Oh man what a morning! 3100 yards in the pool, then come home, sun is shining, earth is still, so I head out on the bike for some hill repeats ( 1.5 hrs)....but Colorado had that god forsaken wind held in its back pocket to surprise all unwary travelers, so I had the unfortunate fortune to become one of these, battling against an unmerciful force seemingly bent on knocking me off my pretty titanium perch. Anyways the unpredictability of all this is half the fun, one must keep the perspective that adverse conditions will only make one stronger, or it will make you hate being outside in general, but lets hope it reinforces the former...
moral of the story, when one choses a path, see that path through even though you have no idea where it may lead or when it will end, it could go on forever, but it's the journey that counts anyway, not the destination, although at the "end" of some destinations there is a cold beer and a cheeseburger and good family and friends waiting for you, but is that really that the end of your trip, for some so called endings are just beginnings ?...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Brick
Just finished brick workout. 2 hrs on bike (inside) and then a 30 minute run (outside) in what can only be described as viciously gusty winds, it's just a test of will as soon as you get out there...
On a general note: this blog is merely one man's humble scribblings and opinions of daily existence using the scope and realm of his knowledge. It's just the world as I live it, see it, and hope for it to be. I will not acquiesce to profundity, absurdity, or hilarity on things which I have no personal experience or relation to.
On a general note: this blog is merely one man's humble scribblings and opinions of daily existence using the scope and realm of his knowledge. It's just the world as I live it, see it, and hope for it to be. I will not acquiesce to profundity, absurdity, or hilarity on things which I have no personal experience or relation to.
What is Triathlon, Part III: Olympic distance
If the sprint distance is the triathlon for "everyone and their mother", then the Olympic distance triathlon is for "everyone"!
This distance tests one speed stamina, whereas a sprint just tests speed, and it tends to attract the best "pure athletes" since much glamour and prestige surrounds this distance since it is the Olympic, as in the Olympics, distance so gets recognized on the international stage. At no other distance races will one see the full spectrum of athlete, from the best in the world to the working person who has 4-8 hours a week to train, maybe less, who's goal is to finish. From the young 16 year old kid to the 70 year old grandparent (rare, but i've seen it!) racing for the first or eight hundreth time.
Completing an almost 1 mile swim, 30 mile bike ride and 6.2 mile run is the perfect physical challenge that is very attainable with smart, minimal training, and involves some mental strength to keep pushing a high pace as long as one can.
The long and short, for most of us is to have fun, and the Olympic distance provides an arena that is enjoyable while pushing the physical limits a little further than the sprint distance.
This distance tests one speed stamina, whereas a sprint just tests speed, and it tends to attract the best "pure athletes" since much glamour and prestige surrounds this distance since it is the Olympic, as in the Olympics, distance so gets recognized on the international stage. At no other distance races will one see the full spectrum of athlete, from the best in the world to the working person who has 4-8 hours a week to train, maybe less, who's goal is to finish. From the young 16 year old kid to the 70 year old grandparent (rare, but i've seen it!) racing for the first or eight hundreth time.
Completing an almost 1 mile swim, 30 mile bike ride and 6.2 mile run is the perfect physical challenge that is very attainable with smart, minimal training, and involves some mental strength to keep pushing a high pace as long as one can.
The long and short, for most of us is to have fun, and the Olympic distance provides an arena that is enjoyable while pushing the physical limits a little further than the sprint distance.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
wednesday
Another tough day...but it's amazing how quickly the body adapts to new levels of stress, although the landscaping work has been fairly mellow, it's my wife having to deal with a sink full of dishes after work while i'm out running that doesn't adapt so well (no, no, i'm kidding...sort of...)!
3100 yards in pool, work, and then 58 min run with 38 at threshold intensity, which for me, is the fastest pace I could theoretically hold for an hour or so...
