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Join fellow OrganicAthlete members in this triathlon on Treasure Island. Let's get out there en masse! These are distances that anyone can complete. Be a part of the OrganicAthlete team. Contact bradley@organicathlete.org for more information about joining the our San Francisco Triathlon team.
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So where do you get protein? In this talk, we'll uncover how politics, money, and misinformation have misled the American public on the importance of protein in one's diet. It's not as important as you might think!
Meet at the West County Revolution Bike Shop at 7pm for this informative talk.
Think vegans are just scrawny, pasty people who don't get enough protein. Think again! Learn why a whole foods, plant-based diet is not only possible, but optimal for health and athletic performance. Discover why many of the best athletes in the world consume a plant-based diet without animal products.
Meet at the West County Revolution Bike Shop at 7pm for this informative talk.
After a discussion with local pro/coach Jamie Cleavland I am closing off my inaguaral tri season with an olympic tri in two weeks and forgoing the 1/2 Ironman in October to focus on collegiate cross country instead. (Being my senior year this will be my last opportunity to be on a college team and have a true XC experience, since I only ran the last race last year)
In tri's swimming is my weakest sport by far so I've been trying to improve a bit.
The Saturday ride was good this weekend. The crew: Andy, Brett, Chris L, Chris P, myself, and the newbie Michael. The mission: cheer on our peeps in the Vineman triathlon, OA member Matt Ruscigno and his friend Brian.
Last time I saw Brian and Matt was at the World's Toughest Half Triathlon in Auburn, CA. They had done the Davis Double Century the day before. Whatever Matt and Brian do together ends epic.
I remember the last hot dog I ate. I barfed afterwards.
Having been vegan now for going on 6 years, I sometimes wonder why it took me so long to give up eating dead animal flesh. I know why. Meat embodies the values of the consumer culture I grew up in. As much I like to think I'm a nonconformist and free thinker, when it came to meat, I was with the in crowd.
Justin and I skipped the Tuesday Night Criterium to race at the Empire Runner's Summer Track series instead. This was my first track and field event ever. In hopes of doing well at a few duathlons later this year, I'm trying to step up my running game.
OrganicAthlete invites you to experience the possibility of health without suffering, of life with compassion, of performance without compromise, of sports with purpose. OrganicAthlete is forming training groups these upcoming events this Fall in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Despite not have a dramatic crop duster incident ala North By Northwest like Bradley, I'm still very motivated for choosing organic.
Of course personal health and ecological concerns certainly influence the prescense of produce laden with codes preceded by 9's in my grocery cart. However that being said I find that the lack of healthy food, free of pesticdies/herbicides and other toxins available to ALL people, not just those who are affluent enough to afford it…. quite disturbing.
Sunday I had my 2nd tri ever (the first being a sprint last october) and was excited about actually competing in the sport that I had been training specifically for the last few months.
It was acutally a couples tri, where you paired up with someone and your times and ages were added up for scores in group ( male- friends 40-55, couples married 80-95 etc. ) but all the people that I lined up to couple with ended up backing out so I ended up entering in the Individual Male group.
Bradley and I arrived at lovely Rancho Seco Park (located immediately next to a nuclear power plant) early Saturday morning after spending the night at a heavily populated, noisy, windy campground somewhere along the way. As we registered for the 3 mile run/16 mile bike/3 mile run duathlon event there were a bunch of people scurrying around in wetsuits and ridiculous rubber hats, so I guess there was a triathlon, too.
Join us on July 17th in Alameda, CA and enjoy the musical stylings of Chris Lods, gourmet raw vegan hors d'oeuvres, a banana ice cream sundae bar, and much more!
Live food. Live music. Dead sexy.
Visit organicathlete.org/tuttifruitti for tickets ($25 members/$35 non-members)
My morning swim workout was cut pretty much in half because apparently now at my neighborhood pool from 8-10AM there is kids swim team practice starting this week and going for the next four weeks.... guess I'll just have to wake up earlier...and then not have a semi-valid excuse for being late to work hehe.
Perhaps its because of the "offical" summer solstice but I finally feel like I'm finally fully acclimated to the Austin summer weather. It felt AWESOME today to get out and run for two hours including mile intervals and hill repeats at noon in 100 degree's and be LOVING the heat!
Haven't had very much luck with getting to races on time recently....
yesterday was the June splash n' dash (a semi-informal spring/summer monthly 750m swim + 5k run..this was the first one I was able to make it to) and I was pretty pumped to get a good hard effort in.
Last night I did my longest, most hilly run in a very long time. Perhaps it was too long and hilly for my new shoes - the Newtons. I have to say it was fun though. I enjoyed running over the road I'm accustomed to riding over.
At what felt like a good endurance pace, I ran about 8 minute miles. This is close to my goal for the Auburn Duathlon, which is also very hilly. It's now 4 weeks from the event. I'm going to do one more long run, then try to get my speed up. We'll see how this goes.
Justin and I went for a hilly run in Seattle today, my first run over 30 minutes in over a year. The downhills destroyed my legs, but it got me looking forward to the Duathlon.
