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“Everyone wants to be the bomb, but once you are the bomb the innocence is gone.” –Mindless Self Indulgence

Everyone wants to rock November. Suckas who aren’t done yet like me are plotting along with the neverending season. But a lot of people have come off their end of the season break and are motivated and ready to slay it. While motivation is high, wisdom often is not, and for those wishing to peak next summer chillaxing not crushing training should weigh the balance. There are however a few things that those wishing to come correct in the summer can and should do nowish to set themselves up for a run at the mountain top next year.

1) If you’re a hustler, its time to hustle. Its sponsorship season. Go out and glad hand and baby kiss if you’re big pimping yourself.

2) Get your gear straight. Tri peoples are awful with this. Our stuff is always wacked, busted and worked. This is the time to get that sorted. Used stuff is clogging up ebay, and new stuff still smells like the girls from Interbike. GET A BIKE and GET A BIKE FIT. You want to have this sorted out way before training matters and you don’t wanna lose key days when it matters. When getting a bike and a bike fit don’t be a sucker. Bike shops often have their own agenda and bike fitters are not all the same. I got one dude I trust. Juancito. He has done each and every fit and is the only man who gets to touch me, er, my bike. Check him out at www.jctracing.com

3) Cross train. Seriously. The more fitness you gain now in non sbr sports the better. You get the fitness AND its pre-hab, that is you are making it so you won’t get injuries.

4) Get a coach if you don’t have one. NOW is the time to start working with someone. Using the winter productively will be how you make gains for next year, by the time next year is here its too late to address a single sport problem. I have spots for 2010 and I should coach you. At 975 for the year I offer the best coaching out there per dollar. That’s just fact, I could be humble but, whatever, there are too many lame ass coaches out there with half ass programs charging 3 times what I do for half of what I do (100% custom plans with unlimited access).

5) Eat right. An hour spent cooking and leaning new eating habits is worth more now then an hour on the bike. Check out www.liveandeatbetter.com for help on getting yourself set up for a healthy, fit, and fast 2010.

(Pic: Juancito of www.jctracing.com fitting Christine of www.liveandeatbetter.com so she can crush her ironman next year. Huge thanks to www.cannondale.com for putting 5 bikes in my apartment! click photo to make is wicked big)

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