American Triple T 2010
May 26, 20102010 Triple T Race Notes Friday The Triple-T prologue always catches me by surprise, despite my background as a sprinter in college swimming “ I have a difficult time spinning the engine up to the necessary level. Despite a good warm-up prior to the race, this year was no exception. The swim and the bike went well …
Read MoreBenchmarks
Apr 23, 2010This week of training notched back a bit. Partially because of the race this weekend (and associated travel tomorrow), and partly because of going to a concert – but according to plan. Today I’m going to talk about benchmarks. My last post was spurred by a conversation with Matt Amman, today’s is spurred by a side …
Read MoreKeep Going
Apr 15, 2010“Keep going, keep going, keep going until a little something inside you says, ‘keep going'” –Frank Horwill First a brief update on training. Running is progressing well. I never thought 30 minutes @ 9:13 pace would be hard, but it’s getting easier each day. Fortunately, I’m so happy to be running and making progress in …
Read MoreWhile google and other search engines will tell you the answer is 42, I’m not sure. I think the true answer depends on your perspective, but 42 is as good of an answer as any I guess. So why the introspective start to the blog? Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about my blog and what I want to put into it and get out …
Read MoreThe Long Hard Road
Mar 22, 2010That’s a picture of my leg the day I had the hard cast removed back in late January. Not much to post today except for a an update that the 28 day period ending yesterday (3rd “month” of 2010), was the biggest 3rd “month” I’ve done on the bike since the purchase of my powermeter TSS/kJ wise. So that was really exciting …
Read MoreSurprises
Mar 19, 2010The update on my foot from this last Dr. appointment is that the fracture is still not fully healed, but the Dr. believes it to be stable enough to start a progression to full activity. That means walking in tennis shoes, riding normally, and a 2 week or so progression towards running. The next appointment is April 7 – …
Read MoreA new season, new goals, new challenges
Mar 12, 2010Well it’s the middle of March and I’m just getting around to putting the final touches on the season plan. I’ve really delayed doing this because I wanted to focus more on healing my foot – rather than freaking out because it’s not healing fast enough and I’m missing all sorts of training. The good news is, my next Dr. …
Read MoreI just have lots of great ideas
Feb 15, 201056 days post op
Feb 8, 2010Today is day 56 since my surgery. I’ve gone from walking into a surgery center and reading a book prior to surgery, to hobbling out high on Percocet (which didn’t do much for my pain). Since then I’ve progressed from getting around on crutches with a splint, which turned into a hard cast, which is now finally a boot. …
Read MoreTotal Gimp
Dec 22, 2009Can you think of a better way to spend the holidays as a totally helpless gimp? I can, but being a gimp is actually sort of enjoyable. I did a lot of thinking going into my surgery. When I first decided to have a screw put in to hold the fracture together, I planned out a return to activity and was planning to work out …
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