January 5, 2014 Mike E. bike, Ironman, Run, Swim, Training, Triathlon

#114 – The party’s over, now BACK TO WORK

“Christmas week is over, New Year’s week is a thing of the past….and now, well past the start of 2014, it’s time to get back to work”……those were my my thoughts when I woke up this morning…..the day after an insanely cold thermometer reading sealed it as an “inside” day (-6 deg is automatic “indoor” workout for this tender athlete)…..I took a look at my training plan and realized, the viking lady was in the midst of her crescendo…..that today was the […]

June 24, 2012 Mike E. chaos, Ironman, monkey, Triathlon

#83: Killing the chaos monkey

as it turns out, there is such a thing There are hopeful expectations and then there’s reality. Sometimes those two things come together at the same time and place, however it’s pretty rare….at least in my life it seems to work out that way. If life is a slow steady march up the stairs to heaven, I’m pretty sure that the person climbing them just ahead of me is quite the prankster. A few marbles to step on here or […]

June 10, 2012 Mike E. build, Ironman, periodization, seasons, Triathlon

#81: Big miles, Biometrics and Beer-envy, it must be build phase

To everything there is a season and a time and purpose under heaven – Ecclesiastes 3:1 The Endurance World’s version of this passage is known as “periodization”, which means that there are cycles for just about all aspects of training. This isn’t just endurance sports of course, most sports follow a similar concept. For me, this generally means: Base training followed by build (x1-3 cycles) and then peak training right before the “big” race……and with roughly 2 months out from my […]

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