With each new year we have the opportunity to reflect on the previous year and what we’ve accomplished. This is so much more important as an athlete who is continuing to aspire to greater things in future years. I love how Strava gives its users a unique snapshot of the training year in review. It’s […]
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 […]
My zones are set for now
I wrote earlier in the week that I finished up my FTP testing for the bike, and on Friday and then Saturday, I finished up setting my zones for the swim and for the run. The goal in the short term is to just maintain where I am but continue to take it easy and […]
Bike FTP testing completed…
It’s been an up and down kind of week for training, as of my last post here, I was moving forward with an automated training program called TriDot. I’ve since been turned off a bit to it as I read many of the reviews on it (not terribly positive) and I feel like its missing […]
Training summary and NO, I don’t have an eating disorder…
I didn’t get a chance to post anything in the past week due to being extremely busy, but I made sure to carve out some time to write today. I’ve done 2 warm-up weeks, then finished 5 weeks of base training already, with just 6 weeks of base until I formally start the build phase. […]
Finally hit the goal …. what a week …
I was able to wrap up the longest training week I’ve had since the summer with some positive news. U finally met my weight loss goal of 180 pounds. Unfortunately I don’t think the weight loss is quite enough, so I’m going to keep it going for another 5 pounds or so. I weighed in […]
The reasons I hate training at the gym
I generally find myself doing my training either outside, or in my own “pain cave” in my basement, except of course to swim which I can’t do at home. So yes, I pay a monthly gym fee to use the pool almost exclusively. But today, that changed…. with the snow yesterday, and the high cold […]
Long workouts, the weather and good eating …
So today was my first real “longer day” from a workout perspective. I still have been unable to get outside on the bike since early December due to the cold and now the SNOW. Ugh, its depressing. Regardless, I had my first chance to test my diet with a longer 2+ hour workout, and so […]
Week 3 begins ….
The new format for the blog seems to work well, thanks to those who had emailed me with their comments on it. Nevertheless, here is my update: – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Week one training summary
So in keeping with my commitment to document this journey to being an Ironman, here is this weeks video post on YouTube… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnZeinqmzOE&w=560&h=315] For anyone interested in my training program, its a variation of a few different programs put together and does show actual time trained. if you have Google Drive, here is the […]