It’s hard to believe that it has been more than a year since the last time I posted on my own blog. Much has happened since the last post, I completed by 8th Ironman race in Cambridge, Maryland in September of 2019 and have since retired from the sport that I spent so much time […]
The Strategy of Ironman training
I remember many years ago, actually quite a few years ago, when I first started competing in athletic events. The first real “target” race was the Run for the Diamonds in 2005, which was a 9-mile run, up a hill, on Thanksgiving Day. One of my old bosses had challenged me to take my running […]
Challenges of the Offseason
It seems like forever now since I completed Ironman Florida back in early November. At this point, I am well into the offseason, and feeling a certain set of challenges that we all as Ironman triathletes feel. Every year I feel the same thing, so I’m quite versed at how to deal with it, but […]
Already looking to next year …
Its been over 2 months since Ironman Louisville on August 25th, and after enjoying a real nice off-season recovery period, its time to start thinking about next year. I’ve selected both of my major races for next year and signed up for one of them. The big race will be the inaugural Challenge Atlantic City […]
A rare mid week video post ….
I’ve been doing way too much typing these days putting posts on my blog, so I went back to the video format and took advantage of my boredom as I drive to work … Well, at least for this post … (I realize that the first frame of the video might make you think I’m […]
Where is that recovery week? … a week in review
I wrote last week about being able to see the recovery week that is coming up on my training log, well, after this week, I’m starting to crave a little stepback in the training time so it can’t get here soon enough. This week I broke my longest training week ever (even surpassing last years […]
How I know its tri training season…
This week was a challenge, just overall I had a bad week in every possible way .. but I managed to get all my training in despite the setbacks, and actually I don’t feel too terrible today after finishing up the week and heading into the recovery day. Its strange, but in observing myself over […]
The week in review
With week three down, I can say that i’m not in quite as much pain as I was last week at this time. I’m certainly thrilled that tomorrow is a recovery day, but I’m still far away from the first recovery week, just halfway there (week 7). Here’s a quick weekly wrap-up: Monday – OFF […]
Spring and bringing it all together
Its definitely a good time to be in training. The weather today and over the next couple days is offering me the first taste of spring and will help to remind me why I started doing this whole exercise thing in the first place so many years ago. I was able to get out today […]
One crazy shopping trip…
I had one crazy trip to get groceries this weekend, I sometimes get tired of people looking at me strange because of the way I eat. I don’t know why its so interesting that 2/3’s of the checkout conveyor is full of vegetables at the store, everything from turnip greens to squash and zucchini to […]