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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base training, flow, mindset, Triathlon

#60: And they’re off…..finding my groove

This week the primary objective was to get the ball rolling……personally, professionally and from a training perspective.   Although the concept of “resolving” to do something leaves me with mixed feelings….the concept that resolving sometimes implies (setting myself up to succeed by making a plan….AND turning it into action) is something I’m REALLY REALLY big on…..and so, the turn of the calendar year represents a great time to do so.  In the best case scenario I like to plan as December […]

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