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Awesome question! For Ultraman, you have to think more like a stage race cyclist rather than a triathlete (it's a cycling focused event if you look at the distances) so you learn to pee off the bike while riding (you see this during the Tour De France) -- took me a while to learn how to do this. Or just pull over real quick. It's a very long day and everyone has to make a pit stop. The athletes get so separated and often you are riding totally alone, so it's no big deal. On the run, I have dashed off into the lava fields for a #2 on more than a few occasions. Just have some wipes on hand.

Excellent question - the ultimate question! Join the club my friend. Indeed, I can be obsessive about just about anything. This can be a good thing when channeled properly and when balanced against the other important facets crucial to living a fulfilling holistically healthy life. Left o my own devices, I would train all day, every day. But I have other things in my life that are more important than this. I NEED to use the tools of recovery to keep me in check and make sure that I am attending to what is most important. For me, the list goes like this: sobriety, family, profession, athletics. And yet I can't be at my best in any of these disciplines unless I am taking care of myself first - through recovery, sleep, exercise & proper nutrition.

I believe I could be a much better athlete than I currently am. But at what cost? I am happily married. I have a great relationship with my kids. I have no interest in sacrificing this for a PR or podium finish. So that means always taking an objective inventory of where I am putting my energies. When I was writing the book, I was also training for Ultraman '11. That was a heavy workload. And a time when performance goals were more paramount than they are now. One of my primary objectives with the book was to create a platform to be of maximum service to others so I can help improve lives. I am very grateful that I have accomplished this. And so my priorities have shifted somewhat -- away from athletic performance goals to service goals. How can I be of maximum service? And this requires letting go of certain obsessive behavior patterns and learning how to be more balanced in my day to day. Learning how to train and race for the pure joy of it, so to speak.

Also, yoga and meditation are very important in helping me balance out. quell the obsessive thoughts. prioritize and ground.

Hope this is somewhat helpful

I originally went plant-based due to a health crisis, not for performance issues, as I was not athletic at that time (6+ yrs ago). But it was the incredible vitality I experienced by making this switch that energized me to return to sport. Then I experienced many performance advantages - primarily my body's enhanced ability to expeditiously recover in between workouts, avoid over-fatigue and not get sick.

Good questions - I need to have all that stuff checked again I suppose. Last time I did my numbers were all great, just don't know them off hand. I have only met Scott once - so I guess I know him, but certainly not well. But he was very kind and generous. We met some months before both our books came out.

Things I eat almost daily: dark leafy greens (kale/spinach/chard), beans, berries, raw almonds, hemp seeds, broccoli, bananas

As I mentioned earlier, the Rick Roll thing is a just a fact of my daily life. bane of my existence!