Today’s post is going branch off into a little bit of philosophy.  The main focus today is a “method” I picked up from my reading of Taoist stuff that I have found particularly useful in successfully completing a challenging workout.

Imagine a tall study oak tree, it’s roots are deeply embedded in the ground – …

I’ve changed it so that the root URL and the /blog URL now display the same content.  I did this because I wasn’t making any progress (after nearly 2 years) of putting anything meaningful on the “home” page.

It’s a bit kludgy, but I don’t want to screw up any of my permalinks out there.  Another solution maybe that …

Well after spending some time with the great folks at Emery’s yesterday, one of the two new rides in the Bowe household is home.  The other should show up today or Monday, depending on our ability to get Mary to Emery’s. 

I’ve always been a fan of Emery’s.  I first stumbled on them back in 2004.  I had …

Had a good swim today.  I was really happy with how it went particularly since there was never any real suffering occuring.

20×100 SCY @ 1:15 hold 1:10 – 1:12

2:15 run tonight.  It’s nice and humid – my favorite…..

Fear.
Uncertainty.
Doubt.

These are probably the 3 biggest issues I have in my training and racing.  They are three little devils in the back of my mind that erode my ability to train consistently, smartly, and correctly – which ultimately impacts my ability to race at the level I want.

I’ve had success and failure in …

First a brief training update.  Things are continuing to progress well.  Last night was a 2 hour and change run in the rain.  My longest run in about 7 months!  It was awesome, it felt good, I enjoyed the rain, and I even had the opportunity for a brief swim when I came upon a bridge that was out due to …

As I’m rebuilding my run fitness now, I am finding that I am enjoying my runs more, particularly my long runs.  I think there are a few reasons for this.

1> My expectations are low – I am honest to God tickled pink to run 8:20 miles.

2> Because my expectations are low, I am able to better control my ego and run …

So I got a couple of great comments on my last post – that got me to think a little bit.  Rather than reply as another comment, I thought I’d write another post to continue the conversation and post some thoughts.

Thus far Evan and Jeff have provided some great thoughts – here are my stream of thought responses, which …