Author Archives: Kym Zest
Don’t Get Hurt – Six Ways to Prepare Your Body For Adventure
Check out the article I wrote for Garage Grown Gear! What can you do to prepare your body for adventure? 1️⃣ Build Gradually – Do something, but less is better than too much. 2️⃣ Train Specifically – Do or mimic the … Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, Garage Grown Gear, log your training, prepare for adventure, Training for adventure
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Stick Bathing
Part one of our 2021 winter adventure starts with Not Hot. I may be biased, but I highly recommend it. An entirely different experience from traveling on the ice, was our regular stick baths. If Japanese forest bathing is like … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, Minnesota winter, Type 2 Fun, wilderness adventure, winter, winter camping
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Not Hot
I confess. This is the first winter camping trip where we didn’t camp. I’ve never been so tested on how many times our adventure plans could change. Original plans went 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Then became 2, 3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventures, BWCA, Type 2 Fun, winter camping, Winter in Minnesota
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A Very Dirty Honeymoon
“Again! Again! Let’s do that again!” I can see my inner child hopping, clapping, squealing with glee. That inner child keeps popping into my thoughts while reflecting on our honeymoon eight years ago. It wasn’t a “normal” honeymoon. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, BWCA, canned salmon, canoeing, Garage Grown Gear, grand portage, honeymoon, paddling, Type 2 Fun, voyageurs national park
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5 Winter Camping Lessons
As Will and I are getting ready for our ninth winter camping adventure in mid February, I should share a story from once upon a time… In February 2020, right before the end of the world as we knew it. … Continue reading
3 Steps To Get Better
How do I get better? How do I set reasonable achievable goals? The easier and faster method would be to work one-on-one with a coach who can evaluate your history, current ability, discuss your desires along with your life situation, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure goals, athletic goals, athletics, coaching, coaching philosophy, fitness goals, training tips
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Pick One: Fast, Easy, or Cheap
Do you have a big goal in mind? You’re really fortunate if you can say: ✅ I’m able to be patient and work up to it as gradually as my body needs.✅ I’m ready to commit effort and time to … Continue reading
Six tips plus two reflections from the Endurance Coaching Summit
I’m learning stuff all the time. I got to get better at sharing it all with you all! A couple weeks ago I attended (virtually) the Endurance Coaching Summit hosted by Training Peaks. It was three days lots of internationally … Continue reading
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Tagged athletic education, coaching, coaching education, training tips
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F*ing Weirdest Hardest Easiest Adventure
It would have been a good day for anything else. I could have spent the day ticking off the endless overwhelming tasks of the self-employed. Or considering we’re eight months into the pandemic; it would have been a good day … Continue reading
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Tagged pandemic goals, ultra running, urban ultra, weird adventures
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Personal Urban Ultra Challenge
I’m doing this big thing tomorrow! Well, it’s quite a bit smaller than the REALLY BIG thing I want to do. I suppose it’ll take about as long as my Ironman Triathlon I did in 2015, and that’s a big … Continue reading
Midwest With Zest 