In two days, 22 hours I will at the start line or to be techical, hanging out near the Mill Avenue bridge in the cold water. Two years of training, races, expense and hope. Countless hours riding my bike to the edge of exhaustion and despair in the win…
The day after my first official trail race and my legs seem to be recovering nicely. In fact, as I learned yesterday, about 2:15 into the race as I passed through the last aid station with about 5 miles to go, my legs were more than up for the task-it’…
This swim was not what I would call a lot of fun. The first ironman type swim I did last year was exhilarating because I was scared to death and I conquered my fears and proved to myself that I could do it. The second ironman swim I did last year was a…
Not my usual post about working out, training, exercise, etc. but that does come into play somewhat 
Technorati Tags: Toastmasters,triathlon,public speaking,weight loss Tonight marked my first speech in the Toastmasters Competent Communicator Spee…
This week marks my last long training workouts. My last long run of almost three hours was Tuesday. I felt good for about 1 1/2 hours before I started feeling crappy. Today was my last long six hour bike ride. I felt decent for almost four hours before…
.The first challenge of the day was trying to find my way through the freeway construction at five in the morning. I had my coffee, but my brain couldn’t handle the complexities of figuring out alternate routes. Those construction signs fly by so fast…
Today my friend J came and picked me up for our first Sunday LSD at the local running room. We didn’t know what offerings they had out for today but were thinking somewhere in the 7-11 km range, which if we went for different options wouldn’t be so…
Today my friend J and I went to the local running room for their 6:30 run. Our plan was to meet his friend that I mentioned in the last post re: training for IMC this year. Turns out there are a few people at that running room training for the race an…
19 and counting I don’t like the post I wrote yesterday, it sounds inflated and artificial. I tried to run Northshore last Thursday after a day or so of rain but was turned away at the gate because the trail is closed for at least 2 days after any si…
Today I ran the James Cunningham Seawall Run with 3 friends – what a great experience. The race was well organized, great scenic route and myself and my friends all did well against our goals, which was quite nice to see! Getting more involved in f…
Till the Rockledge Rumble 30k that is…After learning my lesson about the Northshore trail officially closing for 2 days following any decent rain, I made it back out to the scene of the crime this morning for what ended up being about an hour and a h…
I liked the recent post of Chuckie V’s blog(ChuckieV.blogspot.com) because I have found out the hard way that his comments on ironman training are true.”Train for your worst possible day, the one you hope to have”. My first ironman attempt was the wors…
The app on my iphone says I have 23 days until the Rockledge Rumble 30k trail run on November 14th. Here’s a picture from the trailhead taken a week ago. 30k is approximately 18.6 miles and will be the farthest I have ever run, and it will also be qui…
Yesterday I did my first 4000 meter swim of the year. I haven’t done any swim approaching this length in open water or the pool for eighteen months. There’s a reason for that. I am slow. It takes me about two hours to do a swim of this length. It is te…
Age grouper- Thank you Jeff and Eric for being my first ever triathlon podcast and making me laugh throughout the “nothing new on race day” episode-I now keep my legs shaved pretty much year round so as to not have that sneak up on me race day eve. You…
I have always loved birds ever since childhood. My neighbors had a birdfeeder and a birdbath(heated in winter), that our family could see outside our kitchen window. We saw cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, robins, nuthatches, tufted titmouse and plent…
There sometimes comes a moment in long endurance training where you feel like utter crap. Your body is telling you to quit, but you know you have to keep going. Usually it is deep in the session when you still have a long way to go and you are in pain …
There comes a time when the ironman training starts getting really tough, when you confidence falters and when you just wish the training was over with and you had your life back.This week I started I started with heavy volume again after tapering off …
My wife a few weeks ago told me that she was going to be doing a “learn to run” program with her co-workers at Translink. Each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday they meet in the lobby of their building and go for a run with a person who has good expe…
This race was my first foray into “elite” racing and it turned out to be quite a different experience from the local races I have done before. My athletic ability is not “elite”, but I got lucky and managed to qualify for this race. I have never raced …
In a book I was reading tonight, the author quotes a poem “The Quitter” that I believe embodies what a lot of us mentally and physically may go through during training, racing and even everyday life. That said, we don’t give up, we persevere, and…
Have you ever just had a 24 hour period that just sucks?Mine started yesterday and is hopefully coming to an end.I went out to sub in a game of hockey yesterday afternoon, after taking 1-1/2 years off as the game sometimes can be a little too rough wit…
I am not sure if I should count this as a failure or not, but I have decided that I will not push through with P90X. The considerations that I came to this week were as follows: From a muscle standpoint, I am not where I need to be to do this prog…
I am getting stressed about the Duathlon I am doing in North Carolina on the 26th. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Duathlon. I guess being in a World Championship would imply that you are some kind of elite age group athlete. I did a qualifying race, but there …
With my duathlon two weeks away, I decided a 10k race would be a good way to prepare. I have to start out the duathlon with a 10k so it seemed like a good idea. The race is put on by the Arizona Road Racers in the Reach 11 Horse Lovers Park. It definit…
I am temporarily switching from ironman training with lots of volume but less intensity(uncomfortable for a long time), to shorter and more intense workouts(shorter and more agonizing) to get ready for the World Duathlon Championships in two weeks. Gul…
For the last few months, most of my blogging has been done from my Blackberry or at friends / relatives house when I could sneak onto a computer. Tonight our replacement computer (the last one died) arrived and I am now able to blog on an actual compu…
We all have useless, sometimes destructive thoughts and emotions swirling around in our heads. Quite often we don’t think about what we are thinking about. I have been reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Some of his theory comes from Eastern phi…
Let’s start off with saying how impressed my wife and I were by the people out there - Job Well Done Everyone!Lesley and I were catchers at the finish line for the 7:30 to Midnight shift on Sunday and had a great time - highlights of the trip were as f…