With my first Half-Ironman Triathlon only 10 days away, my training has turned to Peak Phase this week. Peak Phase is basically high-intensity, low-volume workouts to help your body reach maximum fitness right before your key race. Most of these workouts involve “race pace” training. Next week will be race week where things will taper […]

Plan was to do a long run and do a brick this weekend…mother nature saw to it that this did not happen! Saturday…rain. Sunday…rain. I managed to get in a short workout both days, but I can’t help be feel like I’m a little behind now. One more week to make it up before race […]

I love riding, and even though long rides can be uncomfortable on my backside and make my legs burn, I still love it…I guess I’m just sick in the head. Today was the first time I can ever remember getting mad during a ride. I wanted to ride the bike course for the Taylorsville Lake […]

I’ve always thought it was weird how excited most women get over getting a new pair of shoes. I feel this way every day except for the three or so days a year that I get a new pair of running shoes. Today is one of those days. I’ve logged a total of 330 miles […]

This past Sunday morning, I met a group of people at Taylorsville Lake for an open water swim. This was my first time swimming in my new wetsuit and I had mixed results. The water was chilly at first, but I definitely felt the wetsuit doing it’s job as once I was in the water […]

Official Time = 1:46:30 (8:07 min/mile) 768th out of 10,715 overall 630th Male out of 4633 110th in Age Group (30-34) out of 655 I accomplished 1-1/2 of my 3 goals for the race. I came out uninjured and I improved on my PR for this race (by a whole 20 seconds), but not my […]

I try to set goals for every race I do. Tomorrow will be no different. Since this race is technically a training race for my Triathlon next month, the #1 goal is to come out of the race injury free and feeling good. I’ve listed this race as a Priority ‘B’ race on my training […]

If you are running the miniMarathon on Saturday, I’m sure that you know the course has changed slightly this year…so that the finish line can be on Preston and Witherspoon by Slugger Field and Waterfront Park. I don’t mind the change, although the course planners got pretty creative once the race gets downtown…lots of quick […]

I’ve found that one of the hardest things for me to do is to negative split a course, whether it be running or riding. This basically means the second half should be slightly faster than the first half. There shouldn’t be a huge difference, and as a general rule, the 51-49 principle is usually recommended. […]

Today was the 114th running of the Boston Marathon. This is the Super Bowl of running. It’s the most prestigious and historic race in the world. Unlike most running races, not just anyone can enter. You have to qualify to get the opportunity to torture yourself for 26.2 miles…and qualifying is not easy. You have […]