Like a glove
Mar 4, 2009A new piece of gear arrived today. It fits great. Just by feel of the material compared to my current wetsuit (4 year old IM Instinct) – I can tell that its way faster and after trying it on – it’s a great fit. That said – I can tell the warnings the provide about the Vendetta being a little …
Read MoreOne week at a time
Mar 2, 2009For the next few weeks, I’m hoping to focus my training one week at time. I’m hoping that keeping the focus on short time periods will help me get back into a strong rhythm. I started this week off with a 1,000 SCM time trial this morning. It went well. I passed through 500m in 6:45 (1:21/100m), and pulled up at 950 in …
Read MoreTime is running out
Feb 27, 2009It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted an update. From a pure triathlon perspective – things haven’t been going as well as planned. Raw strength wise (FTP + VDOT) I am in pretty good shape. My FTP is within a decent range of the estimate pre-IMWI, and the VDOT isn’t great, but it’s not embarrassing. Fitness wise …
Read MoreBreak Even
Feb 2, 2009My FTP seems to be about back to pre-IMWI levels. I participated in the Team Time Trial Relay at the Great Lakes Multisport Expo this past weekend. I was rider #5 on the team, and rode an hour on a flat course. My average power for the hour was 298! I was shocked. Every thing from here is building onto the engine – if …
Read MoreThat wasn’t so bad
Jan 5, 2009Knocked back a solid series of training last week. Tuesday: Lazy day off Wednesday: 5k Race – 18:56 (official) Thursday AM: 3k swim PM: 1 hour bike w/ 2×12 minutes @ FTP Friday AM: 2.5k swim PM: 8.5 mile run w/ 3×1.5 miles @ 10k pace Saturday Brick: 1 hour bike (2×12 min @ FTP) + 30 minute run Sunday 1 hour bike (3×12 …
Read MoreWhat I want for my birthday
Jan 2, 2009I saw this on slowtwitch.
Read MoreFaking it
Jan 2, 2009Things are going well. The last 3 months or so has been an interesting stretch of training. Lots of false starts, zero’s, sleeping in and the like. It’s probably been the longest period of low fitness activity since the 4×100 freestyle relay at conference my senior year of college. To top it off, I …
Read MoreDecember
Dec 2, 2008Well it’s December now, wow! A month ago I attempted to start the Endurance Nation Out season plan, but that did go very well. My motivation to train in November was pretty low. I’m hitting December as a fresh start and with a new attitude (I hope!) I’m thinking about restarting the Endurance Nation plan 2 weeks from …
Read MoreSpirit of Racine 2006
Nov 26, 2008Pre-Race: 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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