This weekend I had intended to do a repeat of last weeks IM Race sim, however it didn’t quite workout that way.  At somepoint during the week I decided to do the Camp Whitcomb/Mason Triathlon (“500m” Swim/22 mile Bike/5k run) on Sunday with the Race Sim workout on Saturday.

I thought it was a good idea to sign up for …

Last week was a pretty decent week of training – aside from slacking on Sunday (0) by deciding to switch those workouts to today.  But I did go watch the Bradford Beach Triathlon and the WORS race at Crystal Ridge.

I was fairly impressed by the Bradford Beach Triathlon – it seemed to be pretty well organized, which was …

How about a little of both?

As I mentioned in the race report for Tri-ing for Childrens, I had a pretty satisfactory race.  Strong swim, decent bike, and weak run.  Yesterday after the race I rode home from the race and pondered the question – Why did I run not much faster today than I did last weekend at SORT? …

The goal for this race was simple and straight forward – crack two hours, with a secret goal of winning the race.  I knew that winning would be a tall order as there were a bunch of speedy guys entered.

My game plan was to swim HARD and put as much pavement between myself and the fast runners in the race (Joe Kurian, …

The picture today is a shot from probably the most epic stage in cyling history.  It’s a gentle reminder to myself that success comes from working hard – even if it doesn’t seem like fun – especially because when you look back – it might have been fun.  However, it needs to be tempered with working easy.

Racine …

The goal for SORT was to simply have a great race.  Going into the race the intention was:

Bike:
0-20′ EZ, use PM to stay easy
20′- 65/70′ 240-250 Real Time
65/70′-End “ 250-260 Real Time

Run:
First loop: Target 44 minutes (avoid last years mistake)
Second loop: Faster than first

Swim: 21:32
4th OA

I started out at a …

I’m working on my race report for SORT yesterday.  Long story short it was a good race.  I was the first person out of the water – hopefully somebody got a good picture of me in my Gear Grinder kit!  Swim was short, but fast.

The bike went really well I averaged 252 (257 NP) on the bike.  Higher than my average power …

Shannon and gang
I wanted to offer you a few pieces of feedback from today’s SORT race.

First off I am a huge fan of your races. I have done SORT 5 times now, and have done the TTT 4 times, and plan to do it a 5th next year. Up until this year I considered SORT to be equal to or only slightly behind Ironman races in …