A year into Covid and while some races are being held, others are not. Our local St. Pat’s 10k is postponed… again. Ironman Texas… postponed. As more and more people are vaccinated, we do see some in-person races happening. But some others are still taking the route of precaution.

We’ve talked a lot about pessimism and optimism the past few shows, and this is one area where it definitely pays to be an optimist.

YES, it sucks when your race gets canceled. You have trained. You have made plans – hotel, travel. You were ready. And now it’s not happening.

BUT, eventually this is going to turn around and more races will happen than not. So if you have a race on the schedule in the coming months, it does not pay to be a pessimist. It does not pay to assume your race is going to get postponed or canceled because others do.

Because while your suspicions may ultimately prove correct, there is always a chance they won’t be. And what’s worse? Being ready for your race and having it get postoned? Or sitting at the starting line of a race you are unprepared for because you were a pessimist?

Stay vigilant. Stay ready. Be trained up and good to go so when this does change, you’ll be prepared.

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All I did was ask a question… you guys didn’t have to answer it! Sheesh. Well, apparently the vote is in, and I’m a full-blown PESSIMIST! The glass is always half-empty here, folks.

Friday’s podcast elicited a bunch of responses from our listeners. With my training hitting highs and lows, seemingly at the same time, things were bittersweet. Though maybe for me things tend to lean bitter.

The weekend didn’t offer any solutions to the matter, but I’m going to try to turn over a new leaf nonetheless. Today is HAPPY OPTIMISM DAY! Going to try to skew positive all day long and see how it feels.

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This week has been one of ups and downs. On the consistency scale, it had been way down. My normal routines have evaporated, as I have been choosing sleep over morning rides and runs. I have done my best to get work in where I can, but it hasn’t been within my normal structure.

Wednesday night, I eschewed a run I had planned for an FTP test. The good news? I crushed the test. I set a new high of 249 Watts. The bad news? I thought I quit a tad bit early and still had some more to give.

Finally, Thursday I got to my first run of the week. With temps of 70-degrees, it was time to head outdoors for a change. I was happy to run outdoors, even if the run itself did not have a very satisfying result. It was terrible actually.

I’m off my game a bit, but you can’t change the things that have already happened. I can only look ahead and try to get back on track. We’re going to do that in lots of ways in the coming days. Stay tuned…

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Today’s podcast is a bit of a milestone. This is podcast number FOUR HUNDRED! That’s a lot of podcasts, and we certainly couldn’t have imagined getting this far when we started.

Unsurprisingly, I have nothing special planned for today. I’ll walk a little down memory lane and discuss all the architecture we have built over the years. The tip of the iceberg, of course, is our new Foundation. Maybe our launch should have been that “something special” for Podcast #400, but I wasn’t going to hold it back. It needed to be unleashed!

With all the work we’ve had lately, partially inspired from the creation on our new nonprofit, workouts have been more and more difficult to schedule. They’re still getting done, just in an unplanned fashion. From experience, I know there is a danger to this. I cannot rely on “finding free time in the day,” because there is not always free time in a day. I need to get my routine back on track quickly. I have the next 400 podcasts to do!

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DONATE to our nonprofit, The Ordinary Marathoner Foundation.

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Check out our annual virtual charity race, The Ordinary Marathon. Register early and be eligible for giveaways between now and race day.

Happy Monday… lots to catch up on today. The Foundation continued to raise money during our launch week, ultimately raising over $3400. What now? Now we take that money and do good things!

Our programs push on through their idea-stage and into the development stage. Things are moving, and soon you’ll be able to see some results.

Training-wise this weekend wasn’t extremely exciting. No new long-distances or PR’s. In some ways I was a little disappointed, but in the end the boxes got checked and I do feel better that I was disciplined enough to get the work done.

Need a triathlon or running coach? Reach out to Coach Scott at [email protected] and set up a free consultation.

DONATE to our nonprofit, The Ordinary Marathoner Foundation.

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Check out our homepage at www.ordinarymarathoner.com.

Or join the conversation at our Ordinary Marathoners Facebook Discussion Group.

I’ll also follow you back on Twitter if you follow me @OrdMarathoner.

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What a busy week for us! The Foundation launch has now raised over $3,000 towards the implementation of our programs. What an exciting time! Our program to help autistic athletes should be rolling out in April, while others continue to develop.

Yesterday, Stefany and I met with our local Department of Recreation and local run store, 4Run3. Together we discussed our program to develop and operate run clinics for kids would look like, and how the Foundation can help. It was both eye-opening and optimistic, knowing that yes… this is going to happen!

Training is on-point lately, though a little scattered with my schedule. I only hit one early morning workout this week, and almost missed that one after carelessly spending too many hours on my phone the night before!

But Thursdays are always salvageable with the Thursday Night Ride. Attendance was at new record levels this week and the participation was incredible. So much so, I wrote Zwift this afternoon to ask for our very own Event Ride. Crossing-fingers!

Need a triathlon or running coach? Reach out to Coach Scott at [email protected] and set up a free consultation.

DONATE to our nonprofit, The Ordinary Marathoner Foundation.

Become a Patron and help support the podcast! Check out our Patreon Page.

