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ITS FEBRUARY! Lets be honest, you BLEW your new years resolution to eat healthier and lose 30 pounds and be a better person.  Well you can either crawl into a hole and try it again for the 5th time next year or you can pull yourself together and listen to our latest show explaining why you screwed up and how you can get back on track!

Guru first got the idea for this system from Coach Adam

http://racewithpurpose.org/coachadam/ 

You can catch GURU live at Jack Rabbit Sports in NYC

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Guru Website

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Guru Blog

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Evil Racing Cult Bikes (Gurus new Ride)

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Strong Like Bull (Amazing training camp in Spain)

http://www.stronglikebulltraining.com/

Christine Race 

Nevis Star International Events

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Brooklyn Bun

http://www.brooklynbun.com/

Duathlon 

Bobbys races

North Face Edurance Challenge

http://www2.thenorthface.com/endurancechallenge/races/2011/dc/index.html

Grindstone 100 

http://www.eco-xsports.com/events/grindstone/

Resolve Your Nutrition: Worksheet

Step 1.  What do you need to improve within your diet?  What goal would you like to achieve?  Be clear and define it.  This is your outcome goal. (Example: I need to cook more healthy food at home).

Step 2.  Why aren’t you doing this already?  What is getting in your way? Aim for three.  (Example: 1. I don’t know what to make - 2.  I don’t feel confident in my cooking - 3. I never have the ingredients I need when I feel like cooking).

Step 3.  Turn your obstacles into your process goals.  Break it down and resolve the smaller issues.  (Example: 1. Sign up for daily, weekly or monthly inspiration via newsletter or a new magazine subscription – 2.  Sign up for a cooking class or a cooking lesson with a friend or professional – 3.  Choose a day every week, like Sunday, to decide which new healthy recipe to make and add the ingredients to your grocery list BEFORE you go shopping).

Follow these simple steps and your nutrition resolution will just happen!  Like magic!

For more tips, contact: Christine Lynch, HHC www.liveandeatbetter.com

A 100 mile trail run.

The idea was to take this year off, relax after having slammed hard at Ultra distance triathlons for a couple years.  However after only a month off I was itching to do more.  What the hell do you do after an Ultra distance triathlon???  Well why not just an Ultra distance marathon?  There are two reasons for choosing to do a 100 miler (i really don't like the ultra distance marathon naming because it can be any distance from 27 to 100000 miles)  

The first reason being that my running has sucked lately, mostly because I have become lazy and bored by it.  The second being I feel like a ton a people I know have done 100 milers so why the hell not me.  In my head it feels like everyone around me has done one and that im the guy standing around going “O I’ve only done 140.6™ triathlons” and yes I actually say ™ out loud.  I know this is wrong, I know this is stupid, but that is what is going on in my head. 

Which 100 miler is it going to be, well this is a little bit more sticky of a subject for me.  I really want to do Leadville, its the most bad ass hard core rip your throat out and really in all honestly skull fuck you races out there.  The only problem is its in colorado and that would be bringing all my CREW out for support.  If I really, really really wanted to do that I have a feeling that they would haul out there and it would be bad ass.  However the Money and time commitment for that is just ridiculous and stupid, at least for right now (come on lotto).  

Instead I have my eyes on two local races with a third crazy idea.  The two races are the Old Dominion 100 that is in june and the Massanutten 100 in august I believe.  The problem is that the Massanutten race requires a 50 mile pre qualifying race done by dec 2011 for the 2012 100 and apparently it fills up super fast and from what I have read online the only way to get in is by blowing a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy (of course I’m exaggerating).  As of right now the old dominion 100 website is down but I believe it too requires a 50 mile pre qualifying race.  Now this delves into an entire sub set of neuroses that I have about hoops you have to jump through in order to give someone money to do something completely stupid  and subsequently people that want huge crowds when they do races, different conversation different day.  Leading us to option three which day by day sounds like more and more fun.

100 miles down/up the Appalachian trail.

Skip the fucking middle man, skip the fucking RD’s (whom I’m sure are great people and have nothing but peoples health and safety in mind) just pull it old school adventure style and get on one of the oldest trails in the country and FUCKING GO!

This is what I am working on right now, along with the Sports Nutrition with THE HolisticGuru show, trying to put up a couple more videos from spain for the BSB Show, and also trying to launch a third show that is more of a round table discussion ALA the old TriCoffee Shop show that was so amazing back in the day (3 years ago).

Episode 6 - End of the Year reviews, WILL IT KILL YOU??