I also want to address what has been termed "a bitterness" about money and triathlon. Yes, it is my choice to train 20-25 hours a week, no one is forcing me to do that. I just wanted to lay out in a creative manner what I deem to be a pitfall of the sport, and to use my own experiences as a cautionary tale. There are always ways to make things work out if you really want them to. Like anything else in life, there is good, and there is bad, you just take advantage of the good and learn from the bad.
I am a firm believer that where you are and what you are doing is exactly how it's supposed to be and couldn't have happened any other way, and if you are always moving in a positive direction in your mind than that will manifest itself outside of your mind in the real physical world.
Brick ( bike/run) tomorrow, hoping for no wind, although it is colorado in february so we'll see...
3100 yards in pool, work, and then 58 min run with 38 at threshold intensity, which for me, is the fastest pace I could theoretically hold for an hour or so...
I also want to address what has been termed "a bitterness" about money and triathlon. Yes, it is my choice to train 20-25 hours a week, no one is forcing me to do that. I just wanted to lay out in a creative manner what I deem to be a pitfall of the sport, and to use my own experiences as a cautionary tale. There are always ways to make things work out if you really want them to. Like anything else in life, there is good, and there is bad, you just take advantage of the good and learn from the bad.
I am a firm believer that where you are and what you are doing is exactly how it's supposed to be and couldn't have happened any other way, and if you are always moving in a positive direction in your mind than that will manifest itself outside of your mind in the real physical world.
Brick ( bike/run) tomorrow, hoping for no wind, although it is colorado in february so we'll see...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
first day of real work
Alright, so all this training and blogging and fundraising is all well and good but show me some work you get paid for young man.
Well today was the day, a little glimpse into the future...With 65 degree weather here in Boulder it was back to landscaping today, so swim this morning, then work, then bike after work, dinner, write on blog, sleep...Man, I am going to be tired in eight months when the snow arrives again...
Well today was the day, a little glimpse into the future...With 65 degree weather here in Boulder it was back to landscaping today, so swim this morning, then work, then bike after work, dinner, write on blog, sleep...Man, I am going to be tired in eight months when the snow arrives again...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Part II: What is Triathlon?
I am still a little dizzy from my blog outburst last night so I wanted to add something a little more informative instead of mere literary indulgence...
Triathlon is a sport consisting of a swim, a bike, and a run usually in that order and following one another immediately. Triathlon races are of varying lengths and difficulty, i will outline the most commonly seen and used distances, although they may vary, especially the sprint distance, from race to race:
Triathlon is a sport consisting of a swim, a bike, and a run usually in that order and following one another immediately. Triathlon races are of varying lengths and difficulty, i will outline the most commonly seen and used distances, although they may vary, especially the sprint distance, from race to race:
- Sprint Distance- 1/4-1/2 mile swim, 15-17 mile bike, 3.1 mile run
- Olympic Distance- .93 mile swim, 28-30 mile bike, 6.2 mile run
- Half-Ironman- 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run
- Ironman- 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run
The Sprint Distance triathlon is the most achieveable for anyone looking to try the sport out and/or have some fun as it involves usually a small time and money commitment, and is most enjoyable, at least for me, for the pure adrenaline rush that distance provides.
Since I do not want to "shoot all my bullets" in one posting, I will profile the other distances and my thoughts on them in future blurbs...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
PART 1: what is triathlon?
At the behest or request of my blog manager, lone subscriber and reader not to mention lone father of mine, I am starting a series called "what is triathlon?" as I have come to realize that those not living in Boulder, CO may be completely oblivious to this sport and all its various subtleties, complexities, and vagaries...
OK, so what is triathlon?
Let me start by saying that triathlon is a siren, a harpie, a gypsy, a devilish woman who enchants, frustrates, fascinates, inebriates, and absorbs you, taking away your ability to function without her while slowly revealing all her cruel tendencies, creating a body that needs what its conscience and more importantly its wallet can't ascribe to! I know this may seem harsh, even bitter, but what the reader must understand is I am a poor man and this could be the only logical conclusion for those, like me, who don't aspire to $100,000 a year jobs in advertising, (and don't have the background for it anyway) but for whom life still must have a purpose and a meaning.
