In my experience with meditation the goal is to quiet your mind till it thinks of nothing. As you sit trying to think of nothing, thoughts arise. The goal is to not dwell on them but let them float away until new ones stop coming. Thich Nhat Han describes it as letting the idea bubbles [...]
This weekend is the Wildflower triathlon. It is my first half ironman race since last year.
I am feeling pretty confident about my bike and run. I swam today at Aquatic Park and my open water swimming is not where I would like it to be. Even though I am getting much more comfortable in the [...]
The best rides start with a bump. I’m talking about a hill. Not a large hill but enough to get your blood moving on the way up and the wheels spinning on the way down. It reminds both your body and mind what is most fun about the bike and carries you through when [...]
There are rides and there are RIDES. Some rides are great for their sheer magnitude, speed or climbs. Todays ride made it into the all-caps category without any of those properties. Today’s ride was like a poem or a short story in its short perfection.
I was meeting the ironteam in Paradise for a swim, [...]