The day started with fried eggs and a liter of yogurt. Many great days in the past four or five years have begun that way. I don’t think it’s a coincidence. With my blood sugar controlled and some fat and protein in my stomach I made my way out to the lake for the start […]
Continue ReadingI raced the Oliver half this past weekend. Preparation was essentially negligible with regards to triathlon in the prior three months. I have placed a focus on racing bikes and my limited training time has been focused on reaching the next level in road-racing rather than doing anything to prepare for racing a long course […]
Continue ReadingThe recurring post-triathlon question:How Long was the swim…the Oliver Half 2012 edition We have to presume that the swim course is on-average the length that is advertised (2km). We also presume that the distribution of swimmers is equivalent from year to year. There is a confounding factor in that the prize money for this race […]
Continue ReadingRaceday arrived at 4:25 which harkens back to Ironman, the only other race I’ve done that started at 7:00am. We weren’t the first to transition by any means but we did get there early enough to pump tyres and get in the line for toilets before the bulk of the other athletes. Travis and I […]
Continue ReadingI’d raced the Spring Thaw Triathlon at the University of Alberta 4 times before and been the Race Director once. I’ve improved every single time I took on the course, and 2011 was my best effort here both in terms of physical preparation as well as strategic and mental preparation. I did few things wrong […]
Continue ReadingThe weekly updates: 2011-02-14 to 2011-02-20 Sport Total Distance Total Time Min Pace Ave Pace Max Pace Pace Units Bike 90 km 2:45:00 30 32.73 40 kph Run 18.31 km 1:56:10 7:39 6:21 5:08 min per km Swim 2400 m 1:00:00 2:30 2:30 2:30 min per 100 meters Telemark 145 km 14:00:00 10.23 10.36 10.5 […]
Continue ReadingThe racing schedules for this summer have just been posted and it looks like everything stacks up almost perfectly for me! When I say perfectly I mean that there is very little conflict of interest in where I intend to direct my attention each weekend for basically every weekend of the summer. It’s simple, choose […]
Continue ReadingJesse Kropelnicki just had an article on Xtri about so called ‘Starvation workouts’, or workouts where you try and force your body to function with higher aerobic efficiency by not feeding it what it would most like to have (pure sugar) and thus the hope is that you would be training it to default into […]
Continue ReadingI’ve spent a fair bit of time thinking about where things are headed in 2011 and beyond with the fitness game, I’m currently under the assumption that I continue playing it. I still love it, and I’ve enjoyed making a progression through things, but Ironman was a bit of a destination and so future things […]
Continue ReadingThis entry is in two parts: Long Term Goals and a sequel outlining my Specific Athletic Goals for 2011. Swimming: Figure out how I am going to fit more swimming into my new life as a working person. I need to find my love of swimming again. No swimming with the purpose of building fitness, […]
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