Taylor Time

Christmas Eve at Sugar Cycles was alot better than we all thought it would be. Full time Barista. and Part Time mud machine(mtbr) Shaun Taylor showed up with a nice surprise...

The crazed and caffienated Cannuck lugged 100+ lbs of espresso beaned paradise down to the shop and made everyone a perfect Latte.

You can't buy this....

Literally.

Shaun's been hooking me up with his home roasted beans for weeks now, and they are truly 90% art and 10% science. But, to enjoy a cup actually espresso style, not dripped coffee, it is a whole new world. The boys at Sugar truly appreciated your beaned visit.

Christmas Day Ride...

It was supposed to be a three hour epic effort cruise through the Sugar Cane fields of Sugarland, TX. (haha) It turns out, we got about an hour in with some sprint stuff.

After the ride, I headed over to Shuan's igloo(they shipped it down south from calgary). I got the opportuntiy to partake in a true Maple Leaf Candian Christmas. It was awesome. Shaun's wife, Doreen, and her parents cooked up a storm, and I literally had 6 pounds of turkey dinner. The only strange part was they offered maple syrup instead of cranberry sauce. Oh well, there Canadian! It was really nice, and thank you so much for adopting me and letting me be canadian for the day.

Best triathlon finish ever...

You need to check this out. ITU is not the most popular stuff amongst alot of the long distance triathletes, but this is....

Amazing


That should motivate you during your next interval session on the track when you want to call it a day!

mia fascia and you

after months and months of putting it off, i finally got a massage. and i even scheduled another one for january! this is something i need to do. with my l-5/s-1 herniation in my spine, i have some weird tendancies that my body has developed, and it causes an acute amount of pain daily in my left leg and lower back. of course, training leaves my whole body a little sore, so most of the time it is masked by volume and intensity.



so, i arrived at cheryl's massage works looking forward to the relief, but not realizing the amount of good pain i was about to endure. her perfection of mia fascia is amazing. granted i could have bit through the massage table at times, i felt great afterwards. after the massage i rode easy for 90 minutes, then went to masters swimming. ouch. ouch. ouch. ouch. my shoulders were killing me as i swam. when i woke up this morning i felt as if i had just raced a half ironman. lastnight i even pee-d a ecto-cooler green! there is a crazy amount of toxins in our bodies. These massages truly prevent injury and allow us to be refurbished for the next day. the mia fascia really hurts, but is so neccesary. so go do it. email me and ill give cheryls contact info.

training is going very well. december will end with me averaging about fifteen hours a week. i feel as though this will be vital in preparing me for what lies ahead in january and beyond.

Gradual Build and other thoughts...

So far, so good. It feels so good to be back training with a plan. I feel human again. Right now, and for the rest of december, i am simply just getting some fitness back. I am concentrating on running right now, with a 6 days a week regimen. Biking only 6 hours, and swimming about 8k. I also am doing my offseason resistence training routine, which feels great. I pulled something in my quad this past week doing squats, but it has finally loosened back up.

Sugar has two 2008 Specialized S Works Transitions on the floor, and they are pretty tight. So fly down to good ole Tejas and get you one. Another beautiful sight is the 08' Orbea Ordu. The new flat black/carbon frame is beautiful, truly a Pyranese work of art! And light as air.

I am so excited for this upcoming season. After a few weeks of down time, and eating, it became apparent that my life revolves around triathlon. Not just racing, every bead of sweat leading up to it.

Which brings me to life. I need to decide whether i am going to continue doing what i do for my full time job or not. This is difficult, because it confortable, i know how to do it, and i get enough time to train/race(usually), but i am not in love with it. I am a firm believer of loving what u do, so your moneymaker is not work(in the bas sence of the word). So, these next few weeks well be tough making this decision. But, once i make it, there well be a sweet breeze of freedom in the certainty or uncertainty of it.

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. Be safe.

2008 Begins

Training for 2007 begins with a slow base build up in december. It is good to be back in the saddle. More to follow.