- Let's pick it up a little bit for the way home.
You're being slow and lazy.
- It's all about the daily dose,
whatever you get out there and do.
- I've really jumped into the long swim training
quickly then.
(knocking)
Morning Trainiacs.
A bit of a different day today.
Normally on Thursdays during the big training build,
I was doing a bike in the morning
and a run in the evening.
And today,
it's going to be so nice out later
that I'm gonna switch that up
and I'm gonna do just a really short run
in the morning, like 20 minutes.
And then, even if it's just on the commuter bike
I'm gonna do a longer bike later tonight.
Also, next couple days,
I'm doing a podcast circuit.
Super fun things.
And today on Endurance Nation,
Coach Patrick, and then tomorrow...
What's tomorrow?
Gotta check my calendar, on the Intelligent Racer.
Cool, right?
Morning tea and morning thoughts.
I was gonna say something about
how I had smart morning thoughts
but a thought actually didn't come to mind about that.
Alrighty-roo.
20 minutes, that's it.
(lighthearted music)
That there actually wasn't a 20 minute run
it was just a 19:09 because I went out for 10 minutes,
which ended up being two kilometers,
and then on the way back I was like,
you know what?
Let's pick it up a little bit for the way home
you're being slow and lazy.
So I negative split that and went faster on the way home
and the two K on the way home
wasn't that fast-paced but just a faster pace.
The geese are back and that means
that it's spring in Canada.
Now it's time for a breakfast mega shake.
Rarely do I go out and run early in the morning
on an empty stomach.
I don't usually recommend it because
I tend to do purposeful, fairly intense runs,
and doing that on an empty stomach is like,
sure-fire way to either get sick or chew up
your muscle mass.
But today, because it was just 19 minutes
and an easy pace,
did that on an empty stomach.
Well I had some tea and water and a glass of fiber.
Lots of liquids.
(lighthearted music)
Not my best work.
Got a podcast interview coming up with Coach Patrick
from Endurance Nation.
It's a bit of an interesting, fun cat.
A fun-lovin' cat.
I enjoy fun.
I think we're talking about long swim,
Ironman Campeche,
and the race conditions there,
little bit of a race report, and go wherever
the wind takes him.
So we'll put on my super cool Madonna headset
for podcasting.
Eh? Eh?
Oh yeah.
I know I say this a lot but, I just look good.
The more I vlog, the better I look.
Before we get going here I'm just looking at
Coach Patrick's qualifications,
or his bio.
"Patrick McCrann. Meet Coach Patrick. Peace Corps.
East Coast. Good cop. He has completed 22 Ironman's,
a seven-time Kona racer with a 927 personal best."
This dude's fast.
I drink this. (slurping)
I think we're ready to roll.
Patrick McCrann, not McCann.
He's not ready just yet.
(pop music)
- I was nine or 10 days after
Ironman Campeche, half Ironman Campeche,
and my commuter bike broke the day before.
It wasn't nice enough out to go for a road ride,
I didn't wanna get the trainer bike out
and it would've been really easy for me four months ago
to not go anywhere,
and just drive to work and drive home.
But I thought to myself,
"No, you gotta go out and do something".
So I ran to work with the dogs,
ran home by myself.
So it keeps the regularity there.
It's motivating for me just as much as I think,
I hear that it's motivating for the community.
It's equally motivating for me.
And when I was in Mexico for the race,
to have message upon message for "good luck",
and not just for me but for Nicole who I was with.
It was incredibly motivating.
So I'll say a thanks to anyone who followed us for that.
- Oh wait a minute, you got the memo
about the gray hoodie sweatshirt?
Look out.
- Just a sea of hoodies.
- Hold on a second, we'll get my camera going.
It may take a minute.
- So while you're doing that, everyone,
I'm talking to the Trainiacs right now, the camera.
This is Patrick and we just crushed about
50 minutes on the podcast,
the Endurance Nation podcast.
And when will it be up for everyone to take a look at?
- Usually I like to give it a couple of days,
so probably up early next week,
maybe Monday, Tuesday.
- So when that happens I'll put a link in the description
below to this video,
and then whatever, there he is.
- There I am.
- There we go.
And then whatever video is up on that day
when it goes live,
I'll put a link in the description below it
if people wanna go and listen to that.
While you're here,
do you wanna give any message to the Trainiac community?
- Oh, absolutely.
Thanks for this opportunity.
Well hey folks, Coach Patrick here.
Not Terrance Coach Patrick, but another Coach Patrick.
Hard to believe, more than one.
I just wanna tell you guys it's all about the grind.
You're doing a great job, you've got Teran out there
supporting you and giving you an example.
But you're all sort of crafting your own story as well.
Well everyone looks at those sort of flashy workouts,
or the big hit-outs,
or you know, Ironman Campeche,
or doing this marathon, it's all about the daily dose.
Whatever you get out there and do.
So do your best to stay consistent and chip away at it.
Anyone you see who's successful in our sport
was once just trying to hustle and trying to get it done.
And so you guys are all taking great steps out there.
So you keep working hard and keep sharing your story,
and I'm sure I'll see you in the comments
over on Teran's vlog.
- Right on.
Love that work. It'll be good.
That's it.
- Alright folks.
- Well that there, all she wrote ladies and germs.
That felt like an extremely get-shirt-done kindo day.
Beautiful outside, just as I left it.
Like I said too this morning,
I want to take the long way home because
it's 11 degrees Celsius in Winnipeg.
It hasn't been 11 degrees Celsius in about
four or five months.
So while it's still not like a hardcore biking workout,
I've still gotta get some recovery in from
Ironman Campeche, 'cause I can still
feel my body broken down a little bit.
Really jumped into the long swim training quickly there.
They always say that you gotta love the work,
and you gotta be tough,
and it's all about saying yes.
But sometimes saying "yes", is saying yes to
a little bit of rest when you need it
so you can play the long game and be tough for years
instead of constantly smashing yourself.
Yeah, give a little bit,
go hard, get to that edge,
back off a little bit.
And on that note, I'm just gonna treat myself
to a leisurely 45 minute to an hour ride home.
I just passed a road cyclist with one leg
who I kid you not,
has passed me on the commuter bike.
You wanna talk about saying yes, that was it.
Alright Trainiacs, I'll see ya.