The ultrashea

"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun"

-Mark Twight

"We don't make sacrifices. If we truly love this sport and we have these goals and dreams in the sport, the classroom, or in life, they're not sacrifices. They're choices that we make to fulfill these goals and dreams."

-Deena Kastor

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

-Steve Prefontaine

Chicken tagine, mustard greens, banana, ginger kombucha (Taken with instagram)

Chicken tagine, mustard greens, banana, ginger kombucha (Taken with instagram)

Zucchini, broccoli, chicken sausage, habanero salsa, Emergen-C lite (Taken with instagram)

Zucchini, broccoli, chicken sausage, habanero salsa, Emergen-C lite (Taken with instagram)

Nut Thins, homemade fromage fort, Boulevard Brewing Rye-on-Rye

Nut Thins, homemade fromage fort, Boulevard Brewing Rye-on-Rye

Giant salad, raspberry kombucha w/ chia seeds (Taken with instagram)

Giant salad, raspberry kombucha w/ chia seeds (Taken with instagram)

Egg white omelette w/ chicken sausage, banana (Taken with instagram)

Egg white omelette w/ chicken sausage, banana (Taken with instagram)

bigringriding:

ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR 42ND BIRTHDAY. MARCO PANTANI RIP.

bigringriding:

ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR 42ND BIRTHDAY. MARCO PANTANI RIP.

Giant pudding! (Taken with instagram)

Giant pudding! (Taken with instagram)

Why yes, Penny does like her Christmas toy! (Taken with instagram)

Why yes, Penny does like her Christmas toy! (Taken with instagram)

GF steamed pudding is on, will be ready in about 6 hours (Taken with instagram)

GF steamed pudding is on, will be ready in about 6 hours (Taken with instagram)

Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher) (by GogolBordelloVEVO)

Nutrition/training log for 2k test/weight cut

Here’s my nutrition and training log for my weight cut and the 2k test.  Not shown are hydration strategies/manupulation, supplementation, or final weight cut strategies beyond a little time on the rower.

Also not shown are what I consumed after the row (except for 1 banana and 2 scoops of Stronger Faster Healthier post-workout whey protein).  As far as post-row nutrition, let’s just say there was much crying and gnashing of teeth by hungry people as they watched me eat.

Legs are pretty sore today, but feeling good.

Please send food I can consume w a straw, like a large steak. Can’t stand up. Going to rest here for a little while.  (Taken with instagram)

Please send food I can consume w a straw, like a large steak. Can’t stand up. Going to rest here for a little while. (Taken with instagram)

Time to rehydrate/fuel up #CuttingWeight (Taken with instagram)

Time to rehydrate/fuel up #CuttingWeight (Taken with instagram)

Still sweating (Taken with instagram)

Still sweating (Taken with instagram)

Off into the culinary wild blue yonder…

Off into the culinary wild blue yonder…