In short (for I feel I could go on a write a novella on this philosophical slant), triathlon is a sport that requires considerable "resources", both in time and money, money being the more important of the two since money can always buy time but the reverse cannot always said to be true. If you, poor reader, have fell as far as I have, you are probably eating a bowl of Rammen noodles in the dark with the heat turned down, freezing your ass off to save precious coins for your next bike tune up, gear purchase, nutrition need, gym membership, race fee, bus ticket, plane ticket, travel bike case, new pair of running shoes, new bike shorts and socks ( since most you own have holes in them!), etc, etc, etc.... The good thing about this situation is you learn how to be resourceful and make the most of what you have even if it means running and biking barefoot in see through tri-shorts with a hole in the crotch...
Since this is only part one I will end this now. Triathlon is for those extreme talents who discover the sport at a young age and continue with the sport and become pros, and for old middle aged people with too much money to burn and no idea what to do with it. My advice for all of you in between is to give your extra money to charity before you get hooked in to deep, and end up like me, considering compromising my principles to make money to support my "habit".
For me, triathlon is a great way to find purpose both physically and spiritually, but the eventual reward may have to great a dollar price, and that's the greatest shame of a sport I have come to love. I do not say this for pity or as a cry for help but just as a way to illustrate that triathlon really is an elitist sport sort of like skiing that not everyone should, could or would aspire to taking part in, a cautionary tale...
OK, so what is triathlon?
Let me start by saying that triathlon is a siren, a harpie, a gypsy, a devilish woman who enchants, frustrates, fascinates, inebriates, and absorbs you, taking away your ability to function without her while slowly revealing all her cruel tendencies, creating a body that needs what its conscience and more importantly its wallet can't ascribe to! I know this may seem harsh, even bitter, but what the reader must understand is I am a poor man and this could be the only logical conclusion for those, like me, who don't aspire to $100,000 a year jobs in advertising, (and don't have the background for it anyway) but for whom life still must have a purpose and a meaning.
In short (for I feel I could go on a write a novella on this philosophical slant), triathlon is a sport that requires considerable "resources", both in time and money, money being the more important of the two since money can always buy time but the reverse cannot always said to be true. If you, poor reader, have fell as far as I have, you are probably eating a bowl of Rammen noodles in the dark with the heat turned down, freezing your ass off to save precious coins for your next bike tune up, gear purchase, nutrition need, gym membership, race fee, bus ticket, plane ticket, travel bike case, new pair of running shoes, new bike shorts and socks ( since most you own have holes in them!), etc, etc, etc.... The good thing about this situation is you learn how to be resourceful and make the most of what you have even if it means running and biking barefoot in see through tri-shorts with a hole in the crotch...
Since this is only part one I will end this now. Triathlon is for those extreme talents who discover the sport at a young age and continue with the sport and become pros, and for old middle aged people with too much money to burn and no idea what to do with it. My advice for all of you in between is to give your extra money to charity before you get hooked in to deep, and end up like me, considering compromising my principles to make money to support my "habit".
For me, triathlon is a great way to find purpose both physically and spiritually, but the eventual reward may have to great a dollar price, and that's the greatest shame of a sport I have come to love. I do not say this for pity or as a cry for help but just as a way to illustrate that triathlon really is an elitist sport sort of like skiing that not everyone should, could or would aspire to taking part in, a cautionary tale...
Sunday and weekly totals
1.8 mile swim follwed by 1hr 20 minute trail run. Felt really good today, must be the steroids (kidding)...
Weekly totals: Week 14 of 20
Weekly totals: Week 14 of 20
- 12, 300 yards swimming
- 7 hrs 15 min cycling
- 4hrs 25 min running
Saturday, February 21, 2009
brick
Okay saturday brick workout which is named after some guy named Matt Brick, I forget the rest and most important parts of the story...Anyhow, it's a bike followed immediately by a run, like race simulation.
