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Well, so much for recovery. Had a nice brick session today:
60 minute bike with a bit of climbing. I was going through an intersection and wasn't clipped in and my foot slipped and nailed my pedal. I have a HUGE bruise and a nice cut, but it's actually not in too much pain. I'm icing and popping some advil tonight, so hopefully it'll feel okay tomorrow.
Jumped off my bike, ran into my living room for a quick "transition" (about 2 minutes) and off for a 30 minute run. A nice little out and back along the river, and my ankle felt alright. I have a long, open water swim planned tomorrow with the tri club, so I should be able to stay off of it for the most part.
I'm eating like a maniac today. I'm so hungry, and I'm trying to shut my body up, but it's not working so well. I mean, I haven't eaten a ton, but my resistance is fading. A big pasta dinner might be in the works...........
Anyway, Le Tour is coming up, and my next tri is only about 4 weeks away. So life is grand!!
Dude, you are so addicted!!! Great race report and nice times. I'd have hung with you in the water but you'd have left me on the bike and run. Nice job.
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Today's mighty oak was once just some nut who held his ground!
Busy few days of training for me. Last night I met up with the guys and gals from the Steamboat Springs Triathlon Club and had a really nice open water swim. It was great - a bit chilly, but great.
I had a 90 minute run today. I just read an article about tuning out everything except for your body when you're training, and I really worked on that today. Focus on the aches, the pains, and what feels good. Work on the aches and pains, whether it be through stretching, heat, ice, whatever. My ankle is still sore from my pedal incident the other day, and my knees are a bit sore too. So I'm icing tonight, a lot! I found a cramp in my stomach, but popped an electrolyte tablet and it vanished. Awesome. Those tablets are really working for me.
Anyway, off to work! Have a great Thursday, and thanks all for the support!
I'm still riding the high from this past weekend - which has stirred up some much needed motivation for me. I was lagging there for a bit.
I have a scheduled off day today, after a long run yesterday, my legs are thanking me. I have a big weekend planned, with a 3 hour day tomorrow (20 minute swim, 2 hour bike, 30 minute run) and then a long swim Sunday.
The next three weeks are the biggest weeks of my training plan, before the taper week and my next tri (Boulder Peak - Oly distance). After Boulder Peak, I have 2 weeks of pretty easy training, and then the big one. And then 2 weeks after the HIM, I have the fun Steamboat Tri. So basically 3 tris in the next 8 weeks. That's how life should be.
So for today, I'll sit in the coffee shop, drink some decaf and get nice and hydrated for my big effort tomorrow. I'm going to experiment a bit tonight with a nutrition tidbit I picked up. Basically, drink as much water as my stomach can hold right before bed. Then, at 2am when I get up to pee, have a massive protein, fruit, and oats shake - that way, I'm full of glycogen when I get up, hammer down a gel, and I'm off for 3 hours. We'll see how it works out...I've got to start working really intensely on my HIM nutrition.
And a little bird is telling me that my training partner and I are researching a bridge Ironman training program for the winter. I hear IM New Zealand is in March, and is a great first Ironman. We're going to research flights, and see if it's realistic this year, but chances are better that in March 2008, I'll be in New Zealand...
LOOOOOOONNNGGG Brick today. I'm wasted right now, tired that is.
25 minute swim, at RPE 4. Easy enough, did 1700m at a pretty easy clip. I set up my transition area in the back of my car, and just parked at the gym and went from there. So ran out of the gym with all my crap in my hands (looked incredibly ridiculuous I'm sure) and transitioned.
1h 56min bike. Supposed to be 2 hours, but I was close enough. I rode out a flat course for a bit, climbed about halfway up Rabbit Ear's Pass, and rode flats again for another 40 minutes. Transitioned in my car...
30 minute run. I was beat by this point, as I didn't have any gels and didn't feel like stopping my training to get some. It's good I guess, because I know I can go for a bit on empty. It was hot, and I was hungry, so it's probably good to throw some adverse conditions into my training. Won't happen again though.
I got home and had some pasta, chicken, and tons of water, and I'm going to take a nap now. I'm trying to figure out how to swing (financially) a new set of aero bars and a roof rack for my bike. Stupid money! Anyway, have a great Sat. night!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Had a long swim yesterday, and a long swim planned for the day. May I first say that I'm sick and freaking tired of the pool.
Yesterday's swim was as follows:
WU: 200 swim, 150 kick, 150 pull
Set: 2x900 RPE 4
Cool Down: 4x50 (each slower than the last)
I'm hitting the pool up again after work, and yeah. I just don't have the desire to swim much right now. I'm sure it'll come back to me. Soon I hope!
Have a good Monday.
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Felt better in the pool yesterday than the last few weeks, hopefully I'm getting it back in that sense.
