Who better to analyze myself but me, right? So the results of Saturdays tri were posted, which gave me the opportunity to figure out what I need to do better next time. Overall, I finished 398 out of 594 with a 1:47 time, which for my first tri, I guess isn’t too bad. In looking […]
GTN triathlon post race report
I haven’t been good at writing in my blog in recent weeks, but I couldn’t go without writing a post race report for the Got the Nerve? triathlon.. I guess to sum it up in a few words? I did it! I headed out to Mt Gretna early in the afternoon on Friday to get […]
The final stretch …
I finished off my last hard week of training last week before a step-back week with the St Lukes Hospice 25-mile bike ride on Saturday 4/2, which I had written about being nervous about competing in. It turned out to be a piece of cake, I felt like a pro out there with the other […]
soreness is bliss ..
I can’t say that my body is feeling any better after a recovery week, but the way I built my training plan, I guess I couldn’t expect to feel too rested. I don’t have another recovery week until the week of the Doylestown duathlon on April 9th, which is in just 5 short weeks, so […]
Slowly getting there
Its kind of a good thing that this is a recovery week coming up, because over the past 4 weeks of triathlon training I’ve pushed myself to all kinds of new limits. For instance, this past week, i had yet another high in the training minutes peaking at 545 minutes. The big difference over the […]
the weight question …
I would have thought that through all the hours of hard training for my races that dropping some pounds would be a no brainer, but it doesn’t seem to be that easy. I’ve actually put on 6 pounds over the last 5 weeks which takes me to the most i’ve weighed in over 4 years, […]
weekly wrap-up ..
Spring fever hit this week with the 50 and 60 degree temperatures, but as can be expected in February in the northeast, its going back to being cold again pretty quick. I can feel myself starting to get tired from all the training time this week, but I do feel much stronger with every workout […]
Its official now …
I’ve talked for months now about doing my first triathlon in 2011, and I’ve finally committed myself to it. Yup, plunked down the cash and registered for the “Got the Nerve” sprint triathlon on May 21, 2011. I’m not sure exactly what it was that made me hold off, but I have a good idea […]
had a good week …
I’d have to say that so far, this has been the best week of conditioning/base training i’ve had since I started back in mid-November. I guess its because I can feel myself getting stronger and better at the different things i’m doing, plus I think I have a pretty good mix of things that i’m […]
A sore week …
The week has been a rough one so far, I started out the week by straining an abdominal muscle while doing pull-ups during boot camp on Monday morning. I kind of felt a little pain in the same spot last Saturday when I was doing my interval work, but it went away so I thought […]