Well, after 2 weeks of family being here, I'm finally getting back on my training schedule. I did exercise during the hiatus, just not with 'purpose'. On Tues I went to REI in Denver to see Sally Edwards speak. She's won several Ironman Triathlons and helps athletes learn how to train better. She asked how …
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Being the fair weather rider that I am, I opted to ride inside today, 1 solid hour, on the LeMond bike. Let me start by saying... BORING. Let me end by saying... BORING. However, I did get a good workout in. I did little mini-sets of pushing the heart rate anaerobically for about 1 minute, …
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Today's workout = Swim: 3 x 10 minutes constant, even swimming freestyle the whole way, 1 min rest between sets Run: Immediately out of the pool, run 30 minutes even, steady run. Given the weather outside today, I ran on the inside track (fun! springy!), but the damn track is small so of course my …
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My 4pm workout (moved from lunchtime due to a very long conference call) was supposed to be: Swim - 3x10 minutes of continuous swimming with 60 seconds rest between sets. Trying to swim farther each set Run - 20-30 minutes easy jog Ahh, but when I showed up at the gym, I discovered the pool …
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Thursday's training regimen - Swimming Warm-up: 8x50m swim, progressively faster Main: 7x100 with 30 seconds rest between Note - I did the first 2 with 30 seconds rest in between, then moved to 40 seconds rest. I also did set #4 as a kick set for a rest, it was kicking my BUTT! Cool-down: 3x100m …
I got on my bike for the first time all season today. I didn't want it to be a long ride, just to get my ass used to the saddle again and explore a little bit about our new neighborhood (Vista Ridge, Erie). Let me say that while my crotch is sore for not-fun reasons, …
I have 2 friends that have talked me into doing the Danksin Triathlon coming up in June in Colorado. I'm in pretty decent shape, I'm in the gym every day, I lift once a week and usually spin or run the other 4 days a week. If the weather is nice, I hike or run …
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