Call for Topics
Jan 3, 2011So the last few weeks have seen me getting into a mood for writing, but after couple of posts talking about my view on season planning, I’m sort of drawing a blank on what to write about. If there’s any subject (triathlon/athletics training/philosopy related only please) that you’d like to get *my* opinion on, leave a …
Read MoreA short follow-up
Dec 9, 2010As I reread my post from earlier today – I realized that while I provided the example of my season plan and gave a little insight into the process of taking my suggested questions, answers and goals and transforming it into a season plan – I basically provided my current plan as an example, and didn’t do a good job of …
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Nov 30, 2010192. That’s how many zero’s I’ve logged since January 1st, 2008. That’s nearly 17% – assuming I don’t log any more between now and the end of the year. That’s almost 5 days a month. I can’t say if that’s good or bad, since I’ve never really looked at it before – just surprised at how many of them there are!
Read MoreReal Men of BAMFness: Jordan Rapp
Nov 22, 20108 months ago he was in a hospital lucky to be alive. Yesterday he was 4th at Ironman Arizona. Jordan, you are a BAMF! Thanks to DJ Hanson for the pic.
Read MoreRunaway Expectations
Oct 15, 2010A great race is a mixed blessing for me. The motivational benefit, the emotional high, and all the other intangible positives from a great race are an incredible reward for all the hard work done leading up to the race. Unfortunately, there is a dark side to all those positive benefits – it’s easy for your expectations …
Read MorePowertap Computer Issues
Oct 5, 2010I have no idea what the true reader base of my blog is or how “powerful” it is. I know I get about 50 unique visitors per day, so I thought I would the word about an issue I’ve been having with my Cycleops Cervo computer – aka Little Yellow Computer (LYC). Mine is running firmware 7.6, and while on the bike all the …
Read MoreJens Voigt would be jealous
Oct 4, 2010My wife kicked some serious ass yesterday. She PR’d by a huge 14 minutes yesterday at the Lakefront Marathon – and I was thrilled to be running with her every step of the way. Not only that but she ran fast enough to qualify for Boston should she want to do that!!!
Read More2010 in review
Oct 4, 2010 Year in ReviewIf I had to sum 2010 up with a single sentence I think the only one that would be appropriate would be “Wow, what a ride.” In 2010, I had periods of time in which I was both the least fit and most fit of any other time period over the last 6 or 7 years. In 2010, I both rediscovered the true joy that I experience while …
Read MoreOne more weekend of racing
Sep 27, 2010With J-hawk in the books – I have one more weekend of racing before I can really relax. That’s not really true – I’ve been relaxing pretty good already. The weeks since Ironman have been filled with pretty easy workouts. A few 30 minute swims that are glorfied warmups, short bike rides, short runs – basically just …
Read MoreRespect
Sep 20, 2010The Cheq 40 was a lot harder than I expected. Even discounting the difference in bike handling skills required – which I picked up on the fly – the aerobic conditioning “skills” required to excel at mountain bike racing are quite a bit different than what is required to succeed at Ironman. I realized that I owe MTB …
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