My problem is I go to bed to early, therefore get up too early, therefore it's still dark and ten degrees when I wake up, and on Saturdays this hurts me because by 6:30 am I am ready to go...So...2 hrs and 15 minutes on bike trainer, by then it was warmer and lighter so I towel off, get into outside running gear and head out for 55 min run, which actually felt good, the bike feels like a prolonged warmup on these days...
The brick workout is becoming my favorite workout, and I don't know if anyone would advise this in the outside world but since is this my own little made up one I can say this. I feel much better in all my workouts when they are back to back. Whether it be a swim/run; swim/bike; bike/run. I guess its just a nutrition thing, and really, it's the running. A swim or a bike before the run primes my system so I know where i'm at when I start the run and how I have to fuel as I am running. When I separate workouts out by 4 or 5 hours I feel like i'm playing roulette with my system....
I bet whoever is reading this (dad) never thought a person could give this much thought to digestion and I am sure that he didn't really want to know, but this is what my life has become, me against my stomach...how sad..
My problem is I go to bed to early, therefore get up too early, therefore it's still dark and ten degrees when I wake up, and on Saturdays this hurts me because by 6:30 am I am ready to go...So...2 hrs and 15 minutes on bike trainer, by then it was warmer and lighter so I towel off, get into outside running gear and head out for 55 min run, which actually felt good, the bike feels like a prolonged warmup on these days...
The brick workout is becoming my favorite workout, and I don't know if anyone would advise this in the outside world but since is this my own little made up one I can say this. I feel much better in all my workouts when they are back to back. Whether it be a swim/run; swim/bike; bike/run. I guess its just a nutrition thing, and really, it's the running. A swim or a bike before the run primes my system so I know where i'm at when I start the run and how I have to fuel as I am running. When I separate workouts out by 4 or 5 hours I feel like i'm playing roulette with my system....
I bet whoever is reading this (dad) never thought a person could give this much thought to digestion and I am sure that he didn't really want to know, but this is what my life has become, me against my stomach...how sad..
Friday, February 20, 2009
Friday
I should come up with more clever names for these postings but would anyone really care?...
3100 yards in pool, sets of 300, drills, kick set, warm up, cool down.
hurricane force winds drive me inside once again to the trainer for 2 hrs, warm up, 9X 1.5 min sprints w/3 min recovery, cool down.
The inevitable return to Landscaping is near at hand, so I will be adding some non-traditional training to all this soon, i.e. dug trenches for four hours or shoveled rock mulch for two hours or got in fight armed only with a pick against Colorado clay soil to dig a whole for a tree and lost!
WORDS OF WARNING: I am a trained monkey, i mean professional, and would not try training for an ironman 20-25 hours a week and landscaping 35-40 hours a week unless you have sufficient hatred for yourself!
This may be the interesting daily anecdotal sewage, i mean spewage, we've all been waiting for.
3100 yards in pool, sets of 300, drills, kick set, warm up, cool down.
hurricane force winds drive me inside once again to the trainer for 2 hrs, warm up, 9X 1.5 min sprints w/3 min recovery, cool down.
The inevitable return to Landscaping is near at hand, so I will be adding some non-traditional training to all this soon, i.e. dug trenches for four hours or shoveled rock mulch for two hours or got in fight armed only with a pick against Colorado clay soil to dig a whole for a tree and lost!
WORDS OF WARNING: I am a trained monkey, i mean professional, and would not try training for an ironman 20-25 hours a week and landscaping 35-40 hours a week unless you have sufficient hatred for yourself!
