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Lessons Learned From Patagonia

Lessons Learned From Traveling to the End of The World Traveling to a remote corner of Chilean Patagonia felt a bit like stepping outside of time. The roads stretched endlessly without traffic lights, the wind roared intensely at its own rhythm, and the towering mountains put everything into perspective. Patagonia was a place where nature was raw, vast, untouched and beautifully wild. After 10 days in Patagonia, we returned home and went right back to our normal routine - a lifestyle that often feels rushed, stressful and structured around tight schedules and convenience. Patagonia offered us something very different: a slower rhythm, a deeper quiet, and a refreshing recalibration of what life can be like. I feel incredibly fortunate to have traveled to five continents and immerse myself in such a wide range of cultures. Each journey has challenged me, expanded my views, and has reminded me how much there is to learn from the ways other people live. From rushed city life to remote livi...
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ROUVY ROLL OUT - group rides this week (come join us)!

Come ride with me in Rouvy.  Ride Times: Dec 16 — 6:30 PM EST | Easy Ride (~75 minutes) Link HERE Dec 18 — 6:00 AM EST | Challenge (~75 minutes) Link HERE Rides will be on the IM Lake Placid Bike Course ANYONE CAN JOIN!   If you don't have ROUVY, grab a  1-month free trial to join in  using code ROUVYROLLOUT1M  and jump in.  Steps to Join a Group Ride Ensure you have the ROUVY app installed  and an active account. The app is available on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Apple TV. Open the app or log in on the website  at ROUVY.com. Click on the link for the ride you want to join. Click the 'Join Event' button  on the event's detail page. You can also see the list of other participants who have joined. Enter the ride a few minutes before the start time  to warm up. The app will prompt you to join the event when it's time. Enjoy the ride! If you'd like to learn more about the Rouvy indoor cycling app, check out this great article that...
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Impacts of Body Dissatisfaction On Performance

As an athlete, you know you need to fuel properly to train, recover, and stay healthy. And to help, there are apps, experts and articles to keep you accountable to eating enough. But if you struggle with your relationship with your body, that dissatisfaction can silently interfere with your ability to eat enough, fuel your workouts appropriately and support your body with the nutrition it deserves. In simple terms: 👉 When you respect your body, you give it what it needs. 👉 When you dislike your body, you withhold fuel. A healthy body relationship removes emotional roadblocks so that fueling can be based on science, health, and performance. 
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2025 Patagonman Finisher!

  Patagonman Finisher  An extreme triathlon at the end of the world I find it serendipitous that our 50th newsletter of the year is occurring a few weeks before the beginning of Karel's 50th birth year of life and I am writing about an event that Karel has dreamed of finishing for the past few years.  On December 7th, Karel took on  Patagonman Extreme Triathlon . We did everything possible to get him to this start line — but what lied ahead were 140 miles of uncontrollables. We woke up at 2am after a night of no sleep. At 4am, he boarded a ferry in the dark and at 5:30am, he jumped into the fjord (55 degrees - much warmer than usual), and swam 2.4 miles back to shore (1:08). From there, a 110-mile point-to-point ride with over 8,000 ft of climbing, gravel, cobbles, wind and whatever Patagonia decides to throw at him. He finished the bike in 5:50. And then, a 27-mile run with 3250 feet of gain, all off-road, through technical forest trail...
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Patagonman - Race week

  I have a lot of pictures to upload but the internet is a bit slow in our Airbnb(s) so I will upload pictures later on. If you'd like to see more pics from our trip, you can check out my Instagram page.  Monday  After a delicious dinner at D-Lizia (I got a huge pizza and Karel got a burger), we went back to our cabin and had a relaxing evening. Sadly, Karel woke up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in his right leg. He thought it was a blood clot but we later put some pieces together that it was likely coming from his disc and SI joint. He couldn't bear weight on his leg and he said it felt like his leg was broken. It was really scary as it came out of no where when he got up to pee in the middle of the night. Even when we got up in the morning, Karel was still unable to walk normally. He decided to try a spin to see if that would help loosen it out. I drove him 15 min up the road (up the last descend of the bike course) and he went out for an 1+ hour rid...
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Patagonman - Day 1

  We landed in Balmaceda (very small airport) around 3pm local time (2 hour ahead from EST). It was a quick 2-hour flight from Santiago (a total of 11 hours of flying and 26 hours of traveling). While Karel was waiting for our suitcases and his bike, I went to the Varona rental car counter (outside of the baggage area) to get our SUV. It was a very quick process and by 3:30pm we were in the car to make our way 1-hour to Villa Cerro Castillo (the location of Patagonman T2 - bike to run). It was a very beautiful drive and we couldn't believe how warm it was (in the 70's)! We arrived to our Airbnb (1.5K from the town center) and it was a little confusing to get in (the lady who met us did not speak English) but it all worked out. The cabin was super cute and so peaceful and quiet. The best part is that the cabin is on a farm and there are two dogs, lots of chickens and baby chicks!  After we unloaded the car, we drove to the town to get a few items from the grocery store. There a...
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