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John Hirsch Finishing top 10 Lake Placid 2011:

John Hirsch Websites

www.johnhirsch.org

10 day training camp in spain 

Strong like Bull Training Camp

Christines Website

Liveandeatbetter.com

 Twitter:

@j_hirsch

@HolisticGuru

@BigSexyBobby

zen tri camp

january 13-16th

john coaching

christine cooking

brett coaching

and much much more

www.zentriathlon.com

I GIVE YOU THE PERFECT RACE REPORT!!!!

HAHA

Episode 5 - Beach 2 Battleship, WILL IT KILL YOU??

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Christines A race is DONE and she DID AMAZING 8th overall female, 3rd in her age group!  we sit down with Christine and John, chat about it at the Archrival Production Studios.

http://www.beach2battleship.com/

On the Show

Christine - @HolisticGuru - www.liveandeatbetter.com

John - @J_Hirsch - www.Johnhirsch.org

Bobby - @BigSexyBobby your on the website! 

Episode 4 - Taper Diets, WILL THEY KILL YOU??

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Christines A Race and Full distance race!

Beach 2 Battle Ship - October 29th!!!

also check out her website www.liveandeatbetter.com

Find her on Twitter = @HolisticGuru

Some good old time during the off season!

Episode 3 - Marathon Day Nutrition Planning, WILL IT KILL YOU??

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Christines A Race and Full distance race!

Beach 2 Battle Ship - October 29th!!!

Bobbys A Race 

www.rev3tri.com - Cedar Point

Bobby Finished in 13:14 an 8 min PR, finishing 19th in his AG.

REV3 Cedar Point 2011 - PRO Recap Video from REVOLUTION3 Triathlon on Vimeo.

Savageman! 

Christine Finished 19th Overall!

www.savagemantri.org

SavagemanTRI Bike Elevation map

John Hirsch Pro Triathlete going over the West Port Wall (www.johnhirsch.org)

Episode 2 - CAFFEINE

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On today's episode the Guru and I talk about Caffeine, Coffee and Adrenal fatigue, along with answering listener mail.

Send us Feed back at    

TheHolisticGuruShow@gmail.com

Our upcoming races

HolisticGuru - www.LiveandEatBetter.com

Savageman 

Beach 2 Battle Ship

Big Sexy Bobby

Rev 3 Cedar Point Full

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We got a new mic! we also figured out a bad ass way of having a portable studio that will fit in my pants!!!

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Archrival Production has decided that one show is not enough!!!

Thanks to the gracious and wonderful HolisticGuru AKA Christine Lynch (http://www.holisticguru.blogspot.com/) we graciously bring you

Sports Nutrition With THE HolisticGuru

Episode 1 - GLUTEN

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On todays show we talk about the latest enemy of all the health blogs and news report, tune in and listen!

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Our upcoming races

HolisticGuru - 

Savageman 

Beach 2 Battle Ship

Big Sexy Bobby

Rev 3 Cedar Point Full

There will be lots more to come we are hoping to do an episode every two weeks they will be 90% audio but we are going to throw in a couple of video podcasts for cooking and various other fun little things!

just a small video of what the morning was like.

Grant and I have had a rivalry going for some time now, the latest kick off started in spain and has continued into REV 3 Quassy, come see how it started and the press conference for the race!

Day 2 of SLB was the trip over to Puerto Del Leon, a 2.5 hour bike ride along a wonderful ridge line overlooking the valley until you get to the top of the climb.  Then you Descend for 900 Meters down into the City of Malaga, it is this wonderful 30 min decent.  You get to look out over the Mediterranean and the city all at the same time, to the point of you forget about the switch backs and find yourself drifting into the wrong lane sometimes.

From the actual day:

ZAF today, hard knee hurt the entire time but it was wonderfull and amazing!

today i got up and walked down the stairs and the outside of my knee hurts.  i saddled up my bike just to take a look and knee pain, so hopping it would take a little time and my leg would warm up i went out with the fast group.  the warm up consisted of a 20 mph pace line trying to catch up to group 1 we went up a couple of hills and the knee just never warmed up.  with the suggestion of some of the rodes i pulled the plug. i was not happy at all about this.  1 hour into a 5.5 hour ride and i had to pull the plug.

i took apart the bike and put it in the van and hung out with BIG John and we chilled and relaxed for 5 hours.  today was not a special climb day but today is one of those days that when you finish you had a great FUCKIN day, so i was a little pissed we got back and i iced the knee and then after dinner anna stuck kneedles in my knee then stuck needles in my back.  both of which DID WONDERS!! im hoping after riding zafaria she will stick more needles in my leg!

