April 8, 2012 Mike E. birthday, Cycling, Training, Triathlon, wind

#72: Into the wind…..bring it.

Oh what a week…….this was my annual “life hitting you in the face” week…..personally, professionally and from a training perspective….SMACK….”hello, this is life, pay attention…..I’m talking to you”. maybe this is b/c it was my birthday week…..yep, another year gone by. maybe it was b/c I’m training up to a new level of fatigue…..certainly tired maybe it was b/c we’ve been gaining some momentum in some of our projects professionally, but with the little steps forward there’s even more to […]

April 1, 2012 Mike E. extraordinary, goals, Ironman, Running, slogans, testing, Triathlon

#71: slogans, mantras and baby steps….lots of baby steps

I’m a sucker for a good quote or slogan…..I don’t really know why, but I really like reading them…..and when they resonate with me I often find myself thinking “yeah, you nailed it”….as if the person who thought of or said it was looking for my validation. Some of my favorites have become personal mantras of sorts, often representing the thoughts that push me through when I’ve hit a roadblock or dead-end. This week I ran across a few of […]

March 19, 2012 Mike E. bike, Cycling, heel pain, Ironman, saddle, Triathlon

#69: Go with instinct on this one….Saddle-up partner

With a heel still not ready to cooperate 100%, but some weather that was, the goal for this week was begin to build some endurance on the bike using the 40-ish mile brick last Sunday as a springboard. However, having had 7 days of training in a row, I needed to work in some recovery as well to avoid ramping up too fast. TRAINING HIGHLIGHTSMonday – ride: I decided to push it a bit through Monday mostly because I had the […]

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