Team EN Update 12.10.13
TeamEN Update 12.10.13
In This Issue:
Call to Action for Secret Santas
From the Blog
From the Forums
Webinars Coming Right Up
Competition Central
From The Wiki
Sponsor/Discounts Update
Admin Update
Challenges
*Call To Action
Calling all Secret Santas! Reminding you that Ms. Claus, a.k.a., your Race Captain will be sending you an email this week to let you know who you will be exchanging a gift with. Check your inboxes on Thursday, December 12th.
Endurance Nation Training Camps
Six (6!) Ironman camps, our awesome annual rally in Tucson, and tons of climbing on the Blue Ridge Parkway! Come join us! Register before December 31st to save!
NEW Wicked Smart Members!
Please go here to welcome our newest WSMs...and get your cash ready to buy them beer at your next race!
NEW Training Plans:
2014 Half and Full Ironman plans are now LIVE!
Ultra Marathon Training Plan (Beta)
From the Blog - Two Related Articles
Outseason? Offseason? Why to take it Out rather than Off and then when to start up your OutSeason training.
From the Forums
Watts Per Kilo is a Cruel Witch.
Webinars, Git your Webinars here.
Mark your calendars folks. The Day to Day Nutrition webinar hosted by Core Diet is Tuesday December 10th. This webinar will discuss the basics of the Core Diet that has been successful with athletes and non-athletes all over the country for more
than a decade. Sign up for the Core Diet webinar here.
And...if that was not enough, we have Coach R hosting a webinar on Monday, December 16 on The Outseason and Body Composition. Sign up here. All of the files for Rich’s OutSeason Webinar Series are here.
Competition Central
Run Challenge - all the details for the upcoming Run Challenge should be in the Challenge Forums and on the dash by Friday, December 13. Ho Ho Hold off the holiday pounds, by running during the week between Christmas and New Years Day.
From The Wiki
Brand new video: How to Pace an Open Half Marathon. Coach Patrick explains why the Half Marathon is an important part of your season, and gives some information (to accompany the written directions and pacing sheet) to help you make the most of your race!
Sponsor/Discounts Update
More updates coming soon!
Challenges
The core challenge is entered its 2nd week and the participants are going strong. You can still join the other 100 folks (yes, a hundred!), even if you are late to the party. Details here.
FUN FACT
It’s winter. Let’s talk about treadmills. Treadmills are an invention developed a couple thousand years ago and were primarily meant for working animals to create power for things like churning butter, grinding grain, or mixing large amounts of bread dough. The first treadmills for humans were built in the early 1800s when Sir William Cubitt thought maybe prisoners could be doing something more useful with their time. Your non-prison-issue treadmills didn’t come out until the early 50s, and were just used for medical purposes, like testing patients for their pulmonary health. Your exercise treadmill at the gym? Not until the late 60s. Why the heck can’t they still make some butter or knead some bread?
YOU ARE NOT A HAMSTER,
RnP
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It’s winter. Let’s talk about treadmills. Treadmills are an invention developed a couple thousand years ago and were primarily meant for working animals to create power for things like churning butter, grinding grain, or mixing large amounts of bread dough. The first treadmills for humans were built in the early 1800s when Sir William Cubitt thought maybe prisoners could be doing something more useful with their time. Your non-prison-issue treadmills didn’t come out until the early 50s, and were just used for medical purposes, like testing patients for their pulmonary health. Your exercise treadmill at the gym? Not until the late 60s. Why the heck can’t they still make some butter or knead some bread?
I have always suspected that the treadmill was originally a torture device from the dark ages!