I woke up this morning for a quick 30 minute run, and have a swim, bike brick planned for this afternoon. Fun stuff!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
So the afternoon session was great. I was wiped out after work, but I popped a few jelly beans and a shot of Gatorade, and I was rolling.
I did a 30 minute easy swim, and swam 1950m - it's still a bit slower than I want for the Half, but I wasn't going too hard today and I didn't have my wetsuit on - so I think I'm going to be alright there.
Hopped out of the pool, changed in my car, and off for a 45 mintue bike ride. I rode the Steamboat Tri course, and averaged 19.6 mph, which again, I'm happy with, but will definitely improve come race day (although if you give me 20 mph in my Half, I'd be thrilled).
Off to rest up for tomorrow's open water swim...
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
I had a fantastic group swim in Lake Catamount last night. The local paper came out and interviewed a bunch of us, took some photos, and are going to do an article on the tri club. I swam 4 triangles, about 50 minutes open water. My buddy Bill just got back from Ironman Coeur d'Alene so we chatted about his race for a while. Saw some pics too - it was awesome! He's going to be a great resource for my nutrition, etc. He told me about a place in town to pick up some Hammer Nutrition stuff, which is great! One of the only products that agree with me, and usually you have to order online.
I had a really rough run today. Supposed to be 90 minutes, but for some reason or another, it was a problem. My right knee and left foot were hurting, and I got a really sharp cramp in my right side at about 70 minutes. So I hobbled back home in 82 minutes - just under 10 miles. Not a bad run time or distance wise, but my body wasn't up to it today. I jumped on the bike right after and spun out my legs for about 32 minutes. It helped a bit.
Now, I know my nutrition was up to snuff, 2 cups of oats, berries, and banana for brekkie, a HEED drink before, water and a gel during. So it shouldn't have been an issue. I don't know, maybe just an off day. We shall see.
Off to work. See ya!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
My feet are still fried - so I skipped today's 45 minute run in favor of a 1hr 45min bike ride. I was getting myself all pumped up for the Tour, and then ESPN News peed on my parade by telling me everyone and their mom got barred from the Tour. Horse shit.
I shall go drink coffee and pout now. HAPPY FRIDAY!!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Well deserved off day for me today. I really just lazed before work and caught the TT today. It was a great motivator actually, I'm stoked for tomorrow's workout. Long day manana, followed by the longest week of my plan (I have 2 hours planned on the 4th of July!?!). At least I'll be able to enjoy the festivites with a little less guilt.
Anyway, just bored at work. I don't know if anyone reads this anymore, but I'm just going to keep posting - I don't care what you think!!!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
I think you're insane and wish I had your drive and time to do it. I just saw that the Degray Srint Tri is coming up in August. Must....Get....Ready....
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Today's mighty oak was once just some nut who held his ground!
I had a brutal day today, but it was much better than last Sunday. I had a run, bike, run brick today as follows:
25 minute run
2 hour ride
25 minute run
I was experimenting with new nutrition - using a wicked strong Hammer HEED drink, and a Hammer Gel 1 hour into the bike - and I was strong the whole time. Only at the end of the run was I tired and I think that was mental. Seeing my apartment just made me want to fall on the couch. It was a great day, and I'm sore now. Oh well.
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Happy 4th all! Hope you are having a fantastic day today! Haven't been online for a bit, so wanted to update...
I had a LOOONG swim yesterday: 6x500m. Needless to say, it wiped me out.
Today, have a 45 minute spin and 30 minute run. Then I can party.
Talk soon!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
I can imagine you were wiped after 6 sets of 500s!
Keep up the good work and making me feel like a slacker!
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
So I had a great open water swim with my buddy Bill last night. He's recovering nicely from his Ironman, and the cold water at the lake is helping. I swam probably about 2000m (30 minutes or so) and called it a day.
Today, I had a bit of a death march. 2 hours of running, 14.5 miles, and one nice little tummy ache now. I used the double strong Hammer HEED drink today, and 2 gels. Kept the energy up, but the legs were a bit worn out at the end. It was a good day though...
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Boy was I hurting this morning. My hips and achilles were just fried. I had the little lady work me through some yoga poses, and felt a bit better. So what did I do? I had a Red Bull and jumped on the bike for an hour.
The ride was great, it was about 18 miles, a bit of rolling hills. I'm really working on riding a bit more in the drops to simulate the back position of riding with aero bars since I'll be getting some soon. I know it's not the same position, but it does close the hips a bit more and makes me use my hamstrings and lower back to generate some of the power. So it's going good, I just can't wait to get my aero bars. Oh, and just for good measure, I went for a 20 minute run after the ride. I was scheduled for 45 minutes, but really felt I was close to running on empty as it was. So I'll sacrifice 25 minutes of running today to give my body some rest.