Join the Official Ordinary Marathoner team at TEAM ORDINARY!

Check out our homepage at www.ordinarymarathoner.com.

Or join the conversation at our Ordinary Marathoners Facebook Discussion Group.

I’ll also follow you back on Twitter if you follow me @OrdMarathoner.

Check out our annual virtual charity race, The Ordinary Marathon. Register early and be eligible for giveaways between now and race day.

The week was off to a great start with the launch of our new nonprofit, The Ordinary Marathoner Foundation. Our launch raised over $2700 for the Foundation and will go a long way to getting our planned programs off the ground and running! (Get it? Running?)

The past few days have been exciting and surprisingly emotional as we transition from the creation of the foundation, to the operation of the foundation. The pressure is dialed up, and I know we will respond.

Though we’ve been pressingly busy with the launch over the past few days, training doesn’t end. Friday night was another new PR. Saturday saw my longest ride in a while, followed by 11 tough treadmill miles. Real life sometimes gets in the way of training, but sometimes you have to consider training part of real-life, too!

Need a triathlon or running coach? Reach out to Coach Scott at [email protected] and set up a free consultation.

DONATE to our nonprofit, The Ordinary Marathoner Foundation.

Become a Patron and help support the podcast! Check out our Patreon Page.

Join the Official Ordinary Marathoner team at TEAM ORDINARY!

Check out our homepage at www.ordinarymarathoner.com.

Or join the conversation at our Ordinary Marathoners Facebook Discussion Group.

I’ll also follow you back on Twitter if you follow me @OrdMarathoner.

Check out our annual virtual charity race, The Ordinary Marathon. Register early and be eligible for giveaways between now and race day.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of something we believe will be really special, The Ordinary Marathoner Foundation. As a podcast and a community, Ordinary Marathoner has been in existence for nearly five years now. We truly believe the running community is one of the kindest and most generous groups of people out there. And so, we decided to take it a step further.

Over the years, we have tried to do our part to give back. Many of us have run big races and raised money for charitable causes. We developed our own race, The Ordinary Marathon, and donated the entire proceeds to charities. Therefore, it only seemed appropriate that we formulate our own nonprofit.

Today’s podcast guests are the Board of Directors of the Foundation. These folks have worked tremendously hard to make sure the nonprofit was set up properly. We have high expectations and big plans, so we took the time to make sure it was done right.

Take a listen as we explain some of the amazing things in store for the Foundation. Please visit the website and help us get off the ground with a donation if you can. Thank you all for helping us create this incredible venture. We are looking forward to doing great things!

Need a triathlon or running coach? Reach out to Coach Scott at [email protected] and set up a free consultation.

Become a Patron and help support the podcast! Check out our Patreon Page.

Join the Official Ordinary Marathoner team at TEAM ORDINARY!

Check out our homepage at www.ordinarymarathoner.com.

Or join the conversation at our Ordinary Marathoners Facebook Discussion Group.

I’ll also follow you back on Twitter if you follow me @OrdMarathoner.

Check out our annual virtual charity race, The Ordinary Marathon. Register early and be eligible for giveaways between now and race day.

Today caps a great week of training for Team Ordinary. We went out and raced the first Ordinary Marathoner Race on Wednesday night. It was fun, but also some pretty hard work. Now, we train… and the real race will be in 4-5 weeks, when we see if that training worked.

Thursday night was a great Trivia Ride with the group. A few new people and really we all just had a blast. This ride has grown so much in the past year, and many of the people who joined us from random invitations have stuck with it, and I now consider them good friends.

We are working on a big announcement for Monday, so stay tuned. Very exciting things. Get your long-rides and long-runs in over the weekend and we’ll talk to you then!

Rest and recovery days are important. I generally try to take one rest day every week, although I am guilty of trying to do too much if I am in a good routine. This Monday, I rested.

Tuesday we went at it pretty hard and Wednesday… I slept. Sleep is an underrated and often underutilized part of triathlon training, and I chose the sleep option instead Wednesday’s 5am run. But I did make up for it a bit later in the morning by completing my planned workout. On other days it may not have been as easy to do this. Today, I got it done.

Tonight we head toward the start of our Ordinary Marathoner Race Series. Race #1! No, this is not a race in the traditional sense. We are not looking to beat one another to the finish line. Instead, we are looking to mark a time for ourselves. Then we will return and race the same exact course in 4-5 weeks, and race ourselves! We’ll see who has been working hard, putting the effort in and improving by getting stronger and faster.

So, it doesn’t matter if you are fast or slow, just show up, get on a TT Bike preferably, and ride hard. Then we’ll see you in a few weeks.

Need a triathlon or running coach? Reach out to Coach Scott at [email protected] and set up a free consultation.

Become a Patron and help support the podcast! Check out our Patreon Page.

Join the Official Ordinary Marathoner team at TEAM ORDINARY!

Check out our homepage at www.ordinarymarathoner.com.

Or join the conversation at our Ordinary Marathoners Facebook Discussion Group.

I’ll also follow you back on Twitter if you follow me @OrdMarathoner.

Check out our annual virtual charity race, The Ordinary Marathon. Register early and be eligible for giveaways between now and race day.