PAC is a great opportunity for Pure Austin athletes to get involved with an experienced coach in Shawn. Shawn’s an awesome athlete and a great coach… he got me to my first tri a couple years ago! I’m not personally involved with PAC, but I like what they’re doing. My only thing with most traditional endurance training programs is the amount of garbage miles you end up putting on your body. It’s been shown those miles just aren’t good for you!

To that end, if you’re not doing a consistent athletic training program like CrossFit, then using a CF Endurance method won’t work out too well. That’s also how you end up with endurance programs that make you do all those garbage miles.

From my experience, when I started CrossFitting, I stopped running. I had already gone through one full cycle of 13.1 training with Rogue, so I wanted to compare my experience. I stopped all the garbage miles. I did CrossFit 3 days a week, 1 track workout a week, and then every 2-3 weeks I ran the long run. What I found is that the combination is very powerful — I started PR-ing all the long run distances, and then I PR’d my next races!

As for the food recommendations, if you’re eating paleo, then the chocolate/dairy/carbs post-workout will probably just make you sick. On the paleo/zone diet, your post-workout nutrition should be a starchy carb, like sweet potato, the amount of which is proportionate to the amount of work (in terms of power output) you did (Fran requires more sweet potato than an easy 7-miler, for example). So starchy carbs after your track workouts, but a regular meal after your long runs should be fine. Just be careful to take the athlete zone prescription and up your fats.

See ya around the gym!

–e

I work out in one of Crystal’s CFW classes and found your blog through Central’s microcosm of bloggers. I really enjoy your blog and all of the posts over at Thelabelsayspaleo too! It seems like Central has really lit a fire under all of our asses to keep control through the holidays – we’re starting a challenge/mandatory food logging/paleo/zone program similar to yours in December.

My aunt just started PAC and I was curious to see if you were involved with that. So far, she’s only mentioned the name Shawn as one of the coaches. I’m also curious with how you incorporate CF with cycling and running. I read your post about preparation for the half (SA’s R n R was my first half!) which was vastly different to what Rogue’s training runs put us through. Do you think 2+ hours runs are beneficial? Also, how do you respond to runners’ food recommendations – chocolate milk after the workout, carbs?

Thanks for your help! And dude, congrats on being “Superfly”!!
-Lory

P.S. Maybe Central didn’t name a WOD after you because they didn’t have enough cycling equipment handy:
“Eric”
400m run
20 OH bike squats
1 mile bike ride

I used to take your spin class at 24 hr. Small world!

B

It was just a bad day… didn’t follow the ritual, and all that. There will be other races, like you said.

Not sure we have met but i see you at CF events sometimes.
One thing to keep in mind…Grok probably didn’t RUN 13.1 miles at a time. Steady walking sure but probably not a full on marathon. I’m sure one can achieve a PR with a marathon while on Paleo after having months of experience with it but dang…1 week, big nutitional change and 13 miles. Wow…i’m impressed with you 2 hour time.

Seriously.

I bet you next 13 miler will rock because your body will be used to the new plan. For energy i’d make some homemade larabars/balls.

Bottom line…you did NOT fail. You challenged your body on a different level and learned.

B