Ironman Wisconsin 2006
Nov 26, 2008Going into this race, I wasn
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Nov 25, 2008Thanksgiving is here, and that means Turkey Trots are set to happen all over the country. I patronize one in Kenosha, WI. This year will be the 4th time I’ll be doing it. I enjoy the race because it’s a fun course, it’s a good opportunity to trash talk with my brother-in-law, it justifies overeating at Thanksgiving …
Read MoreLake Mills 2007
Nov 8, 2008Lake Mills is the only sprint I have done that I particularly enjoy. I’m not sure what I like about it, but compared to say the Pewaukee Triathlon the distance and intensity don’t seem to make me as unhappy during the race. Since this aa short and sweet race I use this race as a bit of a speed workout, and as a fitness …
Read MoreRockman Triathlon 2007
Nov 8, 2008Pre-Race: I got down to Rockford early on Saturday to check out some of the course and to save myself the drive on Sunday. When Mary and I got there we were fairly impressed with the location of the event. The lake for the swim was nice, if not a bit weedy, but nice. Mary had to do her long bike ride on Saturday so we …
Read MoreClimbing the ladder
Nov 7, 2008Well I’ve done both my bike baseline FTP test and Run test for the EN plan. Run wise I was 20:22 for a 5k, and 263 for the bike FTP. That puts me down about 17% and 12% respectively from what I estimated myself to be at going into IMWI. My goal for the long run of this 16 weeks is to run a low 17 5k, and a 330+ FTP.
Read MoreNo where to go but up
Nov 5, 2008So tonight was the first day of the Endurance Nation outseason training plan. I did it with Mary, Matt, Adrienne, and Chris. I think we all enjoyed it alot; Chris is a monster he put down something like 315 watts. The picture above describes it perfectly – train wreck. I did 2×20 minutes on 2 minutes rest to get a …
Read MoreHow long can you focus?
Oct 27, 2008Here’s a blog post on Endurance Nation that is highly reccomended. Key take aways: Break your season into manageable chunks. Don’t expect to be able to focus for a REALLY long time. In November, you aren’t training for a race in September – you’re training to train for that race, or for other fun things before the …
Read MoreNothing to do in Chicago
Oct 22, 2008This week I am in Chicago for a VMware training for work. I had intended to come down and do some running each day – unfortunately a cold/sinus infection caught up with me not long after getting here. So thus far I have not done much running. The training class itself has been quite insightful and good for work, but …
Read MoreRace reports
Oct 15, 2008I added back the portion of my old site for race reports and links so as to not make google to mad. As I fix the links in blogs and else where and set up healthy redirects I’ll banish them again!
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