• Change

    calendar Apr 25, 2011 · 2 min read  ·
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    It’s certainly been a while since I posted.  Reasons for the long gap include, but are not limited to

    • Laziness (for writing)
    • Disillusion with triathlon
    • Craziness in life
    • Even more craziness in life

    Fortunately – even though I haven’t posted much I’ve been training consistently and am in a pretty good place. …


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  • QFT

    calendar Mar 15, 2011 · 1 min read  ·
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    I bet most people have no desire to do the work they need to get the job done, it’s not that they can’t do it, it’s that they don’t want to.  –pokey from ST
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  • The Way

    calendar Feb 21, 2011 · 1 min read  ·
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    Despite what we have been lead to believe, the devil is NOT in the details.

    The devil is the details, and the devil is very distracting and seductive.

    Focus on the forest as a whole.  If you find yourself focusing on any specific tree, catch your self and go for a walk.


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  • A self reminder

    calendar Feb 7, 2011 · 1 min read  ·
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    A breakthrough is the result of training spent using the following ratios as guidelines:

    30% work

    70% rest


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  • General Prep

    calendar Jan 19, 2011 · 11 min read  ·
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    Over the past couple of months I have written a series of posts where I shared my method of planning out a triathlon season.  Today’s will take another step down the rabbit hole and provide some insight on my thoughts on the general preparation period for an Ironman, a follow-up to this article will be my thoughts on …
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  • Call for Topics

    calendar Jan 3, 2011 · 1 min read  ·
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    So 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 …


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  • The why of the how

    calendar Dec 16, 2010 · 2 min read  ·
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    Last week I posted what I consider to be the last step in planning out your season.  I then realized that while I laid out *my* season plan, I didn’t go a lot into my thought process behind it.

    An athletic season can be thought of as a project with defined time-lines. It has an outcome: perhaps winning a race, …


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  • A short follow-up

    calendar Dec 9, 2010 · 1 min read  ·
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    As 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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  • The Next Level

    calendar Dec 8, 2010 · 4 min read  ·
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    Well it’s now December.  You’ve sat down with your “coach” and performed a review of your season, your upcoming season, evaluated strengths and weaknesses (physical and mental).

    So now what?  You’ve asked some hard questions, given some honest answers, and heard some honest answers – how do you take that information …


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  • 192

    calendar Nov 30, 2010 · 1 min read  ·
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    192.  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!


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