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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
via Greg Sellers
Andy B
outsideallday.com
2010 was a fun year to spend outside. Below is a quick list of things I’m thankful for in relation to the time I spend outside.
1. A loving God that created the outdoors. Fort Collins is beautiful.
2. A wife that allows me to train for crazy things. Her support was beyond what could have been expected and showed her love me in many ways.
3. Discovering CrossFit and more importantly a community of trainers (Brad, Jeff, Chris and John) and athletes at Emergent Fitness. Emergent Fitness has changed my life.
4. Mike Porter, Dave Sheek, Brandon Groza and Craig Demartino for challenging me to do things I didn’t think I could do.
5. The Velo-One Cyclocross Team for a super fun cross season. I was slow, but it was still fun.
6. Greg Sellers at Motor Tabs for creating and being the best hydration product on the planet.
7. The Brooks Cascadia trail running shoe for getting me thru my first Ultra Marathon.
8. Rich and Dave from Fluid Recovery from their generosity and creation of an exceptional product.
9. The Paleo diet and The Whole 9 eating plan for giving me the tools required to lose 25 pounds. Thanks for all of the advice Brad and Jeff.
If you’re my buddy, you know why I train. I train to be healthy and to show my kids what competition (winning and losing) and a fun life spent outdoors looks like. In 2010 I was able to decrease my cholesterol levels by over 40 points, putting me into a zone that my Doctor now says is healthy. That was hard but worth it. 2010 was a really good year. Looking forward to many more adventures in 2011.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Earlier this week I received a surprise gift package from Motor Tabs.
I use around 7 Motor Tabs tablets a week thru various training efforts, mainly at EmerFitness for CrossFit and long trail runs. I’m discovered that the Lime flavor does my body right. With t-minus 2 weeks until the Steamboat 50, it’s all preparation. Based on passed experience, these lime Tabs will help make or break my day. Long trail runs are all about food and hydration.
Thanks Sellers!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
A few months back I’d gotten to the point where the training runs I was going on were getting longer and I was needing to carry something to hydrate. Also, summer in Fort Collins has been hot, we’ve had a string of weeks with days in the mid 90s. After a stop into the Runner’s Roost I picked up the Nathan Handheld below. This bottle is perfect. I can hold 2 GUs and drop in my Motor Tabs. It works great for 1 – 8 mile runs.
Nathan Quickdraw Plus Handheld Bottle
From there, the training runs have gotten longer and I needed to begin carrying more water, food, and misc type items like band aids, jacket, duct tape, toilet paper, Friction Freedom packets, etc. Runner’s Roost had the hydration pack below and I’ve fallen in love with it.
Nathan HPL 020 Race Hydration Vest – 70 oz.
It’s light weight, has easily accessible storage, holds TONS of water and is overall very comfortable. I wore it during the Leadville Trail Marathon and had a solid experience.
The handheld and backpack combo is money, I use Motor Tabs in the bottle and water in the pack. This blend of electrolyte and water is right on.
It would also be a great pack for hikes or long treks…
Andy B
outsideallday.com
I just found out that you can now pick up the greatest hydration product in the history of the world, Motor Tabs, at Road Runner Sports. Road Runner is offering an excellent VIP price on them.
Click below for more info:
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/MRT100/
If you’ve never trained with an electrolyte or tried Motor Tabs, they are my personal favorite. They taste good, are easy to transport and they work.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything personal about myself. It’s because I’m tried. Life has consisted of family, work, church and training for the last few weeks. I have the kids solo this weekend so this post will be short.
Last Saturday I completed the Leadville Trail Marathon. It’s a 26.2 mile race starting at around 10,000 ft going up to 13,200 ft. The day had over 6,000 ft of total climbing and took me 5 hours and 50 minutes. It was hard, the elevation was brutal but overall it was a fantastic experience. I learned a ton about pacing, walking, nutrition, hydration, elevation, heart rate, etc. The race was taxing on the body but my legs felt great. I placed 114 out of 325.
