So as with any race that I’ve done before, the goal is to beat my PR (Personal Record). I’ve run this race two previous times: 2001 – Time was 1:23:33 (8:21 min/mile) 2009 – Time was 1:23:23 (8:20 min/mile) I was 10 seconds faster last year than in 2001. I didn’t realize the times were […]

It’s been a busy week, but I’ve been able to get in some good training sessions. Here’s a recap of my week: Monday’s Workout:1h25m on the bike. This was a pretty easy ride just to get me legs back after Sunday’s race. I kept the HR is Zone 2 and did about 30 minutes of […]

My race day started at 12:00am Sunday morning as I was leaving the airport parking garage. After spending less than 24 hours in Miami, I wasn’t able to get an earlier flight home…so needless to say, this wasn’t the best way to rest up for a race. By the time I got home and settled […]

I’ll give a full race report tomorrow, but here’s my official results from yesterday’s race: Swim – 7:16.6 (31:36 min/mile pace)T1 – 2:00.3Bike – 36:49.8 (19.6 mph)T2 – 1:04.4Run – 23:38.0 (7:37 min/mile pace)TOTAL – 1:10:49.1 Goal was to beat last year’s overall time, which was 1:13:41…so mission accomplished. Here’s my comparison vs. last year’s […]

Sunday morning’s race in Shelbyville will be my first Triathlon of the 2010 season. It’s a short race and I’ve labeled it as a Priority C race…meaning that it’s not the race that my training is focused on. However, I’m really excited about the race and I’ll give 100% from start to finish! The races […]

The last two weeks haven’t been/won’t be very productive from a training standpoint. I got in a good run last Wednesday, then got on a plane to Vegas. During my 5 days and 5 nights there, I was only able to squeeze in one short (7 miles) run. After flying back all day Monday, yesterday […]

So things got a little crazy in spin class this morning. I usually do this class as part of my longer rides, only getting my heart rate slightly above zone 2 for a minute or two during the class. Today was different. The instructor informed us that today we were going to find out what […]

Today was the first day of running from home since we moved. My training plan called for me to run for 1h40m. So I took a quick look at a map and planned out a route. The thing that I didn’t look at was the elevation of this run. I quickly found out what I […]

I burn a lot of calories. It’s just the nature of the beast. Training for long distance triathlons requires high volumes of swimming, biking and running…which all burn lots of calories. Depending on what my week looks like, I usually burn around 1000-1200 calories a day from training. This doesn’t include the calories I would […]

No gloves.No toboggan (they still called that?).No Under Armour.It was 52F this morning at 5:30 when I set off on my run…and I took off in a t-shirt, shorts and hat…and was comfortable. One draw back to the warmer weather is the fact that I sweat more, which caused the tape on my knee to […]