ZenDurance 707 - Let's Ride!

I take you with me LIVE on a bike ride! Topics include: Winners of IMTX and the heat index of 119 degrees. Men's winner ran a 5:51 min/mile pace! Trek releases the "Car Back" rear radar. Talking to the donkey's owners and getting his real name. New Garmin 840, my third for various reasons. Low cadence/ High torque training paying off Why it works Now back to averaging 220 watts on flats and 300 to 500 watts on climbs When you get tired, your cadence slows, so it trains that as well. How Zen and the Art of Triathlon got started. How I got the idea to record on the bike back in 2005. Feeding the donkey (Ezekiel) large carrots. Why I stopped recording on the bike. What happened? You can ride in aerobars about 90% of the time on gravel, great way to get in your volume training on much prettier and safer roads. How I got motivated to start recording on the bike again. Why you should wave at all the cars you can all the time while on the bike. Katie Abbot future guest? Things just are. The problem is how you respond to them. #Zen Jumping in the pool! Enjoying a recovery IPA. Zen's "Turning Word" and the tale of Zen Master Baizhang and the fox. Why gravity is only a theory and you can be happy if you can find just one other person who is happy in your same situation. The real meaning of Zen's "Can a dog be enlightened?" The real value of Zen in daily life is not trying to make things go the way you want all the time. Let things unfold their own way and observe your response to them. Practice better responses to the events and then fewer events upset you because you've learned how to respond better. The events are the events. It's your opinions of them that make you miserable.