Best decision I’ve made in a long, long time!
I have been a contact and glasses wearer since 2003. In my early twenties I tried on a pair of a friends new eyeglasses and realized I could see far better than I had been. Sure enough, I got my eyes checked, and I needed glasses to see and read things clearly in the distance. While this new and improved vision was great, the wearing of glasses was unacceptable during training. I soon looked into contacts and thought my problems were solved. They were better, but far from solved. Contacts are a pain in the butt! Putting them in, taking them out, cleaning them, traveling with them, riding in foul weather, the list goes on and on. I’m sure any contact wearers out there can fully relate to the hassle. I just chalked it up to the way it had to be and soldiered on. Several years went by, and the frustration gradually increased. Then earlier this year, in a muddy mountain bike race it happened, I got mud in my eye like many times before. This time though, my contact worked it’s way out resulting in blurred vision and a horrible finish to the race. Again about a month later it happened again in a more important race, and I decided that I needed to fix this problem. A friend mentioned LASIK eye correction as a solution. I thought, sure why not, I’ll look into it.
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Come stop by and check out our new EPC Training Lab at our official grand opening open house on December 31st from 2-5 pm.
You can check the place out, enjoy a snack and a beverage, and shoot the breeze with fellow endurance athletes preparing for 2012.
Good times. Everyone is invited and you can stay for as long or as short as you like (we know it’s New Year’s Eve and you’ve got places to be and people to see!). It will also be your last chance to join Team Adrenalin for 2012 at the pre-season discounted membership fee of $120. The day after it will return to the regular annual fee of $150. We will have sign-up forms available for you procrastinators. Also available will be info on all of training services being offered in the Lab, coaching services available for 2012 and info on the Green Mountain Rec Center Winter Training Series coached by EPC coaches! Lots of stuff, don’t miss it. We’d love to see you there!
Here is more info on the EPC LAB
A couple of my former adventure racing teammates and I have had an interesting discussion going, sparked by an article written by Matt Fitzgerald on the research of Samuele Marcora. In short, Marcora believes (and has done interesting research that supports his hypothesis) that we make a conscious choice to quit based on our perception of effort. He argues that we rarely reach physical exhaustion, but rather that we mentally give up. It is a fascinating – and, of course, controversial position – but it is definitely worth a read: www.mattfitzgerald.org/html/PDFs/YouAreAQuitter.pdf
I should preface the rest of this post by saying that I am not a researcher and I do not support (because I do not really know) one hypothesis over another. But it fascinates me, and I find it a compelling argument that our mind is a huge part of our performance, within the realm of our physical abilities. Think about it a little as you read the article. As my buddies and I have bounced this topic back and forth, several interesting thoughts have come up:
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THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OFFICIALLY BEGINS MY “OFF SEASON”.
Following a LONG season of traveling, XTERRA racing (April-October), and the World Champs in Maui I am ready for a break. This year, like most others in the past, I took two weeks completely off from training. Well, actually that isn’t completely accurate. The first week, while still in Maui, I am not swim, biking or running per se, but we are surfing, paddle boarding, “swimming” in the ocean and doing a lot of site seeing and walking. Then the second week, back home, still no swim, bike or run, but I do get back in the gym to begin my weight training program. The first few sessions that occur this week are so easy, that they barely qualify as “training”, but rather a re-familiarization with the weight room.
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This is it boys and girls, your chance to get your winter training on track for 2012!!!
You may or may not already be aware of the annual EPC Stationary Trainer Workout Series I have held for the last 6 years at various locations around town? Well ready or not, here it is returning for the 7th year at the Green Mountain Rec Center in Lakewood, CO!!!
Not only is it back for it’s 7th rendition, it’s going to be better than ever. By teaming up with the city of Lakewood it is now more affordable and easier to sign-up for, it’s going to be bigger than ever. We have also developed separate swim training and running series’ running in conjunction with the cycling, following a similar format as the ever popular stationary trainer series.
The format of all three series’ will be three weeks of training, followed by one week of recovery, spread over four months! You can sign up for all of it, or just a little bit. But once you tri, you won’t want to stop (lame wording, sorry). Each segment builds upon the previous, so it is ideal to start at the beginning and build your fitness the right way. But if you join us later in the progression we can help you “catch up” to rest of the group and get your fitness on track! The swim, bike and run are designed to accommodate every ability from beginner to pro. In fact, there will be at least one of each at every session! You heard me right, you beginners can train WITH pros! And you pros, you get to train with beginners (let’s not get too full of yourselves). Don’t hesitate. No one gets too far ahead or left too far behind (because we aren’t really going anywhere anyways!).
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