Pro cyclist Hannah Shell joins us to talk about doing the Cape Epic stage race in South Africa, getting and keeping sponsors, going from road to gravel, and balancing being a pro with a full time job as a project manager. Then we go into The Training Log to try out HR with Forms swim goggles and pulling Emily behind me on two bike rides with a tow rope ..read more

Deeper details about pro gravel racer Chase Wark's aero setup and gear choices, Lionel Sanders wins Oceanside 70.3, Form swim goggles now have compass bearing, and a good hour of The Training Log and other Zen thoughts to wrap up the show! Show notes: - Interview - What's his breaking point with what he'd do? Time trial helmet? - Aero socks, calf sleeves, tripwire base layer. - No gloves and shaves hands and arms. - Glucose monitoring? Lactate monitoring? - Longest rides, indoor training? - How to build Sweet Spot training into your long rides. - Shrinking Zwift down and riding watching - Grav ..read more

A shorter episode covering a ton of different topics: Some racing background. Hour goal vs Kona Qualifying. Swimming volume tips with Form goggles. Patreon with Training Bible! How Zen and ZenTri are “Anti-Fragile�. New shoes - Hokas. The easy way to always know how old your running shoes are. Knee pain cures. Why you want to set your Zwift resistance to 50%. Stop calling aluminum “alloy�!!! Matcha Tea for healthy caffeine. TPU inner tubes trials BEGIN ..read more

Lucy Charles is skipping World Championships in Nice, Chinese man runs a 3:33 Marathon while chain smoking, Ironman gets a new CEO, and Kai got picked for a pro team! Then we go into the details of how we completed the Pine Burden 320 so you can learn from our experiences and try something like it yourself ..read more

Review of my successful completion of the the 78 mile long 2024 Excruciation Exam Marathon MTB Race. Gear, fueling, aero tricks and more! I finished top half in AG and Kai finished 5th in Pro division ..read more

We interview one of Instagram's most dynamic endurance cyclists about how she completed Paris-Brest-Paris and get tips on how we should do our own bike packing sufferfest, the PineBurden320. Lisa Charlebois (@hustleandahalf) is a phenomenon on Insta, with great information and motivation. She tells us how she qualified for and completed the oldest, 745 mi. original uber-bike event in France. She then gives us tips and support for when we try our first - 3 days of 320 miles around the pine forests of East Texas in the December cold. I follow up with a review of how we executed our latest Marath ..read more

Old school HUGE episode! Four hours of everything, from interviews to gear reviews to training tips. And get coached by emailing me at texafornia at gmail.com Show Notes: Monday swim: You don’t have to swim hard. Can use it for leg therapy. Asgdf As Telling coworkers you need 10oz of water with that gel. Taping rim holes with gorilla tape. New Coastal Highway Route in Zwift: How to use it for 3 perfect 1 hour workouts. Hamstring pull? How to work through it. Walking your run when you’ve overdone it. How to make cheap fuel for ultra stuff. Swim parkas? Puffy jacket. Triathlon NEWS -Tri Bike ..read more

Enjoy the wonderful journey and work it took for Kai Blankner to become one of the fastest mountain bikers in Texas, from riding a push-bike at age 3 to finishing 1st in the 29 and under age group in multiple Marathon Mountain Bike races (42 miles or more). It's a formula you could replicate for yourself or your own kids, whatever you/they are in to. Also, we talk in detail about the brutal 60 mile Austin Rattler that he just finished. It's a Leadville 100 qualifier and the competition was FIERCE. We give the inside tips on how you could get a lucky spot, so listen in ..read more

4 minutes in water just above freezing, reviewing both the Kona women's pro race and UCI Gravel Worlds, what's wrong with the Zwift Hub One and the ultimate hack, Shimano crank recall (I had one ..read more

A review of Ironman Men's Championship in Nice, Sam Laidlow's secret advantage, the 85% rule in life, and awesome training in San Marcos Texas! Get coached by sending me an email at texafornia at the gmails ..read more