Today marks the day that I’ve been off the coffee for 6 months and I thought it might be a good time to talk a bit about it. I’ll tell why I quit and what that brought me both in work, private life and endurance sports. I’ve been speaking to a number of people recently about the pros and cons …
Triathlon Swim Training and Racing
Just picked up a really good tip for those of you working on improving your swimming technique related to triathlon. The TriSwimCoach podcast episode 19 packs an interview with Glenn Mills from GoSwim.tv. They cover plenty of nice tips for beginner and intermediary triathletes, so you might want to check out the podcast. Two things in particular stood out for …
Interview: Ironman World Champ “Macca” explains his strategy!
This one is a real treat – I just finished listening to this excellent podcast from John and Bevan at Ironman Talk. Chris “Macca” McCormack won his 2nd Ironman World Championship on the 9th of October. In this interview he reveals a bit about how he prepares. The part I liked the most is how he studies every single competitor …
How to Avoid Endurance Overtraining
Over the past few weeks I’ve had conversations with a few people about starting training or taking training to the next level. Often the new goal of going somewhere new with training is one that the athlete eagerly wants to get to. A common mistake is to let the efforts in training match the desire to get to the goal. …
Endurance Sports Content
Just spent some time reviewing this blog and upon reviewing it I’ve made some changes. As my motivation to write here is changing, then so will the content. As I’m throwing out a few non-family, non-work actitivies in order to make more time for sports it’s natural that the focus here changes too. As of now this will become a …
Danmark LinkedIn group invites – meetup 24/9/2010 in Copenhagen
The “Danmark” group meetup is about to happen! Mark your calendar for 24th of September 2010 at 18:00 CET. Membership of “Danmark” not required!! Where: Brewpub (the patio is reserved for “Danmark”), Vestergade 29, 1456 København (Copenhagen) When: 24th of September 2010 at 18:00 CET Who: Anyone of the more than 3300 members are invited, but also any other individual …
Social group managers: Your groups are not yours (and Denmark Online Groups: Weekly round-up, week 20)
The most recent overview of Denmark-related groups – this time with a note to group managers to stop thinking they own “their” social network groups.
Denmark Online Groups: Weekly round-up, week 19
Need to find an online group for networking about Denmark, with Danes or in/about Danish? You’ll find it right here at http://thusgaard.com/tag/danmark/
Denmark Online Groups: Weekly round-up, week 18
The most recent update to the online groups featuring content about Denmark, Danes or Danish has been posted at http://bit.ly/dkgroups. Notable developments include: Danmark Unlimited (Xing-based): is still #1 and outgrew the closest competitor DABGO by 4 new members. The looser of the week was the Facebook group “Denmark”, which lost another 7 members. The fastest growing country for the Danes Abroad Business …
Garmin confuses with Forerunner 110
Garmin Forerunner 110 is now available, but is the entry-level runners GPS-watch a good buy?