You can see my run stats below:
Because of how good I felt in Leadville, next up (I signed up last weekend) is the 4th Annual Steamboat 50 Ultra Marathon. This will be by far, hands down, the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Goal time will be 13 hours.
I need to do a complete post on my training but I have to give 100% credit to my solid race to Emergent Fitness. Cross training with CrossFit is the reason why I felt so good. More explanation to come…
A special thank you to the following for their ongoing support:
My family (Especially my family)
Motor Tabs
Fluid Recovery
Friction Freedom
Emergent Fitness
Mark Dowds for his training and race day wisdom
Gotta run, Landon is going crazy in the back yard with his squirt gun.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Check out Mr. Motor Tabs himself big timing it with the Vanderkitten Racing Team after the Dana Point Grand Prix last weekend.
His Mr. Mischief smile makes me laugh.
More info on:
www.motortabs.com
www.vanderkitten.com
www.danapointgrandprix.com
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Saturday found us at the Oceanside 70.3. Julie was out rocking the tri and her cheer team was hanging on the beach. By the end of the day we were exhausted and had basically stood still all day.
This morning with the sunrise I headed out to the local park for repeats. It was awesome – though empty. Speaking of empty I am winding down my supply of Motor Tabs and will be reodering soon. Grape rocks.
My goal this week is to sneak out and get a workout every morning. Tomorrow I will be out on the paddleboard. High time to get it back in the water. Enjoy the week.
50 Mile Ride IV
Saturday April 10, 2010
Orange County, CA
www.50mileride.com
http://twitter.com/50MR4
Our 4th annual Rwanda Ride will be held on Saturday April 10, 2010. Visit www.50mileride.com to register. I hope you can join us again this year!
As you remember, we had over 400 riders last year and you helped us to raise over $32,000 for Project Rwanda. If you had fun last year (and we hope you did!), you’re going to have an absolute BLAST this year! We promise to make this an event to remember, and we’re pulling out all the stops.
This is a great cause to support. Even if you don’t ride in the event, please consider supporting it when a donation. 99.9% of the proceeds go to support http://www.projectrwanda.org.
Please say thank you to these sponsors for their ongoing support of this ride:
Motor Tabs
Rock N Road
Friction Freedom
Fluid Recovery
Bonk Breaker
Without our sponsors the ride just wouldn’t be possible.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
If my eyes are seeing correctly, this is big dog CEO Greg Sellers of our favorite electrolyte beverage Motor Tabs shredding up the cyclocross course at Spooky Cross last weekend. According to the results he placed 34th in the men’s Cat 4 race. Not too bad for a jet setting CEO…
Andy B
outsideallday.com
The picture above with Greg Sellers of Motor Tabs fame and Shemar Moore from the hit CBS show Criminal Minds was taken by the paparazzi this weekend at the Southern California MS 150 Charity Ride.
Our journalists are still researching the connection between Shemar and Sellers but insiders tell us they are developing a friendship. Interesting, as this would be Greg’s very first friend on record.
More details to come as they are uncovered,
Andy B
outsideallday.com
As you can see in the post below, I’m pretty pumped on the upcoming cyclocross season. With any new season, comes new gear! Below are 3 brand new items that I got the hook up on as I move into cross season.
1. Super sic blacked out JETT Combat Gloves
More info on Jett Mountain Bike Clothing at: http://jettmtb.com
2. Hutchinson Tubeless Tires from Coach Dave
Coach Dave really likes to take care of me as his marquee athlete. Thanks coach Dave!
3. Motor Tabs galore
Thank you to our model Gregory Sellers for taking time out his day to pose for us. You can see his newest product, the Motor Tabs 6 pack as he displays it in his dainty little hand.
More info on Motor Tabs Sports Drink at: www.motortabs.com
I got the hook up, holla if you hear me!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
