My Ankles are a bit bruised!
Aug 22, 2007Did my track workout last night – 2k warmup, 8×1000 at Vdot Threshold and interval pace. For the purposes of this workout I estimated my Vdot as 56 based on this chart – based on my IM run and my HIM run I am between a 55 and 56. Being the over-achiever I used 56. So the plan called for 4×1000 on 3:53 on 6:15 total …
Read MoreOpps!
Aug 20, 2007Well the swim didn’t go as planned tonight. Got to the Y only to discover my goggles weren’t in my swim bag – I had left them in the bag I took to the Tri yesterday. I flopped around for a little while and got a nice easy recovery workout and blurry vision! Maybe I needed it!
Read MoreRandom Stuff
Aug 20, 2007A few varied things to talk about – first is vistors, I’m surprised by the number of people who have visited my website – some quick stats (since launch) 1,632 distinct vistors Biggest Month – June – 460 Smallest Month – January – 16 10,000 pageviews Biggest Month – June – 2106 …
Read MoreRest Week!
Aug 8, 2007This week is a rest week – so no crazy training exploits to brag about. Just a realization of how tired I actually am. I almost feel more worn out then I did on Sunday. Last weekend was a very solid training weekend. On Saturday I rode the IMWI course. It was my fastest ride ever on the course (5:24), it wasn’t quite …
Read MoreTough double
Aug 1, 2007Was really hot last night, only put in about 17 miles. Followed it up with a track workout this morning. It’s my first of four prior to Hawaii. This one was 6×1000 meters @ 2 minute rest (4:10/4:08/4:07/4:22/4:18/4:10). Very easy spin tonight.
Read MoreOn the burner
Jul 31, 2007Short update on what the plan for this week is Monday Off Tuesday AM: Broken Ironman distance swim 300,500,3×1000 @ 15 sec rest – swimming time was mid 53 PM: Long run – targetting 18 miles in ~2:20 Wednesday AM: Track workout (1st of 4 before HI) 4×1200 @ 10kish pace PM: Easy bike Thursday …
Read MoreJuly in Review
Jul 31, 2007Here’s a breakdown of my training for july: Swim 41,500 meters 12 hours, 12 minutes Bike 962 miles 50 hours, 55 minutes Run 153 miles (18 planned tonight) 19 hours, 17 minutes (2:20 tonight) Both the bike and the run are my largest volume (distance) 4 weeks of the year, with biking being the biggest timewise by about …
Read MoreSpirit of Racine 2007
Jul 31, 2007Extremely short race report for this one – in the end it was a very solid day. It fellshort of what I had hoped for, but how can you complain when you turn in a time that is a minute off your time from last year and you had an aweful run? No complaints – just a reminder to work on my run. The day started off with my …
Read MoreWeekly update
Jul 26, 2007Got a fair amount to write about today. I had a Dr. appointment yesterday concerning my breathing issues – he felt that it was a minor exercise induced asthma caused due to seasonal allergies. He told me to try taking a claritan everyday and prescribed an inhaler to use prior to workouts. So I figure I’m going to go on …
Read MoreThe Test
Jul 18, 2007Well this is it. The test. I’ve sent that last few weeks rebuilding my fitness after my training downshift after Arizona. How will Racine go? Will I blow away my previous PR, or will I just blow up? After this past weekend I’m pretty confident in my fitness, I did two IM distance rides – one pretty casual and then a …
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