#20 Getting a little long in tooth……a birthday, some recovery and a little uplift

This was a really wild week for me….even though training was super super light.  After 20 weeks of formal training and way more than that if you consider it from the actual beginning of this triathlon thing, it was the first week in a while where I decided it would make the most sense to just shut down.  This was really a hard decision for me, and I’m certain I’ll second guess it at some point, but it was undoubtedly […]

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#19: Intensity, simulations, snot-rockets and some very tight fitting clothes that don’t match in the least…..it was a good week

Buckle up kids, this is where the ride gets bumpy…..just before we settle in for a smooth landing I hope….after the base training period(s) where things are slow and steady and the build training where we start pushing it some, comes a little self-torture called “the race simulation”…..where, for some reason, we try to acclimate (somewhat) to what the race is going to be like…..and if this week was any real indication of what the race is going to be […]

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#18: I love it when a plan comes together

In the Eisenhart household, we were pretty sheltered when it came to the luxuries that “everybody else” got growing up, including TV (getting “cable” was a huge deal…..even just the free channels), but we did love those all American classics like Knight Rider, the Greatest American Hero (sing it with me, believe it or not, I’m walking on air) and of course the A-Team.  So, if you were a product of the awesome television era too, the title of this […]

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