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Health/Training Tip for 2001
Try BikramYoga. I have done two sessions and am very intrigued by its
potential benefits. My good friend Tom Onda, the ballet dancer who led
the stretching at Pyscho Weekend 2000, has been insisting that I 
accompany him and I  finally did so. 

The key element here is that it is done in a room at 120 degrees, 
session lasts 90', and it methodically works total body doing the same
routine each time so you can monitor your progress in the various poses
and stretches.  I have done other types of yoga, but find the movements
here to be much more relevant to what we do--swim/bike/run. The heat
aspect can be rather brutal.  Important to drink a lot before, and of
course bring water with you.  You sweat buckets.

I have done two sessions and plan on continuing my participation. The
second session showed me much improved, but I am still needed to take
several "sitting 8 counts" to regroup. You walk out of the place 
feeling cleansed, and a bit loopy, and as if you have done a long
swim workout--- kind of that worked but not brutalized feeling.

I am curious as to the possible heat training effect;figure that there
must be something to be gleaned in this deparment, even though I have
raced well in the heat. Tell me if you give it a try, I think you will
find it to be a rather interesting experience. Do not schedule anything
serious afterwards though.