I interview Jan Van Smirren, who used to train for Ironmans and swimming the English Channel by recording his heart rate by hand and writing each reading into a spreadsheet!  I also cover the news - T100 Singapore, Sea Otter Classic, and more.  Then we have a great edition of The Training Log where we cover...
- HR with swimming is a game changer!
- Green smoothies were causing cavities even though they are super healthy.
- Ezekiel bread and cereal is really healthy, just don't read the rest of the scripture about how to cook it and serve it.
- Figured out a better way to run with River.
- Turning run problems into solutions.  #Zen 
- Making a green smoothie live.  Blueberries, kale, banana, and carrots in a Vitamix.  With helpful tips!
- Using colored zip ties to identify charging cables faster.
- Upsides and downsides of Form Swim goggles hardware and software design.
- 2025 Landcruiser and 4Runner thoughts about 4wd and how we use it in endurance sports.
- Swimming by HR makes you euphoric and confident!
- How serotonin works.
- The Zen trap of "I've got it all figured out."
- Form should make sports glasses and here's how.
- How to make scrambled eggs in a coffee mug in the microwave.
- You can get an education by listening to podcasts or audiobooks while in Zone 2.
- How low cadence actually trains both slow and fast twitch muscles at the same time.
- What you need to do is what you need to do most.
- Measuring oxygen use to analyze efficiency.
- Listen to Fast Talk Podcast about cadence.
- Bike ride doing lower cadence.  Faster, more relaxed!
- Riding more often with white blinky light on the front for safety at sunset.
- Feeding the donkey, River's peeing on my bike tires?
- Bigger gearing as a training method.
- Dunk in the pool.
- Make yourself more aero by putting your phone in the center back pocket and it will pull a loose jersey more tighter. 
- I was really powerful at hill climbing because I used to train on a singlespeed.
- I even rode the MS150 on a 1985 single speed Kuwahara road bike. (My brother's from high school)
- How standing and pedaling over the tops of hills makes you faster and keeps your crotch from going numb.
- Don't do a FTP test uphill or indoors and then try to use those numbers for your FTP in an outdoor race.
- Swimming by HR turns major yardage into a calm meditation session.  So nice!
- Psychological birth control.
- 9 mile run in zone 2!
- What I did with the MS 150 VIP pass.

Zen and the Art of Endurance

ZenEndurance 706 - Jan Van Smirren

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