Category: elliptigo.

cut down, elliptigo., Ironman, peak, recovery, rest, sleep, Training

#86 Get some rest sleepy-head

Yes.  Like that. Coming off of the solid, but draining 1/2 Iron weekend in Providence last weekend, I decided that I would follow through with my plan to take this week to freshen up a bit with some recovery and rest and let the training hours drop substantially off.  As a tactic, this is tough because the natural instinct (at least mine) is to worry about how much you’re losing……when the truth is, you’re gaining and gaining big.  My theory […]

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elliptigo., game on, Jerseyman, sprint triathlon, Yasso 800s

#78: I love the smell of neoprene in the mornin’

I thought I made this up….apparently not This week was the official start of the racing season for me and it turned out alright, I think…..not perfect, but I think it was the right approach in general.  I toned down the training some because I wanted to get a good gauge of my race-fitness and I was feeling a little more run-down that I would like…..so I defaulted to listening to my body.  That coupled with the continued hectic nature […]

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