Well 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 …
Read More- I still feel pretty tired even after taking a fairly easy week last week – I'm really struggling with my breathing during training. I feel like I'm getting winded fairly easily and just not getting enough O2 – which is a pretty big demotivator from pushing hard. But I'm doing the best I can, if things don't seem to …
Read More - For the first time in quite a while I'm pretty shelled from a training point of view – I had a fantastic week of training last week, and I'm really seeing the "results" of that training. I'm tired. I haven't been this tired in a while. As a result I've made a concerted effort to slow down this week and …
Read More - Had some good training recently and some bad training. I had two great rides over the weekend. I topped the weekend off with a 94 mile ride @ 20.6 mph, followed by a 6 mile run @ 6:45 mpm – crazy fast. A bit scary that I'm riding so well in July with my target race in October – but it indicates good things for …
Read More I have been searching and searching for an article by Gordo Byrn on a two year plan for “elite” base training, and what it takes to place well in Kona. I even sent Gordo an email about it and he and his webguy was convinced it was lost, but through the miracle of the internet I found it!!!!
Read More- The High Cliff Half Ironman race was the final race of my busy month of June (4 races in 5 weeks, 3 of which were Half Ironmans). Going into this race I had some private doubts about my fitness and conditioning, along with the amount of fatique I had from racing so much. Earlier in the week there was a part of me …
Read More - This week is the first week of my training cycle for Kona. I’ve spent the last 8 weeks or so with my training in a holding pattern. I’ve done a few hard races – but I’ve really been limiting my training to the 15ish hour or so range since IMAZ, with the first two weeks pretty much off. I’m very fit, but not “sharp”. …
Read More …When I say something is important, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s linked to my personal happiness and satisfaction. Rather, it means that I am elevating its position in my life because, I believe, that the goal will help me be the type of person I want to be.
-Gordo Byrn
Read MoreHere are my training goals for the 4 week span between June 25th and July 21st
- Swim: 60,000meters
- Bike: 1,000 miles
- Run: 175 miles
These miles will all be “slow” base miles, mostly in Zone 2. The intention is to provide a huge aerobic overload at the beginning of my training cycle for …
Read MoreI learned a very important lessen this last week. A couple of them actually. Actually it's not that I learned a lessen, it's more that the value of the a few basic concepts was simply reinforced.
The race I did last weekend, the inaugural Rockman Triathlon, was put on by a member of an internet forum I participate …
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