The diet is up and down right now. I've had 5 3+ hour training days in the last 2 weeks, with one more this week. So right now, I'm so focused on just getting some calories in. I was down to 163 earlier this week, which is just too low for me. I had trying to justify eating bad foods sometimes, but realistically, I need calories bad. I'm eating 90% clean, but the 10% bad foods are really just for the calories. If I didn't feel like I had to, I wouldn't. The girlie is going to Denver this weekend, which means a big trip to Sunflower Market, and mass amounts of good, clean food. Yessssss
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Well, it's raining. Pretty good too. So the 2 1/2 hour bike ride and 20 minute run will have to wait until tomorrow. Instead, I'm heading to the pool after work for a quick 60 minute swim (drills). So the big day is tomorrow now. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Okay, so here's the deal. I did my Monday workout yesterday due to the rain - which was as follows:
Warm Up: 6x50 (evens swim, odds kick)
Set: 3x600 (1 is RPE 3, 2 is RPE 9 for the first 100, RPE 5 for the rest, 3 is RPE3)
Cool Down: 200 easy
Now the best part. I was swimming next to this amazingly hot chick, and she was just hauling ass. So I talked to her - and it hit me about 5 minutes in who it was.......Heather Gottnick!!! For those of you who don't know her - www.heathergollnick.com Anyway, she's coming to our open water swim on Wednesday night. I'm so stoked, she's just awesome. I'm so stoked to swim with someone of her caliber.
So all that aside, today's workout was tough. 2 1/2 hours on the bike (43 miles - not that great...) followed by a 20 minute "recovery" run. I don't know why they call it a recovery run, it usually just kicks my ass even worse. Oh well, it was great.
I'm really struggling with lethargy lately. All the time too. I slept for 11 hours last night, and it still took me about 2 hours to really get any energy to do anything! I'm trying to up my calories, see if that works. I hope I'm not over training myself. Either way, I'll keep at it. Why? Because I'm special.
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
I had a good, quick brick yesterday. 18 miles on the bike (60 minutes) and then a quick 4 mile run (30 minutes). I'm eating a crap load more right now, and I'm feeling a lot better energy-wise. So I'm happy. Open water swim tonight with an animal.
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
The swim was amazing. Heather was the nicest person, and I actually was able to hang on for a bit (granted I was in a wetsuit and she was without). We probably swam a good 5000m or so. Just awesome!
I took yesterday off (my planned off day was today, but I bought a new car yesterday ) so I woke up at the crack of dawn to get a good run in. Supposed to be 90 minutes, but I had to get to work - so 60 minutes will have to do for today. It was a good 8.5 miles or so. Not bad at all!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Come hell or high water I am putting in some miles on my shoes and bike this weekend. I've been SUCH a slacker lately.
No pool, no running, maybe 7km on the bike. wooo.
Loser.
Good to see some of us are still kicking ass and taking names!
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
Hey man, life takes priority sometimes. I applaud you for being able to take a break and focus on life. There's no way I could do it!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Today's training was tough to get in with my schedule being so busy on the weekends (work!). So I was scheduled for a 40 minute swim, 80 minute bike brick, but I had to slim it back to get to work on time. SOOOO - I swam for about 20 minutes (1300m easy) and then hopped on the bike for a 60 minute spin. Up some hills, but mostly flat ass hauling.
Happy Saturday!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
I had to adjust my training plan today due to work. I had to work at 10am til 6pm, so that doesn't really give me much time on either end for about 2 1/2 hours of training. SO - I have tomorrow off from work, and an off day planned for training, so I'm taking today off from training, and moving my brick to tomorrow. So I'll give you an update tomorrow.
If you've read drew's thread, you know that I'm still losing weight. I'm eating like a madman, and still losing it. I'm trying to increase my carb intake a LOT, and good fats too. I'm also eating a bit more unclean food (normal burgers at my GF's work, brick oven pizza with tons of veggies, etc.). Just trying to keep it on!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
What a great day of training. I did a little mini-brick this morning. It wasn't the long 2 hours that I had planned, but that was due to the "recovery" week I'm entering prior to my next triathlon this coming Sunday. I want to make sure I do this taper right, because this is the last chance at recovery before the Half Ironman in 4 weeks. So anyway, here's the day:
20 minute run (2.5 miles)
40 minute bike ride (avg. 19.3 mph into the wind)
20 minute run (2.5 miles)
I feel good. I'm eating more, I'm sleeping less (I was sleeping like 10 hours a night, just because my body wanted it) and setting my alarm to get me up after 8 hours. I'm hydrating for this weekend, and eating my face off for the weekend as well. It's supposed to be about 100 degrees for the run, so I'm starting my hydration now.
It's all good!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
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