Gravel biking and talking about slowing down daily life on purpose. While checking out all the trails at the massive 5,000 acre Lake Houston Wilderness Park. The ultimate flat terrain double and singletrack in Texas??? Video ends when battery dies. Just like life... Lights out! Find out about me and my racing history http://zentriathlon.com/who-is-brett Get coached! Send an email to Texafornia at the gmails and we will get you started! Support the show at https://Patreon.com/zentri https://instagram.com/zentriathlon

Join me along with my workouts while I discuss how to fit in warmups and getting your stuff together into your workouts to save time. If you are a high-volume athlete, this episode is full of time-saving tips so you can train big and still have time for family and work. Also a first look at Kona results.

We train and race in San Marcos and Bastrop TX to see how it measures up as an endurance sports town. Then I cover training tips for an upcoming mega MTB race Leadville qualifier

Justin McQuerry talks with us about going to Worlds, racing against the best, how he makes his YouTube videos, being a pro from Texas, and plans for the future! Find out more about Justin / justinmcquerry Support the show at Patreon.com/zentri Instagram.com/zentriathlon

Join me on a long ride while I talk about how Wu Wei (Flow and Not Trying) is incredibly useful in endurance sports and also in your own life. If you follow the show on YouTube, you can watch while I ride as well. Wu Wei and Not Trying is critical for being able to put in the big volume to be successful at endurance sports. If you try too hard, you burn out or get injured or both. I talk about multiple ways you can use Wu Wei on the swim, bike, and run and also in everything else you do. Enjoy!

Join us for night marathon mountain bike racing! We start at 108 degrees and finish 6 hours later near midnight. A true first time experience. Shownotes: 00:00 Describing race, leaving the pool, injury pains. There's videos up on youtube! 5:00 Race results. Kai hit his head on a tree trunk on the first lap and might have had a concussion. 108 degrees at the start! Garmin "crash alerts" for the both of us. Twice. 9:00 Why I race MTB with flat pedals... and do great! 12:00 Bike repairs on gravel bike and also on MTB before the race. 17:00 Electronic shifting battery failure right before the race. Aid station setup and riding through a barn every loop. 21:00 Fueling and hydration strategy. Why you should support the show at Patreon.com/zentri (it's for the tips!) Kai won fastest 3rd lap Preem... but didn't due to a technicality. 29:00 The bikes we raced and why. 32:00 Training leading up to the race. I haven't ridden my mountain bike for 7 months until race day and still got 18th place. 36:00 Getting and testing our lights for riding at night. 40:00 Keeping yourself busy during tapering by working on race details. 42:00 Describing the race lap by lap. 48:00 My big mistake - Not enough water on lap 2. 51:30 Riding at sunset is AMAZING. 55:00 The Big Wreck. 1:05 "Now it's a race." 1:08 Do I do 6 laps or 7? 1:11 Heading out to video the last lap. 1:18 Out for a run with River in the heat. Injuries update, swimming with separated rib hurts! 1:20:30 Moment of Zen - Nothing is the full story at first. The Tao de Ching and everything has flow. What is the purpose of learning Philosophy. Letting things unfold naturally. One tree's opinion is not the forest. 1:30:30 Back to the race and results. Upcoming races and wrap up.

I take you for a ride and talk about how Zen approaches and studies DEATH! Also, I give tips on how to add your own "nano carbon" clotting agent to your tire sealant for cheap and how to use a digital tire gauge to test if your tires are leaking. Coming to you from San Diego, I mention visiting the Canyon Store and also riding an XL Razor scooter daily to a software conference for a week. Enjoy!

Check out my interview with @laufcycles CEO and founder Benni Skulason on YouTube! A deep dive into Icelandic/Scandinavian design and engineering. An honor he spent so much time with me and Kai - testament to a thoughtful company with strong dedication to customer service and performance.

Coming to you live from Chicago, I go over how Zen handles the concept of rebirth, take you with me on a long bike ride, and attempt to swim, bike, and run all from a luxury hotel on the shores of Lake Michigan.

I take the audio from one of my latest YouTube videos of a bike ride, talking about practicing the Zen style of Removing while Adding and also other topics, such as creatine, the power meter pedals, and new swimming headphones. Listen in and enjoy!

All the awesome details of the biggest endurance event in North America! What was new, who won and why, all the tips and tricks you can use for your own best training and racing. Huge props to the Spirit of Gravel champions Lachlan Morton and Rosa Klöser for keeping the dream alive and Dylan Johnson for marginal gaining like mad using science to get an "average guy" like himself a top 10 finish. Unbelievable!