Next Thursday, November 11, Team CLIF BAR is excited to host an evening event with 2010 Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack. We'll pop the caps on some tasty beverages from New Belgium Brewing Company while we chow down on delicious lasagna made by the guys in the Clif Bar Café, Kali's Kitchen.

Please join us! Hang out with fellow triathlon fans, chat it up with the folks from Clif Bar and meet Team CLIF BAR triathlete Chris McCormack. Chris will take the stage to talk about

A little over two weeks ago I was fortunate enough to spend some time with Conrad 'The Caveman' Stoltz at the Clif Bar Triathlounge while he & I were both in Kona for the Ironman World Championship. Conrad was in Kona enjoying some on-island training and supporting his friends who were competing in the IM race.

We've been having quite a week here at the TEAM CLIF BAR House on Ali'i Dr in Kona. Between athlete visits & interviews, new CLIF SHOT Energy Gel sampling, the Triathlounge set-up, and grilling all sorts of stuff on the BBQ it's been pretty much non-stop this week. Lots and lots of good stuff all week and - honestly - I really didn't think it could get a whole lot better.

Until, of course, TEAM CLIF BAR triathlete Chris McCormack won one of the most exciting triathlons we've ever

As I'm writing, it's Tuesday evening, October 5th. Just got to see another beautiful Kona sunset. Spent a good chunk of the afternoon sampling the new CLIF SHOT Energy Gel, SHOT Electrolyte Drink, Margarita SHOT BLOKS, and a bevy of other Clif Bar goods to folks getting their training miles in on Alii. Sampling went great. The new SHOT Gel was -- as expected -- very well received.

Tore my shirt off like the Hulk today too. Yup, it really happened. I guess I was so sweaty from

Wow, it's July already. Here in the magical (and rather busy) land known as Team Clif Bar, it can be tough to keep track of all that's going on this time of year.

In the ongoing madness there is, however, one thing I'm certain of - over the holiday weekend, here at TCB we will be grilling way more meat and drinking far more sangria than a number of the TCB athletes who will be hard at work busting their butts at some bigtime races. On Sunday July 4th TCB triathlete Chris