Category: Training

Ironman, Kona, Normal, Training

#62: What’s so good about normal?

I’ve come to terms with being an odd-ball.  I’m not really sure when it happened, but at some point, I just embraced it.  I’m a triathlon-doing, entrepreneur-striving, human-achievement-data-nerd with a penchant for being a bit on the anti-social side……and? The truth is, even though I’ve come to terms with it, every now and again, I still find myself WANTING to have what I perceive to be a normal week…..if such a thing even exists.  I imagine it’s relatively passive…..just letting […]

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Fitness, Training, Triathlon

#61: Wherever I may roam – training on the road

The objective in week 2 of 2012 was to refine my plan down to the details and continue to work on the aerobic-engine with more base-work.Any time I have to travel anywhere by plane, this time to South Carolina, I always walk away with some additional respect for those who do it often.  I do plenty of travel by car, bus, train, etc…..but (thankfully) not nearly as much by plane…..it’s so time consuming and fatiguing…..huge energy drain.  I do seem […]

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Christmas, Computrainer, Cycling, Ergonomics, Ironman, Kona, RacerMate, Red-iculous, Training, Triathlon, Winter

#58: It’s the most wonderful time of the year….back to base-ics.

This guy obviously stole my sweater! OK, Christmas time is pretty spectacular for most folks, it brings the kid out in many, generosity out in most and (hopefully) a spirit of optimism and renewal in all…..but this time, I was referring to something a little more blog-specific……when it comes to my Red-iculous effort, this too is the most wonderful time of the year.  Over the last week, I’ve come down from the post-race high of last week’s marathon PR and […]

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