June 1st, Friday at 11:59pm, Hawaii time. In your prediction time, state what color visor you would like. If it helps, I would like to break 6hrs and smash last years time of 7:20ish (walked the whole 1/2 marathon). Good luck!...

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Well, the bike shop called yesterday and informed me that my rear dropout is bent. Unlike newer bikes, my rear dropout aren't really replaceable. Which pretty much means my bike is now a very expensive plastic decoration in my house. Unless I find a few thousand bucks or find a bike to rent before Honu, it looks like I'll be riding my road bike for the race. Put it this way, it's like going from a Porsche 911 GTS to a Ford Fiesta. This vid pretty much sums up how I feel at the moment...fuck..blah..argh..fuck......

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Be safe out there..

I had a bad feeling about today. After waking up late, forgetting my flat kit and having an extremely late start for my long ride things only got worse. On my way back into town, on a 4 lane road I got sideswiped by a car. I'm ok, didn't crash out or anything, and nothing hurts yet. How did it happen? Well, I was riding in the middle of the farthest right lane since bike lanes are pretty much non-existent here on Oahu. So a car behind me honks his horn, I look back, yeah asshole, I see you, sorry for holding up your fucking commute but if you noticed,...

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SLS3 Compression Day Sleeves review

As some of you may or not know that I'm doing the Honu race next month. Yes, I will be back for more fun in the hot Kona sun. Last year a combination of bad decisions, training angry and improper recovery led to me walking 10 of the 13 miles of the run. With three weeks to go, everything is feeling great *knock on wood*  and working great. Yesterday was one of my longest runs to date. A whopping 8.5 miles! First off, I'm not a runner nor do...

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