This may be the interesting daily anecdotal sewage, i mean spewage, we've all been waiting for.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
thursday
1hr 15 minutes high aerobic on bike, wind kept me honest...
three hours later....1 hr 12 min run: warm up, 12 X 1 min sprints/ 3 min recovery, cool down....
have yet to figure out nutrition/meals for these days, stomach in shambles after run...Run on comletely empty stomach may be way to go, I know you'll be on the edge of you're seat wondering if i've solved another triathlon riddle!
three hours later....1 hr 12 min run: warm up, 12 X 1 min sprints/ 3 min recovery, cool down....
have yet to figure out nutrition/meals for these days, stomach in shambles after run...Run on comletely empty stomach may be way to go, I know you'll be on the edge of you're seat wondering if i've solved another triathlon riddle!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
wednesday
Another 3100 yards in pool, and then a 56 minute run 36 of those minutes at a pretty high pace...
In more exciting news ( like that won't be hard to accomplish) the Connecticut Children's Medical Center has created the official, real deal, website for my racing and fundraising efforts! I will hopefully be posting that link on the site here at the end of this transmission.
my new motto: "If you pronate, donate!"
In more exciting news ( like that won't be hard to accomplish) the Connecticut Children's Medical Center has created the official, real deal, website for my racing and fundraising efforts! I will hopefully be posting that link on the site here at the end of this transmission.
my new motto: "If you pronate, donate!"
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
back to work
Fresh off my "day off", another 3100 yards in pool, mostly short intervals (100 yards) at various speed (moderate to full out); Feeling very strong in pool, though it could have been the calm waters of the east boulder rec center! The old ladies swimming next to me don't create much of a wave, not that i'm complaining because i'm not...
Windy as hell here so got on bike trainer a couple of hours later for 1 hr 45 minutes ( two separate threshold sessions-20 minutes) .
Windy as hell here so got on bike trainer a couple of hours later for 1 hr 45 minutes ( two separate threshold sessions-20 minutes) .
Monday, February 16, 2009
sunday, end of week
Sunday, the long swim and looooooong run day....
2900 yards in the pool, 1.5 miles straight with warm up and cool down in the morning...
2 hr 10 minute run at moderate intensity in the afternoon...Might have pushed too hard, stomach was a wreck about the last hour and for a few hours after run...Have to figure out solid, better nutrition plan for these long run days including what I eat for lunch and how long I need to properly digest it, then what I actually need on the run.
For me it's easier to do a long run directly after a swim or bike because my body is already up and chugging, burning calories as I take them, so it's easier to gauge what I need.
Weekly totals: (~20 hrs)
2900 yards in the pool, 1.5 miles straight with warm up and cool down in the morning...
2 hr 10 minute run at moderate intensity in the afternoon...Might have pushed too hard, stomach was a wreck about the last hour and for a few hours after run...Have to figure out solid, better nutrition plan for these long run days including what I eat for lunch and how long I need to properly digest it, then what I actually need on the run.
For me it's easier to do a long run directly after a swim or bike because my body is already up and chugging, burning calories as I take them, so it's easier to gauge what I need.
Weekly totals: (~20 hrs)
- 12, 100 yards in pool
- 9 hrs on bike
- 4hrs 45 min running
Saturday, February 14, 2009
mental toughness
"mental toughness", whatever that really means, can be summed up in a short sentence: 4 hours and 15 minutes on the bike trainer. California and Florida triathletes, count your blessings!
Another tough, but speed and strength enhancing "track workout" on the treadmill: warm up, 11 X 1 min sprints w/recovery, cool down. Total: 1 hr 9 minutes It all comes down to form and determination those last three or four sets...on second thought, those are important in all of them...
"I asked pain to be my valentine and she said yes.."-Unknown
Another tough, but speed and strength enhancing "track workout" on the treadmill: warm up, 11 X 1 min sprints w/recovery, cool down. Total: 1 hr 9 minutes It all comes down to form and determination those last three or four sets...on second thought, those are important in all of them...
"I asked pain to be my valentine and she said yes.."-Unknown
Friday, February 13, 2009
friday
3100 yards in pool: warm up (400 yds), drill set, 5X300 (1 minute rest), 4X50 speed ( 20 sec rest), kick set, cool down (400 yds)
1 hr 50 min on bike: warm up, 8 X 1.5 minute climbs with 3 min recovery, cool down.