-Bobby

PICO, PICO, PICO - DEGIO

for some people this is another day on the bike, for me this is something special.  This is the reason i come to SLB this is the Big Show for me.  Before this day camp has been hard, i havent been living up to my own expectations, i was 10 min off my fuente dela renie time from last year i was 1 min off of my porta del sole time from last year.  i came into camp weaker then i wanted and as i climbed Del Sole i was debating if i was even going to be able to do PICO.  the rest day helped a lot and we piled into the vans and drove the hour to the base of the climb.

when i am in spain i dont listen to music.  the entire point is to disconnect from the rest of the world enjoy being out by yourself and with others talking about what is going on and focusing on the actual task at hand which is riding your bike!  this year after conversationw with people and because PICO is my Big thing i went with music.

we get to the base of the mountain i put on my gear strap on the helmet cam pop in the music and we start the ride through the little town before you hit the start.  my heart rate was at 190 and we were not even climbing yet!!!  The climbing this year was amazing i didnt have the POP in my legs during the climb that i am used to but im curious how much of that is from the tri bike and how much of it is from having no power in my legs.  i hit my nutrition perfectly and was powering through the entire climb i felt so good after the climb when we got back i put in a 5k

-bobby!

Today we slept in had several cups of coffee sat around the living room in the plush couches and shot the shit about riding past experiences racing and opinions on various topics that would come up.  those conversations are some of the main reasons i love coming to this camp is the amount of knowladge and experience is great and even people just getting into the sport have things to share with people that have been doing it for 11 years.

we then headed into Antequera to watch the end of a several day stage race were team radio shack had the lead coming in. we had lunch in what looked like a main square open to the air we just laid back and soaked in the sun as much as we could.  we then worked our way over to the climb into the city a 13% beast for 1/3 of mile, it was kind of nice seeing a bunch of pros suffering and having a look on their face like i do trying to do the same thing.  of course it helps that they had just ridden 100 miles before that climb.

great day

-bobby

UGHHHHH, SO SOLID AND AWESOME!!!!!  

1000 meter swim in the morning early start got the cameras out and got some awesome underwater footage, then we headed back for an amazing solid ride,  5,000 feet of climbing solid decents and then massive climbs constant and hard, then for shits and giggles we got back to the house threw on the shoes and out the door and a solid 3 mile run and 30 pushups!

solid DAY! so happy got some amazing video big turn around from yesterday when i wanted to sell my bike on Ebay

-Bobby

UGH, today was an easy day, if you call 3 hours of moving time, 2,330 feet of climbing and a strech of road that i left part of myself on trying to attack and fight Grant and John Hirsch as we flew on the downhill! Then we hit the bottom and like anything that happens in spain when you get to the bottom you have to pay for it, and we climbed and climbed and climbed.  but it was actually fairly easy and relaxed and much needed after getting murdered yesterday!

time to go to bed, swim in 7 hours going to get some underwater video and photos while people work hard! ha ha!

also a new episode of BS Bobby Show!  CRIBS!!

-Bobby

Today started off with a very early morning swim.  woke up tired got the dregs of the coffee and out the door we went.  i havent swum sense Rev3 Cedar point 3.  needless to say it was a hard day.  1 mile swim with the shoulders and body screaming the entire swim!  We then headed back and got ready for the solid ride today.  Todays ride was the Fuente its this wonderfull 2 hour ride along this wonderfull ridge (video soon) then you get to this cafe, its the cafe at the top of the climb.  we chilled out for a while then we go downhill for 30 min none stop, you have to make sure you have fresh breakpads when you do this climb.  we drop down 3,500 feet hit the bottom sea level, then turn right around and head back up.

I felt solid on the ride out super great had a great time heading down, hit the turn around headed back up and for the first 3 miles (of 11) felt solid, then everything just unfolded as the miles ticked off, everyone in the pack caught me and passed me and i struggled harder and harder up the hill.  i got to the top after 1.5 hours 20 min slower then last year.  the weather was moving in and the sun was setting, i made the summit and the group was already packing 7 people in the van to head home and 6 of us started to head home on the bikes.  we left imediatly. this was suppose to be my 20 min recover / lunch but we didnt have time and we headed off.

tired and hungry we started the ride back, as the time went i just fell more and more apart as we rode on.  Grant and i both totally cooked slowly make our way back as the wind HOWLED at about 30-40 mph making us do track stands as we went down hill because it slowed us down soo much. it hurt it hurt hard. near the end i wanted to lay down in the ditch and just die.

