Yes, this post is titled after Miley Cyrus’ new song.  Yes, I like the song.  No, I am not a Miley Cyrus fan, Britney’s new song is much more to my liking.  More on the title in a bit, first let’s start sharing some long overdue information.

First and foremost, this year I am competing as part of Team …

So I was thinking today that it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on my blog and I really should post an update.

Then here I am looking through my web server logs and discover a referral from gear-grinder.com, the team I am on this year.  So I spose I should start posting some regular updates to reflect …

A new piece of gear arrived today.  It fits great.  Just by feel of the material compared to my current wetsuit (4 year old IM Instinct) – I can tell that its way faster and after trying it on – it’s a great fit.  That said – I can tell the warnings the provide about the Vendetta being a …

For the next few weeks, I’m hoping to focus my training one week at time.  I’m hoping that keeping the focus on short time periods will help me get back into a strong rhythm.

I started this week off with a 1,000 SCM time trial this morning.  It went well.  I passed through 500m in 6:45 (1:21/100m), and pulled up at 950 …

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted an update.

From a pure triathlon perspective – things haven’t been going as well as planned.  Raw strength wise (FTP + VDOT) I am in pretty good shape.  My FTP is within a decent range of the estimate pre-IMWI, and the VDOT isn’t great, but it’s not embarrassing.

Fitness wise …

That was the result of my FTP test last night – 285 watts.

That’s awesome.  It is am improvement of 20 watts (7.5%) over the previous test.

Tonight will be lots of run – 4×1 mile @ T Pace.

Knocked back a solid series of training last week.

• Tuesday: Lazy day off
• Wednesday: 5k Race – 18:56 (official)
• Thursday
  • AM: 3k swim
  • PM: 1 hour bike w/ 2×12 minutes @ FTP
• Friday
  • AM: 2.5k swim
  • PM: 8.5 mile run w/ 3×1.5 miles @ 10k pace
• Saturday
  • Brick: 1 hour bike (2×12 min @ FTP) + 30 minute run
• Sunday
  • 1 hour …