• Spirit of Racine 2006

    calendar Nov 26, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    I was extremely nervous going into this race. I was haunted by my experience at Racine last year, where even though I finished, I quit. I was also quite nervous about this race in terms of performance, not in terms of meeting a goal time, but in terms of the fear that my Half at Appleton was a one hit wonder …
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  • Ironman Wisconsin 2006

    calendar Nov 26, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    Going into this race, I wasn
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  • Peaking vs. Always Fast

    calendar Nov 25, 2008 · 4 min read  ·
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    Thanksgiving is here, and that means Turkey Trots are set to happen all over the country.  I patronize one in Kenosha, WI.  This year will be the 4th time I’ll be doing it.  I enjoy the race because it’s a fun course, it’s a good opportunity to trash talk with my brother-in-law, it justifies overeating at …


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  • Lake Mills 2007

    calendar Nov 8, 2008 · 6 min read  ·
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    Lake Mills is the only sprint I have done that I particularly enjoy. I’m not sure what I like about it, but compared to say the Pewaukee Triathlon the distance and intensity don’t seem to make me as unhappy during the race. Since this aa short and sweet race I use this race as a bit of a speed workout, and as a fitness …
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  • Rockman Triathlon 2007

    calendar Nov 8, 2008 · 8 min read  ·
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    I got down to Rockford early on Saturday to check out some of the course and to save myself the drive on Sunday.  When Mary and I got there we were fairly impressed with the location of the event.  The lake for the swim was nice, if not a bit weedy, but nice.  Mary had to do her long bike ride on Saturday so …
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  • Climbing the ladder

    calendar Nov 7, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    Well I’ve done both my bike baseline FTP test and Run test for the EN plan.  Run wise I was 20:22 for a 5k, and 263 for the bike FTP.

    That puts me down about 17% and 12% respectively from what I estimated myself to be at going into IMWI.  My goal for the long run of this 16 weeks is to run a low 17 5k, and a 330+ FTP. …


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  • No where to go but up

    calendar Nov 5, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    So tonight was the first day of the Endurance Nation outseason training plan.  I did it with Mary, Matt, Adrienne, and Chris.  I think we all enjoyed it alot; Chris is a monster he put down something like 315 watts.  The picture above describes it perfectly – train wreck.  I did 2×20 minutes on 2 minutes rest to …


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  • Too busy…

    calendar Nov 2, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    After 10 minutes of clicking refresh and attempting to login to active to register for Ironman Florida – I met with sucess.  I’m in!


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  • How long can you focus?

    calendar Oct 27, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    Here’s a blog post on Endurance Nation that is highly reccomended.  Key take aways:

    • Break your season into manageable chunks.
    • Don’t expect to be able to focus for a REALLY long time.
    • In November, you aren’t training for a race in September – you’re training to train for that race, or for other fun things before the …

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  • Nothing to do in Chicago

    calendar Oct 22, 2008 · 1 min read  ·
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    This week I am in Chicago for a VMware training for work. I had intended to come down and do some running each day – unfortunately a cold/sinus infection caught up with me not long after getting here. So thus far I have not done much running.

    The training class itself has been quite insightful and good for work, but …


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