There’s just something about the longest ride. I don’t know what it is, I really don’t, but for the second consecutive Ironman Training season, something fantastically bad has happened at the worst possible time on the longest ride of peak week, and has challenged my resolve. Last year, I got about 20 miles into my Read More …
No long stories today, just a series of short ones to prove that I haven’t given myself a heart attack by back-loading so much training for IM NZ. Training: Going well. Very well, actually. My diet is locked in and I am flirting with being within ten pounds of an acceptable race weight. Given the Read More …
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! I’ve always thought that the image of the new year as a diapered baby was a silly one, but as I spent a long time alone with my thoughts yesterday, it started to grow on me. When a baby is born, Read More …
This year has been full of ups and downs. Thankfully, it’s been more ups than downs, but there’s something about the Ironman training experience that spans the whole gamut of human experience. On my long ride today, I thought a lot about what I would have said to myself a year ago, and what I’d Read More …
Aaaaaand I suck at blogging the last few months. Things at work have been astonishingly hard (I worked fifty hours from December 23rd to 26th, and I just finished my 13th consecutive long-ass day at work) and my training has been, more or less, “average.” And that’s only if we’re putting it nicely. Somewhere along Read More …
Whoops! I signed up for the 30th Anniversary Ironman Canada, to take place August 26, 2012. I’ll be racing alongside my sister, my girlfriend, and about two dozen close friends! This sounds way more fun than doing it all on my own!
It’s virtually impossible to write a race report that sums up Vineman after the months of training, the thousands of hours of preparation, and all the anticipation that led up to this day. I’ve sat down on no fewer than three occasions in the last two days, intending to write a report. All that’s come Read More …
Holy crap, down to single digit weeks until Vineman. This week was roughly analogous to last week, but was slightly more run-heavy. I finally get to take a little time to rest up for my race next weekend. This coming week is a 6.5 hour week, plus the race. I’m keeping a tight lid of Read More …
Well, now it begins: Peak Phase. I have one more week identical to this one, a race week, five weeks of build, then three weeks of taper. I am absolutely exhausted this week, but at least the summit is in sight– seven weeks from now I’ll be at the peak, and then it’s just taper Read More …
Work has improved somewhat and my schedule has allowed for me to get one full solid week in (after a couple of weeks with at least one or two missed workouts). In a week, peak phase begins. I’m seven weeks from my peak week, and this week was… ok. Not superb, and very tiring, but Read More …
