It’s offical: I got sick
Mar 13, 2007Well after spending most of last week successfully avoiding getting sick (while having a great week of training), I got nailed yesterday. I’m not sure if I got it because it was just strong then me, or if my race + super long weekend is what did me in… Regardless, I got sick and as a result my swim today, and my 20 …
Read MoreUpdate: A little overdue
Mar 12, 2007Well it’s been a few days since I’ve posted an update. Things have been good to great on the training front, although I’m still fighting to keep the cold at bay. My bike ride yesterday (more on that in a bit), I think opened me up to it a little more. So I’m definately feeling it a little today, will try and get some …
Read MoreThe plan, faith, and judgement calls
Mar 7, 2007It’s been a tough week so far. Being only the third day of the week, I’ve had some real highs and some real lows. The highs being my run last night – 21 miles in ~2:37; that’s moving. The lows – being the huge amount of fatigue that I’m carrying from last week and earlier in the season is catching up with me. Normally …
Read MoreSome extra sleep
Mar 6, 2007Was supposed to do a swim this morning, but I decided to sleep in this morning, and do the swim tomorrow. I was extremely worn down last night – so I just needed to get some rest. I think it will make for a better run tonight. Yesterday I had a great swim 4,900 SCM – considering my workout on Sunday – I was really …
Read MoreA perfect week!
Mar 5, 2007The week ending March 4th, was a awesome week for me training wise. It topped the scales at a little over 25 hours total volume. Here’s how it broke down: Swim: 13,850 SCM – 4:20 Bike: 237 miles – 13:20 (all on the trainer) Run: 40 miles – 5:32 Strength/Flexibility: 2:09 This was a great confidence …
Read MoreBonking
Mar 1, 2007Had a decent workout last night, and a great swim this morning. Last night I did 2 hours on the trainer followed by a 30 minute run. Both were at a very easy pace – which was good because I had a very hard time elevating my HR, I think I was still pretty tired from Tuesday nights run. I also came pretty close to …
Read MoreLast Day of February
Feb 28, 2007Well it’s crunch time – not for training, but for my website, since tomorrow is a new month, the blog archive feature will kick in, and all of these posts will disappear from the main page and Feburary, 2007 will show up in the archive box to the right – that’s all well and good except I don’t have the archive display …
Read MoreWhy a website?
Feb 26, 2007I was visiting a website today, that of another amatuer triathlete Mark Gingrich, and I remembered a thread on TNO (Trinewbies) a while back, where Mark was hasseled pretty badly for having a nice website, and claiming to be an elite triathlete. While I may or may not consider Mark an elite triathlete (We’d give each …
Read MoreLong swim
Feb 26, 2007Monday is my “recovery day” and my long swim day. I do a 90 minute swim or so and try to get in about 5k SCM in that time. This morning I did two main sets: Main Set #1 4×150 @ 2:15 Main Set #2 2×200 @ 3:00 2×400 @ 6:00 1×800 @ 12:00 2×400 @ 6:00 2×200 @ 3:00 Made for a pretty good …
Read MoreCrank choice
Feb 26, 2007About a month ago I made the decision to go ahead with my training and race Ironman Arizona on my powercranks. In the back of my mind a small amount of doubt over this decision has crept in – some of it related to “Am I faster on them”, “Can I ride 112 miles strongly on them”, “Can I ride 112 miles in aero?”, etc. As I …
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