- I think I may have used that subject once already, but it’s OK. I’m currently 32 days out from Kona – it’s coming fast, but before I blabber on to much about my stuff – I just want to say how proud I am of my wife, Mary, and how well she did at IMWI two days ago. She went 12:33, and finished as the 124th women! She …
Read More - This upcoming weekend I get to experience something entirely new! I get to go to an Ironman and watch! That’s right – I get to be at an Ironman and just watch! I’m really looking forward to it, but I do have a part of me that really feels a draw to take part in IMWI this weekend – fortunately I’ll be supporting my …
Read More - I didn’t post about this earlier, but I’ve slightly revised my training plan leading into Hawaii. Due to the fact that I feel I had some issues with consistant quality training earlier this summer, and spent much of it pretty flat, I decided that I was going to spend 5 weeks (counting last week) doing some very …
Read More Did my track workout last night – 2k warmup, 8×1000 at Vdot Threshold and interval pace. For the purposes of this workout I estimated my Vdot as 56 based on this chart – based on my IM run and my HIM run I am between a 55 and 56. Being the over-achiever I used 56.
So the plan called for 4×1000 on 3:53 on 6:15 total …
Read MoreA few varied things to talk about – first is vistors, I’m surprised by the number of people who have visited my website – some quick stats (since launch)
- 1,632 distinct vistors
- Biggest Month – June – 460
- Smallest Month – January – 16 …
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This week is a rest week – so no crazy training exploits to brag about. Just a realization of how tired I actually am. I almost feel more worn out then I did on Sunday.
Last weekend was a very solid training weekend. On Saturday I rode the IMWI course. It was my fastest ride ever on the course (5:24), it wasn’t …
Read MoreWas really hot last night, only put in about 17 miles. Followed it up with a track workout this morning. It’s my first of four prior to Hawaii. This one was 6×1000 meters @ 2 minute rest (4:10/4:08/4:07/4:22/4:18/4:10).
Very easy spin tonight.
Read MoreShort update on what the plan for this week is
- Monday
- Off
- Tuesday
- AM: Broken Ironman distance swim 300,500,3×1000 @ 15 sec rest – swimming time was mid 53
- PM: Long run – targetting 18 miles in ~2:20 …
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Here’s a breakdown of my training for july:
- Swim
- 41,500 meters
- 12 hours, 12 minutes
- Bike
- 962 miles
- 50 hours, 55 minutes
- Run
- 153 miles (18 planned tonight) …
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