Also, for those of you interested, but not "facebook" people, I have also set up a "MySpace" page for fundraising for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center and provided a link at the side of this page...Please check this out and the other links provided to give back to this worthy institution. Thank you.
Now on to the interminable job search...
1 hr 50 min on bike: warm up, 8 X 1.5 minute climbs with 3 min recovery, cool down.
Also, for those of you interested, but not "facebook" people, I have also set up a "MySpace" page for fundraising for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center and provided a link at the side of this page...Please check this out and the other links provided to give back to this worthy institution. Thank you.
Now on to the interminable job search...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
thursday brick
Very cold, but sunny and still...went out for 1 hour 15 minutes on bike, probably covered 25-30 miles, follwed immediately by a 30 minute run, all at a high aerobic pace, so somwhere in between a medium pace and sprinting....I don't know, i'm learning how not to just red-line it all the time...
It's so nice to be living the dream! I say don't let the dream die!
wake up, walk dog, breakfast, go workout, come home, shower, eat, nap, walk dog, write on blog, prepare dinner, eat, an hour or two of TV, walk dog again, sleep....
It's so nice to be living the dream! I say don't let the dream die!
wake up, walk dog, breakfast, go workout, come home, shower, eat, nap, walk dog, write on blog, prepare dinner, eat, an hour or two of TV, walk dog again, sleep....
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
tuesday training
In the pool at 8 am to do 3100 yards...warm up, drill set, 16X100yard sets, kick set, cool down...
Got on bike at about 12:30pm, watched some rain or snow fall about 3 miles closer to the mountains, tried to stay east of them, home at 2:15pm...Approx. 35-40 miles
A little tired but I got coffee going, so I can commence my daily job searching...
Got on bike at about 12:30pm, watched some rain or snow fall about 3 miles closer to the mountains, tried to stay east of them, home at 2:15pm...Approx. 35-40 miles
A little tired but I got coffee going, so I can commence my daily job searching...
Monday, February 9, 2009
Day off
Today is my day off before ramping it back up tomorrow-Sun...I will take full advantage of these days now, because in a couple of months, when I'm back out in the fields, shoveling dirt and carrying stone, i'll be wishing for days like this...
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Fundraising update
Fundraising for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center is going well with $270 donated through my facebook site(check out the link on this page!). That site has various ways to donate:
Also, currently in the process of getting more letters and e-mails out to extend the networking for this effort, and thank you to those who have already participated!
- through facebook
- through Connecticut Children's website
- by mail
- I have created a link to a gift form where your donation goes into a Conard/Hall Alumni fund. Just print the form out and mail in.
Also, currently in the process of getting more letters and e-mails out to extend the networking for this effort, and thank you to those who have already participated!
End of Week 12
Tough .93 mile swim this morning with waves and counter-currents in pool due to Masters swim class right next to me...I was feeling good, so I did my 1 hr 20 minute run (~11 miles) directly after the swim, and it also feels good to sweat off all that chlorine!
Week 12 (recovery) of 20 in the half-iron training plan is over!
Week 12 (recovery) of 20 in the half-iron training plan is over!
Weekly totals:
- 9, 375 yards in pool (~5.33 miles)
- 5hrs 15 minutes on bike (~115-120 miles)
- 3hrs 40 minutes running (~30 miles)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
fooled me
Woke up this morning, sun was shining, birds were chirping, trees were still, so I suited up and got on my bike (~7:45am)....
About an hour later, this cold, north wind starts blowing and I start to freeze....
Get home from bike at 9:15 am with wooden feet, a euphemism for I can't feel them... and immediately head out for 45 minute run this being my weekly brick (bike follwed immediately by a run) workout...
Home by 10:20 am to a warm cup of coffee made by my loving wife, and the entire rest of the day to enjoy!!
About an hour later, this cold, north wind starts blowing and I start to freeze....
