“Bricks” refer to training on two disciplines during the same workout, one after the other with minimal or no interruption in between, just as you would do in a race. Usually a brick is a bike/run because it’s easier to set up for than a swim/bike. When you stop biking and start running the legs […]

With the Taylorsville Triathlon coming up in 4 weeks, I figured I better go ahead and buy a wetsuit so that I could get in a few practice swims before the race.Here’s the wetsuit guidelines set forth by USA Triathlon: USAT rules state that competitors may wear wetsuits if the water temperature is 78 degrees […]

Let me set the scene: I’ve got less than a mile to go on my run this morning. I feeling good and I’m running at a pretty good pace. I’m annoyed that my RunKepper App is not working, but all in all, it’s been a good run. Side note: I see people walking their dogs […]

Over the next few months, expect to see a series of new Gatorade product lines focused on the serious athletes and the health conscious consumer. Here some of what you can expect: G Series – The “G Series” is a three-part regimen designed to fuel every step of sports performance. Stage 1 (Prime) is a […]

With the exception of the sprint triathlon a few weeks ago, I haven’t been on my bike since November. All of my riding has been indoors on the stationary bikes at the gym. The weather’s been nice enough the last few weeks, but getting in a ride just hasn’t worked out. So I planned early […]

A little over a month ago I had a friend take a video of me swimming. I then took this video and compared my swimming form against some of the best swimmers out there. I noticed a few things in my technique that I’m going to work on correcting. Take a look: So the still […]

My legs were feeling a little heavy on Sunday after the race Saturday morning. I thought the day off would be enough for them to fully recover. They were still tired on Monday, but I put in over 2 hours on the bike anyway. Then did running intervals yesterday…I paid the price for all this […]

Today marks the start of the Build Phase of my training. Typically, this stage consists of three, three week periods. But, due to my knee injury back in January, I had to make some adjustments and cut this stage down to a single, four week period. Details on the change can be found here. I’ve […]

Dropped off Jessica and Kate at my parent’s house around 7:00am and headed over to the starting line at Central Ave. and 3rd Street. Not many people there, so I had time to jog a little and get loose. I made the same mistake as last year and drank way too much water last night […]

Official Time = 1:17:35 (7:45 min/mile) 488th out of 6925 overall 421st Male out of 3212 68th in Age Group (30-34) out of 482 1st half in 38:34, 2nd half in 39:01 Good race, full report later.