Welcome to the everyday endurance podcast, a podcast for everyday people who want to do extraordinary things, really slowly (and still make it to work on Monday). Hosted by Simon Perraton and Luke Perraton (no relation).  On this show we talk about training for, and competing in, endurance events, balancing family life and making it to work on Monday. In this first episode, we talked about the events we are training for at the moment and foreshadow some of the upcoming topics on the podcasts. In this episode: 0:00 Welcome to Everyday Endurance 0:17 What is this show about? 1:11 What are you training for at the moment 2:05 Training in the North of Tasmania 4:00 Goals and training disasters – pedal vs calf and $150 bikes 5:25 The Freycinet challenge – training in winter in Tasmania 9:54 Can you complete Freycinet with half-done training or should you withdraw from the race? 13:20 The Gippsland Challenge – mountain biking, running, first time kayak, cramps, finishing anyway 17:15 Cramps! 19:15 The Great Ocean Walk 100km run – blister care, keeping cool, don’t get lost 27:00 Shout out to the support crews 28:15 How to you balance training and family life? Spontaneity, flexibility and variability in training schedules, balancing this with the discipline of training 35:10 What’s coming up? The YouYangs 50k 35:55 When the aerobars fell off Simon’s bike during a race 37:20 Rest, Ice, Compression, Half-Marathon 39:54 The Australian Alps Walking track in winter 2009 – icy adventure If you enjoyed this episode make sure you share it with a friend. Podcast music: Hard Work, by Lite Saturation. Check out their other music here: http://pixabay.com/users/litesaturation-17654080/ See you on the trails, tracks, roads, rivers and oceans Simon and Luke