at the top of the last hill the van shows up to collect us and we hop into it, i promis Johns dad a hug when we get back because i was so happy he showed up for us.

on to day 3

-Bobby

so this is day 1 of SLB 2011,  the first day of travel was not bad.  me being the endless romantic that i am i gave up my isle bulke head seat for what i thought was a regular window seat that turned into a middle regular seat.  but the carma gods came back to me and the steward offered me the center seat of the END exit row meaning i had 4 feet of room in front of me.  6 hours later i was in paris making the mad dash all the way accross the entire airport to get on the plane to malag.  a nice little 2 hour hop and BAM right in the hear of Malaga spain.  chilled relaxed and had an AMAZING dinner cooked by the ever wonderfull cook Holisticguru www.liveandeatbetter.com then off to bed.

this morning was a nice 10k run followed by putting my bike together and then the warm up bike ride that is day 1 check out the numbers above!  Also got a new nickname.  Big Sexy Bobby, given to me by Miss Murder herself!!!  at first i just kind of laughed but after a couple min i found i really liked it! So because the WTC is being a bunch of douche bages and sense i am diluting their brand (because im SOOO popular!  as i told grant during a ride, "i am a minor internet celebraty after all lololololol")

so a new twitter handle, @BigSexyBobby

new website www.archrivalproduction.com

and the new show name is going to be THE BS BOBBY SHOW!

-Bobby

You saw the unboxing now its time to see what it looks like out on the road.  the first part of the video is the helmet mount.  The mount works really well but was constantly shoving my helmet forward i think i need to set the camera more ontop of the helmet and less forward.  then i set the camera on the bike mount and placed it right on the stem i think that came out really well.

After trying to do my own bike camera mount and helmet mount in spain i fell in love with the advertisements for the GO PRO cameras.  Finally after watching the commercials for them and going to the website and seeing video i went and got one.  this video is just an un-boxing and a little bit of first impressions of the camera before putting it through its paces when i go to Strong Like Bull in spain on FEB 18th.

ENJOY!

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Please be carful. this video is very shaky, it was my first time trying to capture a training camp and i learned a lot i promise it will get better next year.

In February of 2010 i went to spain to train with a group of people i had just only met.  their enthusiasm and love of triathlon sold me on the trip.  what you are about to watch is the best i could do to capture the amazing and breathtaking time i had while i was in spain.  i learned a lot about cycling but i learned even more about myself.  

i left spain the fittest i had ever been in my life.  but it was not the fitness that was the ultimate take away from the camp.  it was the mental toughness that i got from SLB that really got me through the season.  wether is was the 4th weekend in a row of doing a 100 mile ride by myself on the exact same coarse in 100 degree heat.  or talking myself through the hellacious run at Rev 3 Quassy when i thought my heart might explode.  The mental toughness i learned in spain paid back in spades! 

if you want to find out more head on over to www.stronglikebulltraining.com and it has all the details!

Additional Show Notes:

It has been amazing working with Konektas our title sponsor but like many great things it has come to an end.  i thank them very much for there help and support, they came and lent a hand/wallet to the show when it was on the verge of not being around anymore.  because of their support i was able to break out of my shell and do some of my favorite and best work.  if it was not for Konektas i never would have been able to create the Lake Placid or Cedar Point videos.  Thank you very much for all your help and i wish the best for all your future endeavors Konektas!

Other Show notes:

Some of you know that i do all my video editing on a 5 year old macbook and i do it all in Imovie,  i plan on still doing the video editing on my 5 year old macbook (unless people want to donate to the show and help a triathlete out, top left corner of the page!)  but i am going to finally make the leap to final cut express.  i hope this speeds up the process of producing the shows and allows me to actually do more with my older hardware!

Thank you all for your viewership i know the show only comes out every blue moon but i really do enjoy producing a quality product for you guys to watch and would love to hear from you,  so please send me your emails

ropierce@gmail.com

 or even better give me a rating on Itunes.  the more ratings on Itunes i get the higher in the Cue i get and maybe i could make the front page one day!  If your visiting family this holiday season and you have reached the point of boredom get on their machines and give me a rating under their Itunes account.  I am going to be completely shameless about this!

-Bobby

I sit down and do an end of the year review.  talk about my two races a little post race depression things that really helped me this season and such.  Also talk about next season and the fact that i got a coach!

www.Johnhirsch.org

www.endurancemeg.com

www.swimbikerunlive.com

www.stronglikebulltraining.com

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Show off the Crew at Cedar point, the amazing race by Phil and Grant, along with some talking about how i got back into doing long distance races again, thanks to the CREW.

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