Welcome to 2008! A New Year, a new season, a time to start fresh.
On New Years Eve I did a 5k race at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. It was a fairly flat, fast race. I finished in 18:29 – a PR by 12 seconds. I’m not sure what to think of that. I’m excited to have run a 5k race with a sub 6 minute average, but …
Read MoreHere are some scatterbrained thoughts on 2007 from a triathlon point of view.
Season Review
Numbers:
2005
Swim: 380k – 116 hrs.
Bike: 4,795 – 333 hrs.
Run: 1,272 – 171 hrs.
Read MoreOther then the holidays this week has been a great week of training. Good for getting back into a routine. My goal is get in the routine of ~ 1 hour before work and 2-3 hours after work, plus 2 or 3 per weekend day – as athe schedule allows.
Come mid-March is when I will ramp up again and start putting in some 5+ …
Read MoreDid a 1,000 SCM time trial this morning.
- 1×150 Swim
- 1×100 Kick
- 1×100 Swim
- 1×1000 for time
Did it in 13:54 (1:23/100) which is pretty good actually. I felt like a newbie swimmer. Had terrible breathing patterns especially into and out of the turns. I probably went out a bit quick – hit 200 @ 2:39.
I’m really going …
Read MoreChristmas has come and gone. I spent some time at my parents and got stuck in a snowstorm on the way home.
Life in general is good, have some computer issues that I’m dealing with at home, and fairly low motivation for working out right now.
That’s something I’ve got to figure out how to resolve, I’ve been attempting …
Read More- On Saturday I did a 5k race in Racine. Turns out they cut a little off the course at the last minute and it was about .25 miles short. I finished in 17:26 – which on pace alone equates to about an 18:56. Makes me think it was a little more then .25 short, but still should be under 20 which I feel is pretty good …
Read More - What’s new? Not to much. I’m currently enjoying my offseason. Really enjoying it. In fact, I can count on my fingers (7) how many workouts I’ve done in the weeks since Hawaii (5). I’m getting lazy, and I don’t mind. I’ve spent a lot of time playing video games, reading, and just not thinking about triathlon. I …
Read More There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.
-George …
Read MoreIt’s officially the off-season for me, or depending on your point of view the rejuvenation/transition phase of the 2008 triathlon season.
That means it’s time to get "fat", and out of shape. I’m convinced that doing nothing for 3 weeks after Hawaii accomplished that goal brilliantly. It also means that as …
Read More- I was a bit unprepared for the swim to start – I was floating in about the second row in the middle of the start line, when out of the blue Mike Reilly said “Have a good day” – BOOM! No count down, just go. The swim start was the roughest I’ve been in – probably had something to do with the fact that this was the …
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