Get home from bike at 9:15 am with wooden feet, a euphemism for I can't feel them... and immediately head out for 45 minute run this being my weekly brick (bike follwed immediately by a run) workout...
Home by 10:20 am to a warm cup of coffee made by my loving wife, and the entire rest of the day to enjoy!!
Friday, February 6, 2009
daily training log
Very windy today in Colorado...Got in 2300 yards (Roughly 1.4 miles) in the pool this morning, warm up/drills/5X200 at fast controlled pace/ some sprints/cool down...
Still windy this afternoon, can't bring myself to go outside: did 1 hr 5 min on bike trainer: warm up/8X 1 minute sprints with 2 minute recovery in between each sprint/cool down...
till tomorrow...
Still windy this afternoon, can't bring myself to go outside: did 1 hr 5 min on bike trainer: warm up/8X 1 minute sprints with 2 minute recovery in between each sprint/cool down...
till tomorrow...
Sucessful test
Blog photo sharing is a success!! Look for more pics apropos of something in the future!
St Louis?
Hey dad, this one's for you! The infamous cross country trip...This is the inaugural test run for posting photos to this blog, hope it works!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
daily training log
Per request of one who shall remain nameless for his own good...probably...I am going to start posting my version of "the daily grind", which maybe should encompass the type of coffee I drink on that particular day...Alas, that may not happen, but what may evolve is a quick log on how much time and effort it takes to train for long-distance triathlons on a daily basis as I go through it. Only your eyes will get tired, my whole body will be sore! WARNING! This material may not be suitable for couch potatoes (spelling?) or for those who do not believe in masochistic behavior...
Oh, so today: 1hr 15 min moderate bike ride outside because it was 70 degrees in Boulder today...47 minute run with 6 one minute sprints with 3 minute recovery, so roughly a 10 minute warm-up and cool down...
And, no, I don't run on Dunkin', it was sumatran bean coffee in the morning and an espresso roast after lunch....
Oh, so today: 1hr 15 min moderate bike ride outside because it was 70 degrees in Boulder today...47 minute run with 6 one minute sprints with 3 minute recovery, so roughly a 10 minute warm-up and cool down...
And, no, I don't run on Dunkin', it was sumatran bean coffee in the morning and an espresso roast after lunch....
Race miles as of 02/05/2009
As of right now, I am committed to do 338.8 miles of racing in 2009...I also hope to add the Denver Marathon and another 50-70 miles of racing as my schedule permits and so hope to be up around 400 when all is said and done.
This is in addition to the various "unofficial" races that Boulder, CO offers, for instance, a one mile swim and three mile run combination every thursday evening during the summer, of which I will most likely go 5 or 6 times...
All in all my goal of 450-500 miles of racing, be it official or more like official practice, is looking very attainable!
The parrallel goal of trying to raise 10 dollars for every mile I race is a trite ambitious, I admit, but I have never been one to shy away from setting big goals...In my mind, you set your goals high and if you don't get there, well, at least you tried.
Check out this website for three of the local races I am doing this summer in Boulder:
http://www.5430sports.com/
Also this is the website for Ironman Wisconsin if you want to check out what all the fuss is about:
http://www.ironmanwisconsin.com/
-beezer
This is in addition to the various "unofficial" races that Boulder, CO offers, for instance, a one mile swim and three mile run combination every thursday evening during the summer, of which I will most likely go 5 or 6 times...
All in all my goal of 450-500 miles of racing, be it official or more like official practice, is looking very attainable!
The parrallel goal of trying to raise 10 dollars for every mile I race is a trite ambitious, I admit, but I have never been one to shy away from setting big goals...In my mind, you set your goals high and if you don't get there, well, at least you tried.
Check out this website for three of the local races I am doing this summer in Boulder:
http://www.5430sports.com/
Also this is the website for Ironman Wisconsin if you want to check out what all the fuss is about:
http://www.ironmanwisconsin.com/
-beezer
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