May
01
2009
As I prepare for 10DL in 2010 my training grounds in San Francisco. This panorama in full screen will blow you away. This is the water that I swim and row in every weekend (although Adam is encouraging me to put in more miles on the bike in preparation for our mountain ride). Props to [...]
Tags: open water swimming, panorama, pilot boat, san francisco bay, Training
Mar
10
2009
I took the new Suunto X10 on a trip to Portalón, Costa Rica. The trip was one one-part real estate recon and one-part adventure travel. The watch was useful for both. For the adventure travel part of the trip, I traveled on horseback through the rain forest near Manuel Antonio National Park. It was the perfect [...]
Tags: altimeter, barometer, battery life, google earth, gps, interconnection, mashup, suunto, thermometer, x10, x10 review
Jan
09
2009
As we are busy training for 10DL North America we remember that one of the most important parts of training is keeping your regimine fresh and new. Simple workouts are often the best! Here is one we like…
The video is from my friends in Jackson Hole at Mountain Athlete. Thanks to Pere for sending this [...]
Tags: gym techniques, mountain athlete, Training, working out
Dec
01
2008
Neal and I took a break last weekend from all the current economic chaos to relax and refocus.
What better way to recapture this perspective than to climb to the top of the second highest peak in the Continental United States? Mt. Elbert (14,440 ft.) is 65 feet shorter than the tallest peak in the continental [...]
Tags: bluebird, Colorado, Elbert, Elevation, Garmin, Hiking, Latitude, mountain, nutrition, perspective, Tallest Mountain, trailhead
Nov
07
2008
It’s only natural that people should ask why we love to swim in the San Francisco Bay. Swimming in the ocean sounds perilous and dirty to the unintiated. My answer to this common question is below.
5 Reasons To Train in the San Francisco Bay
The Bay is clean and has less chemicals than the pool.
Swimming allows me [...]
Tags: ocean, open water, san francisco bay, swim, swimming, why love
Nov
07
2008
It’s only natural that people should ask why we train. We consistantly do stuff that others avoid, and for hours every day. It is only natural that people should ask. My answer to their question breaks down into 5 reasons.
5 Reasons to Train
Test of my body and mind.
Feeling of tangible accomplishment.
Body feels better when I [...]
Tags: accomplishment, answer, body, day, ego, gallery, hardship, mind, perspective, question, stuff, Test, time, Train